It appears Akamai's acquisition of Linode has resulted in some pricing adjustments, including increases for some services. Some users have reported price hikes of around 20%. Akamai claims they are also decreasing prices on other services, such as egress. It might be worth shopping around for alternative VPS providers if the new pricing doesn't work for you.

Namecheap seems affordable

I only saw options for the middle of the country with them