What you are saying has been somewhat confirmed in Linode's latest update on the Atlanta outages [1]. I can't help it but to wonder if Linode were prepared or had a plan in place in case of a DDoS? It appears their upstream provider cuts them off completely once an attack starts/resumes and gradually puts them back on. The cycle then repeats.
We are also duplicating in OVH, read good things about their built-in DDoS protection on HN.
We are also duplicating in OVH, read good things about their built-in DDoS protection on HN.
[1] http://status.linode.com/incidents/cbbcjnhhpkgm