Utterly Disappointed
I have tried over four days now to sign up for a Linode cloud hosting account to no avail. I have responded to several "verify your email" messages, and entered my payment and address information at least four times. Still I hear nothing from the company and was never able to create an account. When I finally call customer service, the connection is so poor that I can literally not understand the person on the other end.
For a customer who is moving away from "regular" hosting option, looking for a more sophisticated solution, this was the absolutely worst image Linode/Akamai could have presented me. If a vendor cannot even solve a new client application, how can I trust their service? After completely losing confidence, I will, utterly discouraged, find another vendor.