Hosting Policy

GodZone Internet Services was established in 1996 to provide a professional, low cost alternative to the various commercial ISPs for Christian and Para-christian Ministries, Organisations, Churches. We have subsequently broadened our client base and now also include sites that meet our policy.

We are a non-profit ministry and currently have three part-time volunteer staff. Consequently, our ability to provide the level of direct support you would have a right to expect from a commerical ISP is limited. However, we do try hard to help whenever we can.

We are unable to provide any form of guarantee with respect to the availability and support of our services and this may not be an asset to a commercial activity but please do not assume our services are unreliable. We pride ourselves in being able to offer a high quality, feature rich, professional service at a low cost. We just do not have some of the resources available to our commercial counterparts.

We keep our costs low by contributing our time and skills to this ministry. We are more than happy to do this for our intended clientele but do not believe that we should subsidise a commercial enterprise in this way.

We assess hosting applications using the following criteria as a guide:

is the content of the site likely to cause offence to any of our existing customers or members of the public.
could the site place excessive demands on any of our resources i.e. server, bandwidth, technical assistance etc.
is the site's principle purpose E-Commerce.
would we be subsidising a significant commercial activity.

Should we decline to host a site, that decision is not negotiable. If you have any doubts about your eligibility, please contact us. Discussing your site's intent before you apply may make the difference. If we cannot provide a service, we may be able to suggest an appropriate commercial ISP.