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  "user_date": "2026-10-04",
  "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "method": "Public official pages requested only after robots.txt returned HTTP 200 text/plain and the requested path was not disallowed. No login, checkout, invoice, coupon redemption or customer account was used. Official update dates were absent from the fetched Hosting.com/terms pages.",
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    "The renewal pricing page still states that prepaid-period expiration leads to regular pricing.",
    "The money-back guarantee page still contains its 30-day guarantee statement.",
    "The official refund/billing and service-terms pages returned HTTP 200; the tested renewal timing, downgrade and customer-panel cancellation conditions matched.",
    "The current refund/billing policy still contains the statement that Hosting.com is operated by A2 Hosting, LLC."
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    "The published user guide still cites the October 3 capture for the A2/Hosting.com shared-operator wording and A2-site redirect. This live run did not establish a current redirect or match the operator sentence.",
    "The Hosting.com migration FAQ URL in the supplied report now returns 404 at the plural address; the guide does not rely on that FAQ."
  ],
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      "checks": {
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    },
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      "checks": {
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      "checks": {
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      "operator_statement_check_method": "A follow-up request to this same source returned HTTP 200 and contained the exact operator sentence."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://terms.hosting.com/service-terms",
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      "checks": {
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://hosting.com/about/contract-migration-faqs/",
      "http_status": 404,
      "note": "Follow-up check of the plural path shown in the supplied report. It returned 404; no redirects were followed."
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