Reading between the lines of budget host ToS
We've seen enough "my account was terminated with 12 hours notice" stories that a pattern emerged. Here is a structural decode of clauses that look friendly but bite.
"Unmetered" bandwidth
Read the definition section. Often it means "unmetered until we meter it." Look for: fair use percentages, ratio clauses, or the phrase "in our sole discretion." The latter means there is no number.
"Best effort" support
This is not 24/7. This is "we might check the queue today." Check if SLAs are defined elsewhere; usually they are absent.
"Abuse of system resources"
Vague enough to cover a cron job running every ten minutes. Some hosts define CPU minutes per day. Most do not.
"Content we find objectionable"
Subjective termination without appeal. Parallel this with their actual abuse history on forums.
"No backups guaranteed"
Honest, at least. The dangerous variant is "nightly backups" with no restore SLA. Backups exist; retrieval does not.
This is not legal advice. Add your findings below. — Admin
