IPIDEA is gone, and so is where its traffic went
IPIDEA's network was disrupted earlier in 2026. Much of that displaced demand landed on NetNut, which was itself taken down by Google and the FBI on 2 July 2026. If you have been moved twice in one year, this is a plan that is not built on somebody else's botnet risk.
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The chain of takedowns
IPIDEA's residential network was disrupted earlier in 2026. Resellers and end users moved on, and a large share of that demand was absorbed by NetNut, which had become one of the most widely resold residential networks in the market.
On 2 July 2026 NetNut was itself disrupted by Google, the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation. The network underneath it ran on more than two million compromised consumer devices, tracked by researchers as the Popa botnet. Anyone who migrated from IPIDEA to NetNut has now been knocked offline twice in a single year.
Why this keeps happening
Both takedowns targeted the same underlying model: residential exit nodes sourced from consumer devices whose owners did not meaningfully consent. When enforcement lands on that supply, it does not degrade gradually. Exit nodes stop answering, and the downstream customer finds out when their jobs start timing out.
If you bought through a reseller you may not know whose network you were actually on, which is what makes this pattern so disruptive to plan around.
Getting back to work
Proxy Rotator runs residential, datacenter, mobile and IPv6 on one gateway over standard HTTPS and SOCKS5. Migration is a host, port and credential change rather than a rewrite. Authenticate by whitelisting your server IP or with a user and password, whichever suits your tooling.
There is no minimum spend and no sales call, which matters when you are trying to get production running again the same day. The setup guide covers the common tools.
Price, on the same workload
Same workload, one month, at each provider's advertised rate.
| Provider | Advertised rate | Cost of 750GB | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proxy Rotator | $0.133/GB | $99.95 | 25 thread plan, bandwidth included |
| IPRoyal | $1.75/GB | $1,312.50 | Residential, advertised "from" |
| Decodo | $2.20/GB | $1,650.00 | Residential. Was Smartproxy until April 2025 |
| Oxylabs | $8.00/GB | $6,000.00 | Residential, 10GB entry tier at $80 |
| Bright Data | $10.50/GB | $7,875.00 | Residential, list rate |
Competitor rates verified 2 August 2026 from their public pricing pages. Our figure is generated from the live plan table, so it always matches what you are actually charged.
Where to go next
If you are still comparing, these cover the same decision from other directions.
- All provider alternatives, the rest of the field, each with the same price maths
- Decodo alternative, another provider people move from, for a different reason
- Pricing and plans, the per gigabyte figure for every tier
IPIDEA shutdown and alternatives FAQ
Is IPIDEA still operating?
I moved from IPIDEA to NetNut and I am down again. What happened?
How do I know whose network my proxies are actually on?
How long does migrating take?
What does it cost compared with what I was paying?
Do I need to talk to sales?
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