[fivesigma]

Being in the same physical location doesn't mean they have the same connectivity though. With colo cages, once you get big enough you get to choose your upstream providers.

I get 15 ms better ping to Frankfurt Linode compared to Vultr, for example.

[nik736]

They all have their own network. They even have the same transit providers in Frankfurt (Linode and Vultr both use Telia for example). All three get to choose their upstream providers, your argument is invalid. In my tests DO had the best network even though all three save a lot of money by not getting transit from DTAG or UPC, which is a bummer for german customers.

Just compare: http://bgp.he.net/AS63949#_peers to http://bgp.he.net/AS200130#_peers

And you will see that DO alone in Europe (compared to Linodes global ASN) has many more transit providers and peerings.