I do hope the 1&2 GB types have seen performance boosts, because at $30 and $60/month respectively, you're a bit above Linode, which is pretty performance-focus

I do hope the 1&2 GB types have seen performance boosts, because at $30 and $60/month respectively, you're a bit above Linode, which is pretty performance-focused. Without very good performance from this "Performance 1" tier, I suspect you'll further lose the lower end market. Though I get the perception that Rackspace isn't interested in the lower end market, given the prices for some of the higher end VMs and the dedicated boxes. Are these charts on the previous and current performance for the 1&2GB instances visible somewhere?