sometimes I use the annoymouse.org website for just this type of thing. Also, if you HAVE any sort of VPN connection to a company, then that would do it. I have setup a simple VPN on my home router, so I can connect directly to the USA when I am abroad. It also has really helped with my slingbox traffic in places like India, South america and china. I think what happens is, only CERTAIN servers can/like to/want to pass the VPN authentication traffic so the routing is somewhat more optimal. When I run a tracert of the traffic, I end up doing about 50% less hops with the VPN connection THAN without the VPN connection.