Yeah, for some addresses that have no trouble whatsoever with AWS we've seen crazy-high dropped packet rates from DO. Sometimes, but not always, it's the reason for perceived extreme slowness from them, though other times they're just routing through some connection, somewhere along the way, that's about as wide as a straw, for whatever reason. Non-North-American addresses tend to get it the worst, but we've seen it with US and Canadian ones, too. AWS? Smooth sailing for all, from datacenters physically located near the DO ones we were using.

With DO we'll have some clients seeing great performance, and others who may as well be on a spotty dial-up connection at the exact same time. Frustrating, and there's not really anything you can do about it except switch to another host. I'd love to know what the story is with 'em.