Very interesting that this price point is feasible given the high costs of IPv4 addresses alone - I presume each instances get one public ipv4. Add staff, network (in some quite expensive places such as Tokyo & Singapore), servers, marketing, platform development, and a commitment to quality that puts them beyond all the poorly ran low end OpenVZ hosting companies . Impressive. ( current customer - found this via HN - no $ affiliation - but I am tough customer to please and I'd say they are near enough on par with Linode)