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Terms of Service (Dialup Services)


Warranty Disclaimer
THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES SET FORTH ARE EXCLUSIVE AND NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY IMPLIED.

PremoWeb Internet Services here after called “PremoWeb”, exercises no control whatsoever over the content of the information passing through PremoWeb’s system. Use of any information obtained via PremoWeb is at Users risk. Neither PremoWeb nor any of its affiliates, its licensees, its contractors, or their respective employees warrants that the Service will be uninterrupted or neither error free; nor does PremoWeb make any warranty as to the results from use of the Service.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM THE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. NO ADVICE, SUGGESTIONS, OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY PremoWeb, IT’S AFFILIATES, IT’S LICENSERS, IT’S CONTRACTORS, OWNERS OR THE RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. NEITHER PremoWeb NOR IT’S AFFILLIATES, LICENSERS, LISENCEES, IT’S CONTRACTORS, OWNERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIALS ACCESSIBLE ON THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, CANCELBOTS, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANSES SHALL PremoWeb, IT’S AFFILLIATES, IT’S LISENCERS, LISENCEES, IT’S CONTRACTORS, OWNERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT. USER SHALL ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL CONTENT DISTRIBUTED, ACCESSED, OR VIEWED WHILE CONNECTED TO OUR SERVICE. IN THE EVENT A COURT ORDERED IS ISSUED, WE MAY PROVIDE TO THEM ANY AND ALL INFORMATION THAT THEY REQUEST OF US. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE, OUR AGENTS, PROVIDERS, OWNERS, OR EMPOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHICH RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM USER’S USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS SERVICE OR ACCESS THE INTERNET OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR USER’S RELIANCE ON OR USE OF INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR THAT ANY ERRORS FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION. ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT, OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ALTERATION OF OR USE OF USER’S ACCOUNT OR COMPUTER, WHEATHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGIGENCE OR CALLING ACTION, IN THE EVENT THAT PremoWeb IS FOUND LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PremoWeb’ LIABILITY SHALLBE LIMITED TO THE UNUSED BALANCE OF THE USER SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT PRO-RATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT TERM.

If user is dissatisfied with the service or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices by PremoWeb in operating the Service, User’s sole remedy is to discontinue using the service.

Indemnification
Not withstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, User agrees to indemnify and hold PremoWeb, its affiliates, its licensees, licensers, its contractors, owners or their respective employees harmless against any and all harm, loss, claim, judgment, damage and expenses including and without limitation attorney’s fees and costs of litigation incurred or suffered by PremoWeb, its licensers, its affiliates, its contractors, owners, or their respective employees as the result of any and all use of User’s account whether authorized or not authorized or as a result of negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of any of the terms of this agreement by user, including but not limited to claims, liabilities, losses, damage, judgment and expense which arise out of alleged injury or death of any person or damage to property of every kind and description. User shall promptly notify PremoWeb in writing of any claim of which it is obligated under this indemnity. User shall have the right to assume the defense of any such claim. User and PremoWeb shall confer as to and agree on the legal counsel(s) to be selected in any such defense.

Age Limit
User represents that he or she is eighteen (18) years of age or older. User understands that certain materials available from the service provided under the terms of this agreement may not be suitable for individuals under the age of eighteen (18)

Sexually Explicit Materials
User understands that the Internet contains unedited materials some of which are sexually explicit in nature and may be offensive. User accesses such materials at his or her own risk. PremoWeb has no control over and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for such materials.

EMAIL Restrictions

• User may not send mail to more than 25 recipients at a time.
• User may not send more than 100 emails per hour period.
• User may not send from an email address that is not their own.
• User may not send an email that is over 10MB in size.
• User may not forge message header to hide the origin of their email.
• Provider may block certain attachment types used in transmitting viruses.
• Email is kept on the server for sixty days (60).

Port 25 Restrictions
User understands that port 25 is restricted for all outgoing mail servers. User must send mail through the mail server when connected to the network.

Hosting Restrictions
Although we advertise unlimited bandwidth, we reserve the right to inform you that you must transfer your website if an excessive amount of bandwidth is used. User may not purchase more than one (1) hosting package and link them together in an attempt to get around our bandwidth or website restrictions. We currently do not allow websites which exceed fifteen (15) GB of bandwidth per month to host on our servers. If the request is not met within five (5) business days, we do reserve the right to remove the website from our system.

Access Numbers
Determination of which calls are local may or may not be based on standard residential service for your area. Access numbers may be listed by the towns serviced by that number or the town in which it or other website listings and dialer phone book should only be used as a guide. You MUST contact your telephone company to confirm charges on all calls to PremoWeb access numbers. PremoWeb is not responsible for phone charges, if any, attributed to the use of the service.

Prohibited Uses
User may not:

• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Internet;
• Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, private, offensive, or other wise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmission constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national, or international law, including without limitation of the U.S. Control laws and regulations.
• Post on web space provided any sexually explicit materials of materials that may be offensive.
• Post or transmit any information or software, which contains a virus, cancelbot, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful component.
• Post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute or in any way exploit any information, software or other material obtained through the service for commercial purposes (other than as expressly permitted by provider of such information, software or other material);
• Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, software, or other material obtained through the service which is protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, or deviations with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or right holder;
• Upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of the Service itself or derivative works with respect thereof;
• Send unsolicited advertising or promotional materials to other network users (See section titled “Messaging”);
• Run Maillist, Listserve or any form of auto-responders from users account;
• Run or activate processes while user is not logged in;
• Violate the security of any computer network, crack passwords or security encryption codes, transfer or store illegal materials including that deemed threatening or obscene, or engage in any kind of illegal activity;
• Attempt to defeat any idle timer or system tool intended to enforce the part-time and personal nature of users connection, including the use of ping bots and other methods and other methods of timing disconnection rules section titled “LIMITATIONS OF DIAL-UP SERVICES”; or
• Violate any of the rules, regulations, and policies of those networks and computer systems accessed with users account.
• PremoWeb has no obligation to monitor the Service. However, user agrees that PremoWeb has the right to monitor the service electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as may be necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or other governmental request, to operate the service properly, or to protect itself or its subscribers. PremoWeb will not intentionally monitor or disclose any private E-mail messages unless required by law. PremoWeb reserves the right to refuse to post or remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, is those in its sole and absolute discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or violate this agreement. PremoWeb reserves the right to suspend access to the service for user’s account. The account’s suspension may be rescinded within the sole and absolute discretion of PremoWeb following payment of a reconnection charge, to be determined by PremoWeb in its sole and absolute discretion.

Messaging
User agrees to limit their use of PremoWeb service, specifically regarding the use of PremoWeb’ electronic (e-mail) services, to the following restrictions:

• Unauthorized use of Relay Servers
User agrees that any unauthorized use of any e-mail server located throughout the Internet for the purpose of relaying or distributing messages is prohibited.

• Fraudulent Addressing
User agrees that the purposeful distribution of any e-mail message where the return address, original address, or any other identifiable aspect of the message has been purposefully altered is prohibited. User may not purposefully misrepresent the origination information of any e-mail messages sent while using PremoWeb’ service.

• Transmission of unsolicited e-mail or promotional material
Users of PremoWeb’ services are restricted from using any of our Services or Resources for the purpose of transmitting unsolicited or promotional material including but not limited to, any material which is or can be commonly referred to as SPAM. The violation of this restriction will result in a ten-dollar ($10.00) penalty for each and every e-mail address for which the unsolicited or promotional material was sent. All costs associated with the collection of this fee will be the responsibility of, and will be passed on to the violator. In addition, PremoWeb reserves the right to prosecute the user for breach of contract and the violating user acknowledges that they have purposefully and intentionally damaged PremoWeb’ brand and image in the marketplace. The violator agrees to pay any and all legal costs incurred by PremoWeb associated with each violation.

Network Abuse
In order to provide the highest quality experience for all customers, PremoWeb will suspend any account, which it determines is abusing the network. Accounts which demonstrate a usage pattern of accessing the PremoWeb network for more than ten (10) hours a day may have their service suspended by PremoWeb and such suspension is at PremoWeb’ sole discretion. Such suspension will be without prior notice. Accounts suspended for violation of this section will be liable for the access fee for the billing period in which the service was suspended and will not be eligible for a refund.

Fraudulent Content
User agrees to be held responsible for the distribution of fraudulent materials.

VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF SERVICES. FURTHERMORE, VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS, RELATING TO TERMS DESCRIBED WITHIN THE “MESSAGING” SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT WILL RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00). PremoWeb RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHARGE USER’S CREDIT CARD, IF ON FILE FOR USE IN PAYMENT OF PremoWeb SERVICES, A ONE-TIME FEE OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) PER VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IN THE EVENT THE USER PRE-PAYS FOR THEIR PremoWeb SERVICE VIA CASH, CHECK, OR MEANS OTHER THAN CREDIT CARD, PremoWeb RESERVES THE RIGHT TO INVOICE AND HOLD USER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONE TIME FEE OF TWO HUNDRES DOLARS ($200.00) PER VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS. USER ALSO AGREES TO THE IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF PremoWeb SERVICE FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Limitation of Dial-up Services

Multiple, Concurrent Online Sessions
User agrees to maintain no more than one (1) concurrent online session for each PPP/ISDN account purchased.

Maximum Single Session
User agrees to have an online session automatically terminated after five (5) hours of consecutive time regardless of data transferred during such specific online session.

Minimum Re-Connect Limit
User understands they cannot log back onto PremoWeb’ system for a period of ten (10) minutes following the termination of their previous online session, regardless of the reason for the previous sessions termination. Attempts to defeat the idle timer using a ping bot or other system tool, or the use of a redialer to automatically reconnect once disconnected are prohibited. User understands that unlimited service does not mean dedicated service. Dedicated service shall be defined as an average of more than 15 channel hours a day, based on a thirty-day (30) calendar month usage report. User may be blocked and forced to upgrade to continue service if their unlimited account is used as a dedicated connection.

Inactivity
PremoWeb maintains the right to terminate any user’s connection following an extended period of inactivity as determined by PremoWeb. Inactivity is defined as less then 500 bytes of data transferred between user’s modem and the service in allocated period.

Right to Cancel
PremoWeb reserves the right to cancel service for any reason without prior notice. In the event that a user’s service is cancelled for a reason outside of this TOS, we will refund the user the unused portion of that month’s service. Pre-paid service is refundable in the event that a user’s service is canceled for a reason outside of this TOS. PremoWeb will not refund any shipping and/or handling fees. Cancellations after the start of any given month will be charged for that month. User understands that a request for termination of service must be made by the 24th of the preceding month as PremoWeb allocates bandwidth at that time for the next month. Payments for the next month’s bandwidth are allocated at that time. Requests for termination of service made after the 24th of the month will require payment for a final month since the deadline had not been met.

No Confidentiality
Information transmitted through PremoWeb and through the Internet in general is not confidential. PremoWeb cannot and shall not guarantee privacy or the protection of any user. PremoWeb reserves the right to monitor any user’s transmissions when deemed necessary for providing proper service and/or protect the rights and property of PremoWeb.

Non –transferable
The right to use the service is not transferable. Accounts are for User’s use only. User shall be responsible for the confidentiality of the user’s password. Loaning user’s account to others, connecting a system used by multiple persons, group use of user’s log-ins, and consuming more than one modem line are expressly prohibited. If user has multiple accounts, then user shall be limited to one login session per system at any time. Violation of these terms shall constitute theft of service and may be prosecuted under civil or criminal law.

Purchases on the Service
If the user wishes to make purchases on the service, user may be asked by the merchant or information service provider, for whom user is making the purchase to supply certain information, including credit card or other payment mechanism information. User agrees that all information user may provide any means or information or service provider on the service for the purpose of making purchases shall be accurate, complete, and current. The merchants and information and service providers offering merchandise, information, and services set their own prices and may change prices or institute new policies at any time. User agrees to pay all charges incurred by users of User’s account and credit card or other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. User shall be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to purchases on the service.

Payments / Billing

All prepay plans paid by credit card automatically renew at the same rate unless customer cancels the service on or before the expiration date of the account. Customers agree to notify PremoWeb of their intent to cancel by the 24th of the month before the expiration of the month as PremoWeb allocates bandwidth for the next month as of the 25th of the preceding month. PremoWeb will notify the customers of the renewal and confirm the amount charged.

Check Payments: accounts paid by check are held inactive until customer’s check is processed and full payment is received by PremoWeb. Accounts paid by check are nonrefundable after the first thirty days. A check-processing fee may apply.

Policies / Procedures
Customer agrees to abide by policies and procedures published on PremoWeb’ website and with this agreement. PremoWeb reserves the right to change or update these policies and procedures at any time.

No System Backup
PremoWeb does not and will not perform system backups on any user’s E-mail account(s). PremoWeb shall not be held responsible for any lost E-mail data, e-mail attachments, or any E-mail message content regardless of the reason for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, PremoWeb will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity.

PremoWeb does not and will not perform system backups on any web sites, PremoWeb shall not be responsible for any lost web data, web files, or any website contents, regardless of the reason for loss or system causes. Except as set forth herein, PremoWeb will not provide historical data to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity.

We do not perform backups on the MySQL database. We shall be not held responsible for any lost data. User should always keep a current backup of their database content.

Failure to Comply with Terms and Conditions
PremoWeb may deny user access to all or part of the service without prior notice if user engages in any action or activity that PremoWeb in its sole discretion believes violates any of the terms and conditions in this agreement. If PremoWeb denies user access to the service because of such a violation, user shall not have the right (1) to access through PremoWeb any materials stored on the internet, (2) to obtain credit(s) otherwise due to user, and such credit(s) shall be forfeited, (3) to access third party services, merchandise, or information on the internet through PremoWeb, and PremoWeb shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise, or information nor any responsibility for or any consequences resulting from lack or notification.

Miscellaneous
User agrees to remain signed into the network only when actually making use of same, and to disconnect when idles for significant periods of time (more than 15 minutes). Use also agrees to not remain connected to PremoWeb’ system for periods exceeding five (5) hours, in any single continuous session. User authorizes PremoWeb to enforce these restrictions by appropriate software and network measures, automated and manual.

User agrees to indemnify PremoWeb if user moves or otherwise changes his or her mailing address or phone number, and to list a truthful name, postal address, and telephone number on forms supplied by PremoWeb.

In the event that any portion of this agreement is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of parties and the remainder of the provisions of this agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

PremoWeb’ failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provisions of this agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between parties or trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this agreement.

PremoWeb may modify this agreement from time to time by placing a notice of such modification on its website, and user’s continued use of the service following such notice of modification shall be deemed user’s acceptance of modification, it is users responsibility to check this online area regularly to determine whether this agreement has been modified. If user does not agree to any modification of this agreement, user must immediately stop using the service.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any cause of action user may have with respect to the service must be commenced within ninety days (90) after the claim or cause of action arises or such cause of action is barred.

PremoWeb shall not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance and agreement or interruption of service resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy, war, riots, civil disturbances, insurrections, accidents, fire, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements, strikes, labor disputes, shortages of suitable parts, materials, labor, transportation, or any cause beyond the reasonable control of PremoWeb.

Venue for litigation of any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to this agreement, or the breach thereof, naming PremoWeb as defendant, shall be proper only in a venue as determined by PremoWeb.

In any action between PremoWeb and user to enforce any terms of this agreement, PremoWeb shall be entitled to recover expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between user and PremoWeb with respect to the service.

 
     
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