Being in the same physical location doesn't mean they have the same connectivity though. With colo cages, once you get big enough you get to choose your upstream providers.
I get 15 ms better ping to Frankfurt Linode compared to Vultr, for example.
I get 15 ms better ping to Frankfurt Linode compared to Vultr, for example.
Just compare: http://bgp.he.net/AS63949#_peers to http://bgp.he.net/AS200130#_peers
And you will see that DO alone in Europe (compared to Linodes global ASN) has many more transit providers and peerings.