# Sri Lanka Static Residential Proxies (ISP) | ProxyJam

Sri Lanka static residential proxies (ISP): follow Colombo tea sale reports on listed local carriers. One IP per proxy, fixed all term, paid per period.

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- Updated: 2026-10-30
- Language: en

A static residential (ISP) IP in Sri Lanka, held by you for the whole paid period, is what ProxyJam sells here, from $5.38 per IP per month. Listed carriers: Lumina Broadband.

Per IP, not per GB · Yours for the whole period · Carrier named before you pay


## How do I follow the Colombo auction from Sri Lanka?

### Which reports should I capture on sale days?

The Colombo auction now runs on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Tea Exporters Association's site lists a weekly tea market report. Capture the report pages and any broker summaries from a Sri Lankan address on each sale day and file them under the sale they describe. A fixed address keeps a long series consistent, and the dates show when a report was published against when the sale was held. If a report is revised after it first appears, a second capture under the same sale shows what changed.

### Why use the sale number as the key?

An auction is identified by a number and a year, as in Sale No. 12 of 2020. Keying a price archive on that pair, rather than on the date you happened to capture a page, keeps a sale's reports together when they are published over several days. Store the sale number, the auction days and the capture date as separate fields, and you can rebuild the run of sales in order.

### How do I check auction claims against the sale?

When a tea brand's ad says its leaf was bought at the Colombo auction, the sale reports are the test. Note the claim, its date and the sale number current that week, from a capture made through a Sri Lankan carrier's network, and the claim can later be read against the report of that sale rather than a later one. A capture with no sale number beside it says little once the next auction has run.

### Where does my own market summary appear in search?

If you publish a summary of the Colombo sales, test it where its readers search. Look up the sale it covers, by the auction's name and by its sale number, from a Sri Lankan address in the days after the sale, and note the position your summary takes and the page directly above it. Keyed by sale number, the run of results shows whether your summary is found while the sale is still news, and which page you would have to beat.

### Which Sri Lankan targets need verification?

Should your Sri Lankan work reach into financial services, healthcare or government systems, the regulated sectors named by our acceptable use policy, contact us ahead of the order so we can verify it.


## Quick Setup for ISP Proxies in Sri Lanka

The country and the carrier are fixed when you order, so the code carries neither. Put in the host, port, username and password that come with the address, send one request, and check that the response reports the country you ordered.

### Python

Send a request through the Sri Lanka address with Python requests.

```
import requests

# HOST, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD come with your order (dashboard or API)
proxy = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT"

proxies = {
    "http": proxy,
    "https": proxy,
}

response = requests.get(
    "https://example.com/",
    proxies=proxies,
)

print(response.status_code)
```

### Node.js

Route axios through the Sri Lanka address in a few lines.

```
import axios from "axios";
import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "https-proxy-agent";

// HOST, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD come with your order (dashboard or API)
const proxy = "http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT";
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy);

const response = await axios.get(
  "https://example.com/",
  {
    httpAgent: agent,
    httpsAgent: agent,
  },
);

console.log(response.status);
```

### cURL

One command, one request, one address in Sri Lanka in the response.

```
# HOST, PORT, USERNAME, PASSWORD come with your order (dashboard or API)
curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT \
     https://example.com/
```


## Technical Specifications

- **Rotation:** None: the address is fixed for the whole billing period
- **Billing unit:** Per IP per period, never per gigabyte
- **Carriers listed in Sri Lanka:** Lumina Broadband
- **Places in the catalogue:** Colombo
- **Authentication:** User:pass or IP allowlist
- **Concurrent sessions:** 100 per proxy, 10 past 50 GB a month

## How Ceylon tea is sold in Colombo

### When was the first Colombo tea lot offered?

The first tea auction in Colombo was held on 30 July 1883 in the office of Somerville & Co. on Queen Street. It was a modest start: a single lot sold and the rest went unsold. The lot that sold was un-assorted tea from Kabaragala. Regular auctions, run by brokers, followed from 1885.

### Since when has Colombo had written rules?

In 1894 the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce set up the Colombo Tea Traders' Association to create rules for the auction. Sales were first held on one day a week in the Chamber's building on Chatham Street; today they run on Tuesday and Wednesday, in several rooms at once. Before each sale, buyers assess the lots catalogued for it in the preceding days.

### When did Colombo move to screens?

The pandemic ended the outcry system. Sale No. 12 of 2020, set for 24 and 25 March, was held electronically from 4 to 8 April 2020 on a platform the traders' association arranged with the Colombo Brokers' Association. Sellers and brokers now catalogue teas electronically, and buyers bid on screens. A software company provided the platform, with the brokers supporting the change.


## Frequently asked questions

Things buyers ask about a Sri Lankan address and the Colombo tea sales, answered from the auction's own record and our catalogue.

### Which carriers do you list in Sri Lanka?

One carrier sits on file for Sri Lanka, and it is Lumina Broadband. We name the announcing network because that is what outside lookups on the IP display. As a result the entry is a filing convention; it is silent on who runs the island's local lines or what you connect through.

### On which days does the Colombo tea auction run?

The Colombo tea auction runs on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was first held on one day a week; it now runs electronically on both days, in several auction rooms at the same time.

### How is a Colombo tea sale identified?

A Colombo tea sale is identified by a sale number and a year, as in Sale No. 12 of 2020. Use the pair as the key for prices and reports, and keep the auction dates beside it. A capture date alone cannot tie a late report to its sale.

### Has the Colombo auction always been electronic?

The Colombo auction has not always been electronic. It used the outcry system until 2020; the first electronic sale ran from 4 to 8 April 2020. That was Sale No. 12 of 2020, first set for 24 and 25 March and moved onto the new system.

### Which date should a tea price archive record?

A tea price archive should record the auction days of the sale the price belongs to, kept apart from the date your capture was taken. Reports can appear later than the sale, and the sale number links the two.

### Is the carrier's name the company that owns the address?

Not necessarily. ProxyJam lists the network that announces the address; the registry record can name another holder, so check both with a lookup.

### Can I choose the town?

No. A ProxyJam ISP proxy in Sri Lanka is chosen by carrier, not town; the address comes from that carrier's pool, so look up where it surfaces once issued.

### Does the IP change during the period?

No. A ProxyJam IP in Sri Lanka stays the same from the day you order to the end of the paid period.

### Can I try it before committing?

ProxyJam has no free trial; a first order can be refunded within 24 hours, the window for testing the address on your own targets.

### Is using proxies in Sri Lanka legal?

We give no legal advice; check the rules that apply to your work. Some targets are reviewed before we enable work with them, as the acceptable use policy sets out.


## Sources

- [Tea Exporters Association Sri Lanka — Colombo tea auction](https://teasrilanka.org/tea-auction)
- [Telecommunications in Sri Lanka — Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Sri_Lanka)
- [APNIC, the regional internet registry](https://www.apnic.net/)
- [Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)](https://www.trc.gov.lk/)