Terms of Service
TERMS
OF SERVICE
Please
read through the Terms and Conditions below.
This Agreement sets
forth MicroByte Net's terms of service. All services provided by MicroByte
Net are provided in accordance with this document. MicroByte Net may
modify this document from time to time as needed by publishing it online.
1. SERVICE. MicroByte Net, as an Internet World Wide Web service
provider, provides a server computer that is integrated into the Internet.
This server computer sends and receives information as related to the
World Wide Web. Customer desires to connect to and utilize the software
and hardware facilities of MicroByte Net to establish a web site. The use
of any data or material by the Customer via the service provided by
MicroByte Net is at the Customer's sole and absolute risk. MicroByte Net
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS AND DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMPLETENESS
AND/OR ACCURACY OF QUALITY OF ANY AND ALL INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE
SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED HEREBY.
2. USE OF SERVICE. This agreement hereby is intended for the use of
only one web site unless otherwise stated in service plan. It is for the
exclusive use of the Customer who's name specifically appears on the order
and/or contract and does not extend to any other person or entity.
Customer may resell, if desired, to third parties but is responsible for
the content and is bound by the terms under this agreement.
3. NO WARRANTIES. MicroByte Net WILL UTILIZE ITS BEST EFFORTS TO
MAINTAIN ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTED SERVICES, BUT MicroByte
Net MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
MicroByte Net CANNOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS SERVICE, SERVICE AT ANY
PARTICULAR TIME, OR INTEGRITY OF DATA STORED OR TRANSMITTED VIA ITS SYSTEM
OR VIA THE INTERNET. MicroByte Net WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE INADVERTENT
DISCLOSURE OF, OR CORRUPTION OR ERASURE OF DATA TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED OR
STORED ON ITS SYSTEM. MicroByte Net SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER OR ANY
OF ITS CUSTOMERS FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE SUFFERED BY
CUSTOMER OR ITS CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OR DAMAGES
OF ANY AND EVERY NATURE, RESULTING FROM THE LOSS OF DATA, INABILITY TO
ACCESS INTERNET, OR INABILITY TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE INFORMATION, CAUSED
BY OR RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NON DELIVERIES, OR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY THE FAULT OR NEGLIGENCE OF MicroByte Net.
4. INDEMNIFICATION. Customer agrees that it shall defend, Indemnify,
save and hold harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses,
costs, claims, including reasonable attorney's fees
("Liabilities") against MicroByte Net, its agents, its
customers, servants, officers, employees, that may arise or result from
any services provided, performed or agreed to be performed or any product
sold by Customer, its agents, employees or assigns. Customer agrees to
defend, indemnify and hold harmless MicroByte Net against Liabilities
arising out of any injury to person or property caused by any products
sold or distributed in connection with MicroByte Net's server or services,
material supplied by Customer infringing or allegedly infringing on the
proprietary rights of a third party, copyright infringement and any
defective product which Customer sold on MicroByte Net's servers. As a
result of this, Customer agrees that MicroByte Net shall not be liable to
Customer for any claims of actual, compensatory and/or consequential
damages which may be suffered by Customer, including, but not limited to,
losses or damages due to the loss data resulting from delays, non
deliveries, or service interruptions caused by the fault or negligence of
MicroByte Net. Notwithstanding the above mentioned, Customer's exclusive
remedies, damages, losses and causes of actions shall not exceed the
aggregate dollar amount which Customer paid and retained by MicroByte Net
during the quarter in which the dispute occurred.
5. DOMAIN NAME. MicroByte Net will acquire, at the request of the
Customer, an Internet Domain Name (only from the US Network Solutions) on
behalf of the Customer. In such case the Customer hereby waives any and
all claims which it may have against MicroByte Net for any loss, damage,
claim or expense arising out of, or in relation to registration of such
Domain Name in any online or off-line network directories, membership
lists or registration lists, or the release of the Domain Name from such
directories or lists following the termination of services by MicroByte
Net for any reason. Any costs incurred by MicroByte Net in obtaining or
maintaining a domain name for Customer or its customers shall be at the
expense of the Customer.
6. INVOICING AND SERVICE FEES. Invoicing for a web site shall be as
follows: Customer shall be billed in accordance with the above stated
terms, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing and
executed by both parties. Payments of the service fee will be due
upon inception (sign-up date). In the event that Customer shall fail to
pay in advance for the services provided herein or in the event there
shall exist any delinquency in the Customer's account then, in such event,
MicroByte Net reserves the right, in its sole, absolute and unfettered
discretion, to terminate this agreement and discontinue service to the
Customer without notice or liability for actual, compensatory or
consequential damages to Customer for the interruption in service.
MicroByte Net shall be entitled to unilaterally terminate this agreement,
in which case the provisions of paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 shall continue
in full force and effect, and/or, at its sole discretion, MicroByte Net
may discontinue or suspend service to Customer until payment is made. Any
service disconnection or suspension will result in the requirement of
re-connect fee which shall be the same as the setup-fee.
7. 30 DAY-MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. The 30 day money-back shall apply to
the refund on the agreed upon monthly plan fees and shall exclude, without
limitation, the refund of any or all setup fees, service fees, transfer
fees, domain registration fees, design/development fees, software purchase
fees, and any promotional discounts, etc. ONLY web hosting monthly fees
are refundable. Customer will automatically be charged non-refundable
additional fees in the event that this Customer is in excessive use of the
agreed upon services, including, but not limited to, the use of additional
bandwidth, file transfers in excess of plan limits, or mega byte space.
8. CANCELLATION AND EARLY TERMINATION. All
cancellations in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein
must be submitted in writing via MicroByte Net's online form or
Customer may submit a request for cancellation in writing via registered
mail. All Customer accounts must be paid in full before the
transaction will be considered complete. Any
contracts terminated prior to the end of said term will be subject to an
early cancellation fee equal to fifty (50%) percent of the remaining
service fees unless otherwise stated in a service contract between
customer and MicroByte Net.
9. TAXES. Customer shall be responsible for paying all taxes of any
nature except for taxes on MicroByte Net's income, irrespective of which
party may be responsible for reporting or collecting such taxes.
10. MODIFICATIONS. MicroByte Net reserves the right to make changes to
any of the above terms and conditions of this agreement immediately and
without notice to Customer. Changes in monthly service fees are effective
only at the end of any calendar quarter for which Customer has already
prepaid. The use of the service by the Customer following the effective
date of such change shall be proof of acceptance of Customer of such
change(s).
11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND SEVERABILITY. This instrument constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties, and represents the complete and
entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter
contained in this agreement. In the event that any term or provision of
this instrument is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable, then the remaining provisions of this instrument and the
agreement which it evidences shall remain in full force and effect. IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties intending to be legally bound hereby, and in
consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, do hereby
execute this instrument with each party warranting their ability to enter
into this agreement for the person or entity pursuant to the law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This Agreement will be held in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Any actions brought
against MicroByte Net must be done in the County of Hanover in
Pennsylvania.
12. RESTRICTIVE USE. The Customer may only use MicroByte Net's service
for lawful purpose. In the event that at any given time, MicroByte Net
believes that the service is being used by the Customer in contravention
with any of the terms and provisions contained in this agreement,
MicroByte Net has the right to immediately discontinue such service to
Customer without liability whatsoever. The following are restrictive uses
and shall be cause for the immediate termination of web services and this
agreement without notice to the Customer. MicroByte Net will act as the
sole judge as to what constitutes a violation.
13. ACCEPTABLE ACCOUNT USAGE. To better serve our customers and offer a
more reliable service, MicroByte Net has developed this acceptable use
policy to define the types of behavior that will not be permitted on
MicroByte Net's network.
A. RESPONSIBLE USAGE. The Customer must take responsibility for their
actions on the MicroByte Net network, and any systems accessed through
said network. This includes, but is not limited to, statements made
through electronic mail, chat and discussion forums, and Usenet news
groups. If the Customer, or Customer's assignee is found to have exercised
irresponsible behavior, whether intentional or unintentional, endangering
the MicroByte Net network or another network's systems, company or
individual, MicroByte Net may suspend Customer's access at any time,
without prior notice. MicroByte Net management shall be the final and sole
judge of whether abuse or violations have occurred.
B. MASS ELECTRONIC MAIL. This section outlines MicroByte Net's policy
on unsolicited mass e-mail and newsgroup postings, commonly known as, and
referred to herein as "SPAM". For the purpose of this document,
"unsolicited e-mail" shall be defined as: any electronic mail
sent to a given list of address(es) for which the owner(s) have not given
permission, express or otherwise, for the Customer's use in mass
communication. MicroByte Net network resources may not be used by Customer
to e-mail or mass e-mail any user, or groups of users who have not
indicated a willingness to receive said mailings. Any violation of this
policy may result in termination of this agreement and service
disconnection without prior notice to Customer. MicroByte Net management
will act as final and sole judge in determining if a violation has
occurred.
C. RELAYING OF ELECTRONIC MAIL. MicroByte Net does not allow our
systems to be used for RELAY from non-MicroByte Net customers or networks.
D. CENSORSHIP. MicroByte Net has a policy of no-censorship, either from
or to our systems, UNLESS, the information transmitted is illegal in
nature, or clearly used to commit fraudulent activity. Additionally, the
MicroByte Net network may not be used to host Adult-oriented websites or
materials, including those depicting nudity or acts of a sexual nature. At
the sole discretion of MicroByte Net management, any violation of the
above will result in service disconnection and termination of this
agreement without notice or liability to actual, compensatory or
consequential damages to Customer.
E. SHARED RESOURCE USAGE. MicroByte Net will not allow Customer to
consume excessive system resources on the MicroByte Net network.
F. SECURITY. MicroByte Net actively and automatically monitors all of
our systems for attempts at breaching our security, or attempts to access
systems or resources that are not available for customers to use or
access. This is commonly known as "hacking." Any attempt to
access or modify unauthorized computer system information or to interfere
with normal system operations, whether on the equipment of MicroByte Net
or of any other computer system or network that is accessed by our
services, will result in immediate and permanent cancellation of your
account(s) and may lead to other legal proceedings against you. ANYONE
FOUND ACCESSING OR ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS UNAUTHORIZED MicroByte Net OR
MicroByte Net CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT WILL HAVE THEIR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY
TERMINATED AND THE INCIDENT REPORTED TO THE ALLENTOWN BUREAU OF THE FBI
and respective Attorney General's office. MicroByte Net fully cooperates
with authorities during such an investigation.
G. UNLAWFUL USAGE. MicroByte Net's network of information services may
only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission of any material in
violation of any federal, state or local regulation is prohibited. This
includes copyrighted material, including but not limited to, MP3 audio
files, photographs and other media not licensed to the individual.
Additionally, material judged to be threatening, obscene, or material
protected by trade secret is prohibited.
H. PRIVACY. While every attempt is made to keep all information passing
to and from our systems, and to and from our customers, private, you must
assume that any information that you transmit or receive may not be
private. MicroByte Net does not monitor or record normal usage of our
systems. However, MicroByte Net will fully cooperate with any authority in
the investigation of illegal activity and may turn over logs and records
upon receipt of proper orders. MicroByte Net fully reserves the rights to
conduct an audit if MicroByte Net believes there has been a violation of
this Agreement or the Law.
I. SELLING OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION. MicroByte Net does not and will not
sell or transfer any information about our customer base to any third
party for the purpose of using that information for marketing or direct
sales. MicroByte Net does cooperate with other Internet and communications
services providers and may release customer information to those parties
in the event of security or credit-related problems.
©1999
MicroByte Net. All rights reserved

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