From Hostiva's TOS (http://www.hostiva.com/terms.htm): "Hostiva reserves the right to cancel or suspend any account for any reason. "

Any reason?? So, if i have a site there and they just don't like it for any reason they can instantly remove it and I can't do a darn thing about it?

Why would anyone use them as a host with such an absurd TOS??

Hostiva offers an unmetered bandwidth ....Hostiva may find a customer to be using server resources (including bandwidth, processing power and stored email) to such an extent .....In such instances, Hostiva reserves the right to suspend or terminate that site immediately"

Hmmmm...doesn't sound unmetered to me, even if you have legal content on your site they can terminate it just because you're popular?? HUH?!?

I was about to sign up with them until a friend pointed out their TOS and now i'm not so sure.

Any suggestions?

Well - You'll actually find those same words (to some extent) in most terms of service pages.

I would go with another well known host however...

Unmetered bandwidth for $4.95 per year :eek:

That might be your answer :D

Certainly every -- every -- host that says they offer unlimited transfers, unmetered, or whatever else they call it, includes a clause that allows them to dump you if you use some amount of traffic that they think is excessive.

Most hosts, though, also include some statement similar to that one: a blanket "we can cancel our agreement anytime we want to." And why not? You can cancel, why shouldn't your host be able to? Usually they'll specify what sort of notice they must give you.

It might be a bigger concern if you're paying on something longer than a month-to-month basis, in which case you'd want to know whether there's a refund policy.

But the main thing is, at least for a reputable host that doesn't promise "unlimited" or any too-good-to-be-true transfer allowance, it's really just a safety net and they'll probably not ever exercise that option.