My future with afrihost suddenly looks bleak

My account was suspended in Jan. for non-payment of R1999.00 and my access to the internet blocked - more than reasonable enough. On the 22nd Jan. I phone them and tell them that I now have funds available and would like to continue with my service. Afrihosts response was to charge me R1999.00 for the 8 days in Jan. that I will have access to the internet. It would be funny if it was not so costly. What makes matters worse is that Afrihost has a clause in there contract giving them the right to charge you the full amount even though they did not provide you with the service. It rates with the same level of impunity that Eskom has for charging us for power even though they are unable to provide it.