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We are dedicated to providing high quality web
resources to all of our clients. Our policies are
important for insuring your getting the resources you need for
your website.
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Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Introduction
Network3 Internet, provides web
hosting to a large number of clients. We have a responsibility to
protect each client and provide the best services available. The
following guidelines have been established to insure this intent is
met.
Network3 Internet ("The Company") agrees to furnish services to the
Subscriber, subject to the following AUP (Acceptable Use Policy).
From herewith in this AUP and
TOS, the usage of "us", "we", "our", "ours" shall constitute
reference to Network3 Internet, the usage of "you", "your", "they",
"them" shall refer to client / customer of Network3 Internet.
Use of company services constitutes acceptance and agreement to the
company's AUP as well as the company's
TOS (Terms of Service). All provisions of this contract are
subject to the
TOS (Terms of Service) of Network3 Internet and AUP (Acceptable
Use Policy). The AUP may be changed from time to time at the
discretion of the Company. Subscriber understands that change to the
AUP by the Company shall not be grounds for early contract
termination or non-payment.
Content
You are
responsible for any and all content in and under your site or
account at all times. All services provided by Network3 Internet may
be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or
presentation of any information, data or material in violation of
any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited.
- Network3 Internet is not responsible for any claims resulting from
the use of our service. This is also true for sites that promote any
illegal activity or content that may be damaging to our servers or
any other server on the internet. Links to such materials are
prohibited. This also includes, but not limited to Adult sites,
pirated software, hacker programs/archives, Occult sites, MP3, Warez, copyrighted
material or material protected by trade secrets and other statutes.
The following constitute violations :
Threats and unlawful conduct : Use of our service to transmit
any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise) that
threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property. Use
of our services to transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading,
posting or otherwise) that harasses another.
Fraud : Use of our service to make fraudulent offers to sell or
buy products, items, or services, or to advance any type of
financial scam such as "pyramid schemes," "ponzi schemes," and
"chain letters." Adding, removing or modifying identifying network
header information in an effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited.
Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or
other identifying information is prohibited. The use of anonymous
remailers or nicknames does not constitute impersonation. Involves a
knowing misrepresentation or misleading statement, writing or
activity made with the intent that the person receiving it will act
upon it.
Attacks and Exploits : Any activity which affects the ability of
other people or systems to use any services or other internet
services. This includes "denial of service" (DOS) attacks against
another network host or individual user. Interference with or
disruption of other network users, services or equipment is
prohibited. It is the client's responsibility to ensure that their
server is configured in a secure manner. A client may not, through
action or inaction, allow others to use their network for illegal or
inappropriate actions. Unauthorized entry and/or use of another
company and/or individual's computer system will result in immediate
account termination. We will not tolerate any subscriber attempting
to access the accounts of others, or penetrate security measures of
other systems.
Programs : We do not allow programs to run continually in the
background. This is to minimize system resources used and
operational maintenance needed. We do not allow any chat or topsite
programs on our servers other than the ones we pre-install for our
clients to use. IRC: We currently DO NOT allow IRC or IRC bots to be
operated on our servers.
Commercial Advertising- Email (SPAM) : Spamming, or the sending
of unsolicited email, from a Network3 Internet server or using an
email address that is maintained by us is STRICTLY prohibited and
will qualify your site for immediate deactivation with no refund.
Network3 Internet will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a
violation of this provision. Additionally claims investigated by us
about spam from any of our users or users of theirs, will be fined
and billed for such work. The fee for such an instance if you are
found to be at fault is $.50 per email sent and up to a $500 fine
per incident.
Server abuse : Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to any
Company server or customer of ours is strictly prohibited. Network3
Internet holds no responsibility for the use of our clients'
accounts. Any account the abuses resources and actions are not taken
to desist, calls for immediate de-activation without any refund of
payments made thus far. Any site using what we deem to be using
excessive cpu cycles or any resources that cause strain to other
sites may also be offered new terms. Use of our service to access,
or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or
attempt to penetrate, security measures of our or another entity's
computer software or hardware, electronic communications system, or
telecommunications system.
Bandwidth : All sites hosted by us have the privilege of
unthrottled bandwidth. This means your site is placed on our ultra
fast servers and connected to multiple backbones which allow a user
to surf your site at unrestricted speeds. If they surf your site
using a 56k modem or a DS-3, your site will always reachable. You
are not penalized for the high bandwidth web surfer that creates
high traffic spikes. If your site's monthly usage is above your
monthly total allotment you will be asked to upgrade to the next
package. We will work with clients to keep their sites alive and
fast at all times.
Back-ups : Network3 Internet performs backups on all of
our servers to ensure critical files are never lost. Our server
software does create daily backups for users sites that you may
download on your own, we do not restore a file any user has
accidentally deleted or modified. The back-up restoration is for
emergency procedures only. You are advised to backup all of your own
files to your local drive. We are not responsible for lost data,
time, income or any other resource due to faulty backups or
non-existent back-ups.
Security : You are responsible for any misuse of your account,
even if the inappropriate activity was committed by a friend, family
member, guest or employee. Therefore, you must take steps to ensure
that others do not gain unauthorized access to your account. In
addition, you may not use your account to breach security of another
account or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or
server. Sharing your password and account access with unauthorized
users is prohibited and you will be held responsible for such use.
Attempting to obtain another user's account password is strictly
prohibited, and may result in termination of service. You may not
attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host,
network or account. Users who violate systems or network security
may incur criminal or civil liability. We will cooperate fully with
investigations of violations of systems or network security at other
sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the
investigation of suspected criminal violations.
Refusal of Service : We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or
suspend service at our sole discretion.
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this AUP, our
TOS (Terms of Service) and our other policies and agreements at any
time and in any manner.
Notice of any revision, amendment, or modification will be posted in
accordance with our TOS (Terms of Service).
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