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What Is an ISP?

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What Is an ISP and Why Is It Relevant to Click Fraud?

An ISP connects devices to the internet and assigns their IP addresses.

An ISP (Internet Service Provider) is the company that provides your internet access (e.g., Comcast, AT&T, Vodafone). Think of it as the on-ramp to the internet: it assigns your device an IP address and carries your online traffic.

How does it help detect fraud?

The ISP behind a click gives important context about that traffic. Not all internet connections are the same. By analyzing the ISP, we can identify high-risk sources, such as:

Data centersClicks from data center networks are very often generated by automated bots rather than real people. In ClickSambo’s Q2 2026 data, 96.1% of clicks from data center networks were invalid.
VPN and proxy servicesSome people use them for privacy, but fraudsters use them heavily to hide their real location and identity, get around geographic targeting and click repeatedly.

Analyzing the ISP is a key layer in our detection, helping us tell legitimate potential customers apart from traffic coming from suspicious networks.

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