Fair Use Bandwidth Policy
Last updated: November 13th, 2026
This policy sets out how bandwidth works on our hosting plans. It is part of our Terms of Service.
1. The short version
- We never bill you for overage. There are no surprise invoices, no per-GB charges, and no automatic upgrade. If you outgrow your plan we contact you.
- 1 TB per month is the soft threshold for a shared hosting plan.
- “Unmetered” means we do not meter it for billing. It does not mean the network is unlimited.
- If your usage is consistently far above the threshold we will ask you to move to a plan sized for it, and we will help you do that.
2. What the threshold is
| Plan | Monthly bandwidth | Behavior above it |
|---|---|---|
| Shared hosting (WordPress, e-commerce, email, apps) | 1 TB soft threshold | We contact you; no charge |
| VPS | Plan-specific transfer allowance, shown on the plan page | We contact you; no charge |
| Email hosting | Fair use, no hard cap on message count | Sending limits in the AUP apply; no charge |
| Domains and DNS | Unmetered (DNS is not a bandwidth product) | Not applicable |
Soft means it is a conversation trigger, not a billing trigger. We will never suspend a paying account for bandwidth alone without first contacting you and offering an upgrade path.
3. What happens when you cross it
- We look at the pattern. A one-off spike — a launch, a viral post, a backup restore — is not a problem. We look at sustained usage over weeks, not a single day.
- We email you. The email says what your usage is, what your plan includes, what we recommend, and what happens next. We give you at least 7 days before any technical measure.
- We offer options. Usually that is a larger plan, a VPS, or a content delivery configuration change. We will do the analysis with you.
- As a last resort we throttle. If a site is saturating shared infrastructure and the customer will not engage, we may throttle that site to keep the node healthy for everyone. We do not delete data and we do not bill for it.
4. Monitoring
We measure bandwidth at the node. Your portal shows your usage for the current month, updated hourly. You do not need to ask us for the number — it is in your account, and if we ever change how it is measured we will tell you in advance.
5. What bandwidth is not for
Bandwidth is for serving your own sites, applications, and mail. It is not for: proxying or mirroring other people's content; running a VPN exit, proxy pool, or streaming relay; file-sharing or backup hosting for third parties; or DDoS-mitigation-as-a-service. Those uses are prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy regardless of volume.
6. Your side of the bargain
Keep your sites reasonably efficient. Cache where you can, serve images at the size they are displayed, and turn off what you are not using. If you are about to have a big moment — a product launch, a press hit — tell us in advance at support@lasthourhosting.org and we will make sure you are on a plan that can take it. We would much rather plan it with you than throttle you during it.
7. Changes
We may change this policy. We post the new version here, update the date, and email account holders at least 30 days before a change that reduces what their current plan includes. A change never applies to a term you have already paid for.