Terms Of Service

Last Updated 8/19/2024

General

Welcome to Northeast Hosting! These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of Northeast Hosting's services, including all of our services ("Services") such as virtual private servers hosting, bare metal hosting, and website hosting. Please read these Terms carefully before using our Services.

By using Northeast Hosting's Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use our Services.

1. Account Registration

1.1. In order to use our Services, you must create an account with Northeast Hosting. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process.

1.2. You must be 13 years of age or older to use our Services or have a Parent or Guardian sign up for our services on behalf of you.

2. Refund Policy

2.1. Northeast Hosting offers a 48-hour refund policy. If you are not satisfied with our Services within the first 48 hours of your purchase, you may request a refund.

3. Limitation of Liability

3.1. Northeast Hosting shall not be responsible for any data loss incurred while using our Services. It is your responsibility to regularly back up your data.

4. Prohibited Activities

4.1. You agree not to use Northeast Hosting's Services for any of the following activities:

  • Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
  • Port scanning
  • Cryptocurrency mining
  • Brute forcing
  • Harming individuals, companies or other entities.
  • Engaging in illegal activities

  • 5. Chargebacks

    5.1. Chargebacks are not allowed. Any attempt to initiate a chargeback will result in termination of your Services and a ban from our Services.

    6. Service Level Agreement (SLA)

    6.1. Northeast Hosting guarantees a 99.90% uptime for our Services. If the uptime falls below 99.90% in any given month, compensation will be provided to affected users in the form of in-store credit.

    6.2. All of our services offer unmetered bandwidth usage as long it's within fair usage. Your server should not take up most of the network in terms of bandwidth distribution. If your server is found to be using a large amount of network, we may temporarily suspend your server or terminate it if needed.

    6.3. We will not compensate you in any of the cases listed below.

  • Maintenance - You will recieve maintenance alerts via our discord and proper webpages so you can perform the proper actions.
  • Issue caused by client - We will not be responsible for issues caused by the client such as modifying files, installing unsupported software, etc.
  • Acts of Nature - Events such as Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Fires, Attacks, Wars, Electrical Failures, or similar events are not covered.
  • Surpassing Allocated Resources - You will not be compensated if you exceed the resources that you were given with your plan.
  • DoS/DDoS Attacks - We will not be responsible for DoS/DDoS Attacks as it's up to you to manage your firewall to have the correct protection settings.
  • Free Trials/Services - Services provided for free will not be compensated.

  • 7. Cancellation

    7.1. You may cancel your Services at any time by contacting Northeast Hosting's support team via a Ticket.

    8. Payment and Billing

    8.1. You are given a 3 days grace period after the due date of an invoice. Failure to pay invoices within this timeframe may result in termination of your Services and deletion of your data.

    8.2. You agree to pay all fees associated with your use of our services. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account if payment is not received.

    9. Termination

    9.1. Northeast Hosting reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time, with or without cause, and without notice, for violation of these Terms.

    10. Changes to Terms

    10.1. Northeast Hosting reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time, effective upon posting of the modified Terms on our website.

    11. Lifetime Products

    11.1. If you have purchased a "lifetime server" plan, please be aware of the following:

  • Should Northeast Hosting cease operations or shut down, the lifetime server service will not continue.
  • In the event of a shutdown, we will not be liable for any refunds, including for the lifetime server plan. By purchasing a lifetime server plan, you acknowledge and accept this risk.

  • 12. Governing Law

    12.1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Vermont, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

    13. Copyright

    13.1. Any violations of the Copyright law of the United States and others will lead to Termination of services. Northeast Hosting will pass on information to the copyright holder who will take proper action.

    13.2. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been infringed upon on Northeast Hosting's platform, please contact us by opening a ticket here or emailing [email protected].

  • Description of the copyrighted work
  • Location of the infringing material
  • Contact information
  • Statement of good faith belief

  • 14. Reporting Abuse

    14.1. If you encounter or suspect abuse or misuse of our services, please report it to us immediately. You can report abuse by opening a ticket here or emailing [email protected].

    14.2. We take all abuse reports seriously and will investigate them promptly. Appropriate actions will be taken based on our investigation, which may include suspending or terminating the offending account.

    15. Networking

    15.1. Our services are automatically setup to block all ports used for mail servers and torrenting to prevent abuse. To request mail server ports to be opened, please open a ticket and give us a justifiable reason. We will never open ports used for torrenting.

    14. Contact Us

    If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at [email protected].

    By using Northeast Hosting's Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.