I run a number of proxies for (legally) scraping government data sites with overly restrictive views/hour policies. They're just squid boxes spun up on various

I run a number of proxies for (legally) scraping government data sites with overly restrictive views/hour policies. They're just squid boxes spun up on various cheap VPS providers. A $5 digitalocean instance will power a lot of squid traffic, and as long as you stay away from AWS, the IP ranges tend not to be banned. Just make sure to lock down your allowed source list, so you don't become one of those hacked open proxies!