Deleted my earlier post about packet loss to Linode — that may be a regional Verizon thing closer to me, so I can't blame them for it.

The price hike still has me looking around and making a contingency plan, though.

@marcoarment I want to throw a hat in the ring for Vultr and Hetzner. Both have very competitive pricing and responsive support, although I know your scale is different than what I use for hobby cloud servers.