as I alluded to in the other comment, I run a few popular websites, can experiment with new fancy server technologies, and have pretty much every need covered

as I alluded to in the other comment, I run a few popular websites, can experiment with new fancy server technologies, and have pretty much every need covered for $20pm. why would I possibly pay $150 setups and 150% times the monthly charge if I dont need anymore? I think my case is where linode has hit its sweet spot, obviously if you start needing some heftier processing / bandwidth you would look elsewhere. I would take a guess that most of the people on the bigger plans are people that are growing and mostly looking elsewhere