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  • Jul 2, 2026, 9:54 PM

    My ISP recently changed my static IP, and it seems to be in a range that was until recently used by a data centre. This is causing problems with certain sites flagging my IP as being non-residential and either throwing up more captchas or blocking entirely. Anyone know if there's a list of IP metadata providers that I can contact to get this updated?

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  • Jul 2, 2026, 11:00 PM

    @Rib May be easier to contact your ISP to request a new public IP?

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  • Jul 2, 2026, 11:01 PM

    @Rib does your IP turn up with bad reports on abuseipdb?
    Clearing that would help. I’m sure there are others but idk.

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  • Jul 2, 2026, 11:07 PM

    @Rib You can try doing a port reset on your service to get a new issued IP, some ISPs let you do it through their account management for self-service, or you have to talk to someone from your ISP who can do that for you. Even just raising the issue with your ISP to make them aware you're being heavily impacted by the issued IP being blocked.

    You can also try see which providers are blocking you access with dnschecker.org and then asking each of them to unblock your IP that's been flagged for something else.

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  • Jul 2, 2026, 11:09 PM
    @Rib have you or do you use a non ISP dns, I use quad9 on my modem, my wifi router and my devices, it may or may not help, or you could contact your ISP and tell them you want a clean IP and tell them what's happening so they can flag and discard it, just my 2cents hope it may help a little;
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