These things are In Pretty common use. Blizzard does not control the routes you use to get to their server so what goes in in between you and them in terms of traffic routing is of little point. Your basically paying to use a better lane on the I formation highway. Could think ofit as a fast pass at six flags, you can get there faster but if you dontha e the right credentials it doesn't matter.

The proxys work. They are very common in the IT field. Especially In the business world. Done on my iPhone so forgive spelling