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For some definition of "normal circumstances". Being a bigger user should fall within it or that's not accurate advertising.

Some places will offer a choice between faster metered and slower unmetered. That seems like a good compromise to me. A nice big link should cost the host a single digit number of dollars per 100Mbps, so it's not hard to find an option where everyone is happy with the speed and pricing.

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If you want a contract that has every term and circumstance negotiated up front, you’re going to need to speak with Hetzner’s business development team. You’ll also need to be a bigger fish than a single hobby developer.

Hetzner has terms up front just fine. $1/TB.

The unmetered issue involves other providers, and plenty of them are up front about it too.

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