Terms

Best Web Host, Inc.
TERMS OF SERVICE

556.gif (110 bytes) Best Web Host, Inc. services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene or material protected by trade secret and other statute. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc. and its individual contributors from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

556.gif (110 bytes) Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of Best Web Host, Inc. is strictly prohibited. We prohibit sites that promote any illegal activity or contain any content that may be damaging to our servers or any other server on the Internet.  Links to these sites are also prohibited. Best Web Host, Inc. will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Here are some examples of unacceptable content and links: Pirated software, Hacker programs or archives, & Warez sites.

556.gif (110 bytes) WE DO NOT ALLOW HATE GROUP SITES!!!!!!!
Best Web Host, Inc. will be the sole arbiter in determining violations of this provision.

556.gif (110 bytes) We do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms. These are a large drain on system resources. (Please use our INCLUDED chat room scripts if you want a chat room)

556.gif (110 bytes) We do not allow programs to run continually in the background.

556.gif (110 bytes) We do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.

556.gif (110 bytes) We do not allow the sale of products such as fake IDs or other types of similar items.

556.gif (110 bytes) We do not allow the sale of products such as stocks and bonds, gaming of any kind, any form of gambling, etc…

556.gif (110 bytes) We do not allow sites which include advice on or links to
sites which include anything that is not allowed
within our terms of service.

556.gif (110 bytes) Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from a Best Web Host, Inc. server or by using an email address or domain that references our servers is STRICTLY prohibited. Best Web Host, Inc. will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

556.gif (110 bytes) To maintain the integrity of our service, the following restrictions apply:
1) No more than 20% of any site’s monthly traffic is to be used for downloads or outgoing data of any sort.

2) No sites will be allowed to use more than 20% of our system resources.
Best Web Host, Inc. will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this and any other provision of these terms.

556.gif (110 bytes) Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc. and its individual contributors assume no responsibility for the accuracy, errors, omissions, performance, uses, or material contained in the Service.

556.gif (110 bytes) The Service is provided “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

556.gif (110 bytes) You agree that access to and use of all of the services is at your own risk and neither Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President, and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc., nor its principals shall be liable for any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising from or related to either your use of the services or any action or omission of Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc., and/or its principals in providing the services. You further agree to indemnify and hold Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc., and its principals harmless from and with respect to any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses, joint or several, under statute, common law or otherwise, arising out of, based upon or in connection with access, use, inability to use or misuse of the services or any other circumstances.

556.gif (110 bytes) This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the City of Phoenix, AZ, and to the extent such courts have jurisdiction, by the State of Arizona or the United States District Courts located in Arizona. The parties hereby agree that the appropriate forum for any disputes arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be the city courts of Phoenix, AZ, the state courts of the State of Arizona, and the United States District Courts located in Arizona, and the parties hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive and personal jurisdiction of such courts. If it becomes necessary to refer the client account to an attorney and/or court for collection, the client shall pay all reasonable attorney’s fees, court fees and collection expenses. All delinquent accounts bear interest at the legal rate.

556.gif (110 bytes) Advance payment is accepted.

556.gif (110 bytes) If you use our services to register a new domain name, (if you choose New Domain Registration on the web hosting order form when you sign up) you will be billed an additional fee of $25.99 on your credit card.  The fee to register and to use a domain name for one year is $25.99 a year for names ending in .com .net .org

556.gif (110 bytes) If you use our services to transfer your current registrar to the registrar that we use, you will be billed an additional fee of $25.99 on your credit card.  The fee to register and to use a domain name for one year is $25.99 a year for names ending in .com .net .org
You do not have to switch registrars if you want to use our web hosting service.
If you use our services to transfer your domain name to our web hosting services
without changing registrars, you will NOT be billed an additional fee of $25.99 on your credit card unless you specifically ask us to transfer your registrar.

556.gif (110 bytes) We accept Visa and Mastercard and American Express

& Debit Cards & Checks and Money Orders.
The charge on your credit card will be from Best Web Host , Inc


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We only accept payment in US currency.

556.gif (110 bytes) There is a $100.00 restoration fee for sites deleted for cancellation or non-payment.

556.gif (110 bytes) Any past due amounts paid will be applied in the following order:
1 – web design fees
2 – web hosting fees
3 – domain name registration/renewal fees

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Daily backups are for rebooting the server if necessary.
They are not for restoring client files on an individual basis although in most cases we will restore them for you at no charge.
Clients should keep their own backup copies of everything.

Please note: the Windows servers are not backed up like the Linux servers so please be sure to back up your site.
You agree that we are not responsible for keeping copies of any of your files and use of all of the services is at your own risk and neither Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President  and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc., nor its principals shall be liable for any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising from or related to either your use of the services or any action or omission of Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc., and/or its principals in providing the services. You further agree to indemnify and hold Lauren Lapinsky, President and/or Lauren Raymond, President and/or Gerald Lapinsky and/or Best Web Host, Inc., and its principals harmless from and with respect to any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses, joint or several, under statute, common law or otherwise, arising out of, based upon or in connection with access, use, inability to use or misuse of the services.

556.gif (110 bytes) We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.

556.gif (110 bytes) All registration fees stated on this web site are for our web hosting customers. For non-web hosting customers – please email us for pricing.

YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF OUR TERMS OF SERVICE.

These terms are subject to change without notice. Please read these terms of service regularly.

Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation.