Hey there! We have made a few improvements to our infrastructure, including the Newark Datacenter, in response to the events surrounding that blog post you shared. I believe this blog post should clarify the specific improvements we've put in place:
https://blog.linode.com/2016/11/02/netw … t-peering/">https://blog.linode.com/2016/11/02/network-update-multihomed-increased-transit-peering/
Let us know if you have any other questions!