Terms of Service (TOS) and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Introduction
This
Terms of Service (TOS) and Accepatable Use
Policy (AUP) is an agreement ("Agreement")
between Customer and L3server, a division
of BASIC Networks Corp., and applies to
Customer's account(s) with L3server. PLEASE
READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY and retain
it for future reference. Please note that
the information contained herein is subject
to change without notice. Customer agrees
to periodically consult this website for
changes or amendments to this Agreement.
L3server may, but is under no obligation
to, provide notices of any amendment, modification
or update of this Agreement via e-mail to
Customers. BY CHECKING THE "YES"
BUTTON IN THE ORDER FORM AS REGARDS TO HAVING
READ AND AGREED TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF USE, AND/OR REGISTERING FOR AND USING
THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE
READ THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND
BY ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
AS WELL AS ALL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES OF
THE AUP, WHICH ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY
REFERENCE.
General
Provisions
While
using Services provided by L3server
you agree to the following terms and conditions.
Definitions
-
"We"
"Us" "Provider"
or "L3server"
refers to L3server, a division
of BASIC Networks Corp., and
-
"You" "Your"
"Client" or "Customer"
refers to each person or entity who applies
for internet service or is a designate of
any one who applies for internet service
with L3server.
Services
Provided by L3server
L3server will rent Internet server space ("Services")
and dedicated servers to its customers for the
purpose of allowing customers to provide http
internet content to the general public. The
Services allow L3server customers to maintain
internet websites, receive and maintain e-mail
accounts, and access web space via FTP to upload
files for their websites. L3server customers
will use the provided Services in a manner consistent
with all applicable State and Federal laws.
L3server will make no effort to edit, control,
monitor or restrict the content of data other
than as necessary to provide Services. If any
of the activities referenced below are committed,
L3server may immediately terminate Customer's
account(s) without notice. L3server will be
the sole and final arbiter as to what constitutes
a violation of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
Customer
Use of Services
- Customer
Security Obligation: Each Customer must use reasonable care in keeping each VPS account
or dedicated server and/or network devices
attached to L3server infrastructure up-to-date
and patched with the latest security updates.
Failure to use reasonable care to protect
a server may result in a security compromise
by outside sources. L3server is not responsible
for Customer server level security unless
a security administration package, firewall
security administration package or fully
managed operating system package is contracted
for and maintained. A compromised server
creating network interference will result
in immediate Customer notification and will
be disconnected from the network immediately
so as to not directly affect other Customers.
No service credits will be issued for outages
resulting from disconnection due directly
to breached server security. The Customer
is solely responsible for any breaches of
security affecting servers under Customer
control, including repairing the system,
terminating the account(s) of the abusive
user(s), and reporting occurrence of the
issue to L3server by email. If a Customer
intentionally creates a security breach,
the cost to resolve any damage to Customer's
server or other servers will be charged
directly to the Customer. The labor used
to resolve such damage is categorized as
emergency security breach recovery and is
currently charged at $80.00 USD per hour.
- Disk
Space, Client Content, and Bandwidth Usage:
L3server
offers server space to its VPS hosting clients.
Disk space cannot be increased. We reserve
the right to not host any website that consumes
more than the disk space or bandwidth coming
with the hosting plan client signed up for.
Owners of VPS plans are welcome to resell
hosting accounts. Client agrees that webpages
and files uploaded to our servers will not
violate any state, federal or foreign laws
or regulations; infringe on any intellectual
property rights of L3server or any third
party; be defamatory, slanderous or trade
libelous; be threatening or harassing; be
discriminatory based on gender, race, age;
promote hate; or contain viruses or other
computer programming defects which result
in damage to L3server or any third party.
Customers may not run IRC bots or clients.
Unacceptable uses of our service also include:
Bulk emailing, unsolicited emailings, newsgroup
spamming, copyrighted MP3s, illegal content, illegal
adult content (e.g. showing minors), copyright infringement,
trademark infringement, warez, cracks, or
software serial numbers. L3server will be
the sole and final arbiter as to what constitutes
a violation of this policy.
L3server
offers a set amount of data transfer per
VPS plan or server. Bandwidth is calculated
by calendar month. Bandwidth cannot
be combined with multiple plans or servers.
Bandwidth overcharge is priced at $28 per
50 GB. Customer is solely responsible for
monitoring his/her bandwidth usage.
- System
and Network Security:
Violations of system or network security
are strictly prohibited, and may result
in criminal and civil liability. L3server
investigates all incidents involving such
violations and will cooperate with law enforcement
if a criminal violation is suspected.
Examples of system or network security violations
include, without limitation, the following:
- Introduction of malicious programs into
the network or server (example: viruses,
worms, Trojan Horses, key loggers, and other
executables intended to inflict harm).
- Effecting security breaches or disruptions
of Internet communication and/or connectivity.
Security breaches include, but are not limited
to, accessing data of which the Customer
is not an intended recipient or logging
into a server or account that the Customer
is not expressly authorized to access. For
purposes of this section, "disruption"
includes, but is not limited to port scans,
flood pings, email-bombing, packet spoofing,
IP spoofing and forged routing information.
- Executing any form of network activity
that will intercept data not intended for
the Customer's server.
- Circumventing user authentication or security
of any host, network or account, including
“cracking.”
- Running IRC bots or clients
- Interfering with or denying service to
any user, host, or network other than the
Customer's host (example: denial of service
attack or distributed denial of service
attack).
- Conduct designed to avoid restrictions
or access limits to specific services, hosts,
or networks, including but not limited to
the forging of packet headers (“spoofing”)
or other identification information.
- Using any program script/command, or sending
messages of any kind, designed to interfere
with or to disable, a user's terminal session,
via any means, locally or via the Internet.
- No
"Spam": UCE/UBE or "Spam"
originating from a L3server account, or
associated with a L3server account, is not
tolerated. This includes any e-mail that
promotes web sites hosted on a L3server
account but is sent from an e-mail address
not associated with that L3server account.
Client shall not use their L3server services
for chain letters, junk mail, bulk-email,
or any use of distribution lists to any
person who has not given specific permission
to be included in such a process. In the
absence of positive, verifiable proof to
the contrary, which must be provided before
the mail campaign is initiated, L3server
considers complaints by recipients of emails
to be de-facto proof that the recipient
did not subscribe or otherwise request the
email(s) about which a complaint was generated.
L3server reserves the right to deactivate
or terminate any account(s) upon any indication
of such activity without notice. There will
be a $140 clean up fee if an account was
suspended for policy violation.
- False
Information: False Information. Client
agrees not to post false or inaccurate information
to news groups in violation of the news
groups' rules and regulations. If any news
groups or service providers contact L3server
concerning unethical, false or unlawful
activities by you, L3server reserves the
right to terminate your service without
notice.
- Licensed
Software Only: Client agrees to use
only properly licensed third party software
in connection with Client's use of the Services.
- Back-Up
Files: L3server will make every reasonable
effort to protect and backup data for Client
on a regular basis if backups are part of
a specific package, however L3server does
not guarantee the existence, accuracy, or
regularity of its backup services and, therefore,
client is solely responsible for independent
backup of data stored on Providers server
and network. There is a one time fee of
$100 for our Administrator to retreive client's
individual back-up files.
- 99.99%
Network Uptime: L3server has a 99.99%
average uptime across our entire network
at large, which includes webservers, mailservers,
and more - as a whole. If a single server
is temporarily offline, the rest of the
L3server servers remain unaffected and uninterrupted,
thus contributing to our overall uptime.
- Domain
Name Registration: L3server uses eNom
and Register.com for domain name registrations.
There is a fee for new domain name registrations.
(Domains do not need to be transferred to
our registrars for the sites to be hosted
with L3server.)
Right
to Refuse Service
At
its sole discretion, L3server has
the right to refuse any and all service or
services to any applicant, customer, client
whether it be an individual or legal entity.
Payment Obligations, Renewals, and Cancellations
- Payment
Obligations: Full payment is required
in advance, before services are established.
You will immediately pay, upon receiving
an electronic invoice from BASIC Networks
Corp., all charges for your use of the Services
at the then current L3server prices for
that category of service or any special
offer applicable to your account as determined
by L3server. You grant BASIC Networks Corp.
the right to debit the credit card or bank
account via our online credit card billing,
PayPal, or Direct Debit from your bank account,
depending on the form or payment and currency
you choose to pay in. You will be billed
until the service is cancelled by you in
writing (e-mail with username and password
verification or FAX) or is cancelled by
L3server according to terms of this Agreement.
You warrant and represent that the information
you supply in the Order Form (or other information
that L3server may require) is accurate and
truthful. All payment-due notices will be
send by electronic mail. No bills or invoices
will be sent by postal mail or FAX. Credit
cards that are declined for any reason or
Paypal payments that are either rejected
or not made when Services are invoiced are
subject to an additional processing fee.
Service can be immediately interrupted on
any account that is unpaid. L3server's usual
grace period is 5 days. Service interrupted
for non-payment is subject to a $25 suspension
charge. Any
suspended account will be terminated
within 15 days after payment due date if
no payment is received within this time.
Accounts that are not collectable by BASIC
Networks Corp. may be turned over to an
outside collection agency for collection.
If you account is turned over for collection,
you agree to pay the company an additional
"Collection" fee of not less than
$50 nor more than $150.
Your VPS account or dedicated server comes
with a set bandwidth allotment (usually
300 GB to 500 GB for VPS accounts and 1000
or 1500 GB for dedicated servers). This
represents the amount of bandwidth that
you are allowed to use for each calendar
month. If you exceed this allotment for
any reason in any calendar month, even if
you have cancelled service with L3server
during the month, you will be charged overage
bandwidth at a rate of $28 per 50 gigabytes.
Bandwidth billing is done in arrears, and
you will receive your bill for overage bandwidth
during the first week of the following month
that the overage occurred. It is your responsibility
to monitor your bandwidth usage and to pay
for all overages.
*All payments to BASIC Networks Corp. are
nonrefundable* and include any applicable
setup fees and subsequent charges regardless
of usage. All overcharges or billing disputes
must be reported within 60 days of the time
that the dispute occurred. If you dispute
a charge to your credit card issuer that,
in BASIC Networks' sole discretion, is a
valid charge under the provisions of this
Agreement and/or AUP, you agree to pay BASIC
Networks an additional "Investigation
Fee" of $50.00.
- Renewals:
Your account will be automatically renewed
under the same time and fee structure unless
you give written notice to L3server ten
(10) days before the renewal date that you
do not wish to renew such account.
- Cancellation:
You may cancel at anytime but need to be
received at least 10 days before the anniversary
billing date. There is no Money Back Guarantee
for VPS or dedicated server services. All
cancellations must be received in writing
as per the deadlines indicated by e-mail
or FAX. Cancellations will be processed
by our staff on a daily basis.
Disclaimer
of Warranty
You agree to use the Services and any information
obtained through or from L3server
at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree
that L3server exercises no control
over, and accepts no responsibility for, the
content of information passing through L3server's
host computers, network hubs, points of presence
or the internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS, AS
AVAILABLE BASIS. L3server MAKES NO
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES
OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERVICES IT PROVIDES. L3server MAKES
NO WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE
INTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY RESULTS
OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SERVICES IS ACCURATE
AND RELIABLE. L3server EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF
ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM CUSTOMER
OR STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER'S
CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY L3server.
NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN
BY ANY L3server PERSON WILL CREATE
ANY WARRANTY OR MAY YOU RELY ON SUCH INFORMATION
OR ADVICE. The terms of this Section will
survive any termination of this Agreement.
L3server
is not responsible for any interruption in
service or down time that may occur, whether
due to external network disruptions or negligence
of L3server. This includes loss of
data resulting from delays, non-deliveries,
wrong delivery, equipment failure and any
and all other service interruptions caused
by L3server.
Limitation
of Liability
You agree that L3server will not
be responsible for any losses that may incur
where Services are accessed by third-parties
through illegal or otherwise unauthorized
means, including but not limited to situations
where data is accessed through the exploitation
of security gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether
known or unknown to L3server at the
time) which may exist in the Services or in
L3server's equipment used to provide
the Services.
Under
no circumstances will L3server be
liable for any consequential, indirect, incidental,
special or punitive damages, or loss of profits,
revenue, data or use by Customer, any of its
customers, or of any other third party, whether
in an action in contract or tort or strict
liability or other legal theory. L3server
will not be liable to Customer, any of its
customers, or any other third party, for any
loss or damages that result or are alleged
to have resulted from the use of or inability
to use the Services, or that results from
mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion
of files, loss of data, errors, viruses, defects,
delays in operations, or transmission or any
failure of performance, whether or not limited
to acts of God, communications failure, theft,
destruction or unauthorized access to L3server's
records, programs, equipment or services.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
L3server's maximum liability under
this Agreement for all damages, losses, costs
and causes of actions from any and all claims
(whether in contract, tort, including negligence,
quasi-contract, statutory or otherwise) will
not exceed the actual dollar amount paid by
Customer for the Services which gave rise
to such damages, losses and causes of actions
during the 12-month period prior to the date
the damage or loss occurred or the cause of
action arose.
This
limitation of liability reflects an informed,
voluntary allocation between the parties of
the risks (known and unknown) that may exist
in connection with this Agreement. The terms
of this Section will survive any termination
of this Agreement.
Indemnification
Customer agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless L3server, its officers,
directors, employees, shareholders and agents
from and against any and all claims, damages,
losses, liabilities, suits, actions, demands,
proceedings (whether legal or administrative),
and expenses (including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorney's fees) threatened, asserted,
or filed by a third party arising out of or
relating to (i) Customer's use of the Services,
(ii) any breach by Customer of this Agreement,
or (iii) any acts or omissions of Customer.
The terms of this Section will survive any
termination of this Agreement.
Force
Majeure
L3server will not be liable for failure
or delay in performing it obligations if such
failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond
its reasonable control, including but not
limited to acts of any governmental body,
war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire,
flood, strike or other labor disturbance,
interruption of or delay in transportation,
unavailability of, interruption or delay in
telecommunications or third party services
(including DNS propagation), failure of third
party software or hardware or inability to
obtain raw materials, supplies or power used
in or equipment needed for provision of the
Services.
Disclosure
of Customer Information and Legal Process
Although L3server maintains strict
confidentiality on Customer's information,
there are certain exceptions in which L3server
may disclose information in its possession,
including but not limited to information about
the Customer's internet transmissions and
website activity in order to comply with court
order, subpoena, discovery request, warrant,
statute, regulation or official governmental
requests. L3server has no obligation
to notify Customer about whom the information
is sought or that L3server has provided
the information. Customer acknowledges the
above exceptions and agrees to them without
reservation.
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Arbitration
In the event of recourse to legal action,
both parties agree to submit to personal jurisdiction
in the state of BASIC Network Corp.'s incorporation,
and the agreement shall be governed by the
law of that state. An award rendered in connection
with arbitration pursuant to this Section
shall be final and binding upon the parties.
The parties agree that the award of the arbitral
tribunal will be the sole and exclusive remedy
between them regarding any and all claims
and counterclaims between them with respect
to the subject matter of the arbitrated dispute.
The terms of this Section will survive any
termination of this Agreement.
Assignment
Customer will not have the right to assign
this Agreement without the prior written consent
of L3server.
Entire
Agreement; Severability
This Agreement represents the entire agreement
between the parties, and supersedes all previous
representations, understandings or agreements.
If any provision of this Agreement is held
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder
of this Agreement will remain in full force
and effect.
Customer
hereby represents that he, she or it, is either
an individual entering this Agreement for
his or her personal use and is over 18 years
of age, or is a corporation other legal corporate
entity, duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the state
of its organization and the person acting
on behalf of Customer is duly authorized to
accept, execute and deliver this Agreement
on behalf of Customer.
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