Need Reliable Proxy Servers for Application

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There is a custom application that requires to make several web requests. Due to the frequency of requests, we have put several delays however we find out that we still get occasional bans from various sources. Once solution that was proposed was the use of proxy servers. However I have not been able to find reliable sources.

 

How would one get about getting proxy servers? Is that just as simple as just getting a batch of IP's from our hosting provider and installing proxy server software? What would be a good number (I guess that depends on the number of requests).

 

Thanks for any feedback