I don't think this even qualifies as bug-worthy so I'm just posting here instead of initiating a support ticket.

As of the time of posting, there is a routing issue with level3.net that cuts off access to theplanet.com (and a large chunk of the US not on the west coast), if your only route to the US has to go through level3, like my shitty ISP does.

Traceroute:

C:\>tracert host8.linode.com

Tracing route to host8.linode.com [64.5.53.13]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    22 ms    23 ms    22 ms  please.dont.hack.me [203.218.x.x]
  2    21 ms    21 ms    21 ms  h6001-v608.netvigator.com [218.102.56.30]
  3    21 ms    21 ms    22 ms  218.102.21.82
  4    21 ms    21 ms    22 ms  202.84.242.17
  5    22 ms    22 ms    21 ms  i-0-1.hhtstcbr01.net.reach.com [207.176.96.161]
  6   176 ms   185 ms   176 ms  i-12-0.wil-core02.net.reach.com [202.84.143.113]
  7   177 ms   176 ms   177 ms  202.84.251.166
  8   177 ms   176 ms   176 ms  so-1-0.core2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [64.152.193.65]
  9   176 ms   179 ms   176 ms  so-4-1-0.bbr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.68.113.173]
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12  ^C

This in effect also cuts off connectivity to linodes hosted at theplanet (again, only if your only route to theplanet has to pass through level3).