It all started a few days ago, I was like hosting a forum and it used up all my bandwidth. I had no idea how much bandwidth I had, but I have now just found out that I got 1GB which is useless! Now my host is charging me and extra £10 for this month for the extra bandwidth, and he won't let me leave his hosting till I pay up. I really want to leave to move to a bigger host, but I'm kind of poor (be only 14) and I can't afford to pay for that and get a host (unless someone here can offer me a cheap deal) without my site having to go down, which I really don't want. What should I do??

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This is a kind of request but anyway, if anyone can offer me some cheap hosting please just leave a message. I will need about 100mb web space and 5gb bandwidth.
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Thanks,
Matt

Originally posted by simplycheats
Now my host is charging me and extra £10 for this month for the extra bandwidth, and he won't let me leave his hosting till I pay up.
How is this? Does he have control of your domain name?

well I got the domain with the hosting you see, so he has full control.

Pay up.

While I sympathize you may not have known how much BW you had with your plan or how much you were going to be using, it's not really your host's fault, unless he hid that fact from you. It's not really fair to stick him with the bill by bailing out.

And next time, get the domain name yourself so you can't be held hostage. Where would you be if he suddenly went out of business, for example?

I agree with the above poster.

If you used it, you should pay for it.

You're responsible for it, even if you are 14.

Also check the acceptable use policy and terms of service. Most hosts discuss overage charges and even if you choose to cancel you are responsible for any overages you may have incurred.

ok guys thanx