Next Best Host TOS/AUP
We ("Hybricom, Inc. DBA
Next Best Host") agree to furnish services to the Subscriber, subject to
the following TOS (Terms of Service). Use of our Service constitutes acceptance
and agreement to our AUP as well as our TOS (Terms of Service). All provisions
of this contract are subject to the TOS (Terms of Service) 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. The below shall not
be rendered by other terms than the included below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Disclosure to Law Enforcement The AUP specifically
prohibits the use of our service for illegal activities. Therefore, Subscriber
agrees that the Company may disclose any and all subscriber information including
assigned IP numbers, account history, account use, etc. to any law enforcement
agent who makes a written request without further consent or notification to the
Subscriber. In addition we shall have the right to terminate all service set forth
in this Agreement.
2. Service Rates Subscriber acknowledges that
the nature of the service furnished and the initial rates and charges have been
communicated to Subscriber. Subscriber is aware that the Company may prospectively
change the specified rates and charges from time to time. The Company reserves
the right to modify the price of a subscription at anytime with prior notice to
the client. The promotional offer is contingent upon Company achieving and maintaining
its cost of service goals including but not limited to rates charged to company
by its suppliers.
3. Payment Establishment of this service is
dependent upon receipt by the Company of payment of stated charges. Subsequent
payments are due on the anniversary date of the month for that month's service.
4.
Payments and Fees Service will be interrupted on accounts that fail to
send payment by due date. Accounts will then be permanently deleted and disconnected
without refund after seven (7) days unless contact is made to Company and special
arrangements are made. Accounts that are not collectable by us may be turned over
to an outside collection agency for collection. If your account is turned over
for collection, you agree to pay the company a "Processing and Collection"
Fee of not less than $50 nor more than $150. If you desire to cancel your account,
please follow the proper procedure to do this as outlined in this TOS.
5.
Refund and Disputes All payments to us are nonrefundable unless cancellation
of account occurs within the "60 Days Money Back Guarantee" period for
services only including shared hosting and reseller accounts and not including
dedicated servers and domain name registration or when our company finds a fit
reason. All account cancellations/refunds must be submitted to our billing department
within three (3) days before the next billing cycle. Accounts opting for refund
within their "60 Days Money Back Guarantee" period will be cancelled
and removed from our servers immediately after refunds are issued. The accounts
of clients who wish to cancel their account and stop billing for future cycles
will remain active until the end of the paid cycle. This includes the one time
setup fee, if applicable, and subsequent charges regardless of usage. All overcharges
or billing disputes must be reported within 30 days of the time the dispute occurred.
If you dispute a charge to your credit card issuer that, in our sole discretion
is a valid charge under the provisions of the TOS and /or AUP, you agree to pay
us an "Administrative Fee" of not less than $50 and not more than $150.
6.
Failure to Pay The Company may temporarily deny service or terminate this
Agreement upon the failure of Subscriber to pay charges when due. Such termination
or denial will not relieve Subscriber of responsibility for the payment of all
accrued charges, plus reasonable interest and any collection fees.
7.
Account Cancellation Requests for canceling accounts must be submitted
to our billing department within 3 days before the next billing cycle and no more
than 10 days prior than payment period ends. Accounts opting for refund within
their "60 Days Money Back Guarantee" period will be cancelled and removed
from our servers immediately after refunds are issued. The accounts of clients
who wish to cancel their account and stop billing for future cycles will remain
active until the end of the paid cycle.
8. Subscriber acknowledges
that the service provided is of such a nature that service can be interrupted
for many reasons other than the negligence of the company and that damages resulting
from any interruption of service are difficult to ascertain. Therefore, subscriber
agrees that the company shall not be liable for any damages arising from such
causes. In no event shall the company be liable for any special or consequential
damages, loss or injury.
9. Support Boundaries We provide technical
support to our subscribers. We limit our technical support to our area of expertise.
The following is our guidelines when providing support: we provide support related
to your server or virtual site physical functioning. We do not offer tech support
for application specific issues such as cgi programming, html or any other such
issue. We do not provide technical support for YOUR customers. Support may be
requested by opening a support ticket via our online helpdesk located at http://support.nextbesthost.com.
If you are able to get online and have other questions, the answers may be in
our Frequently Asked Questions or Support section - we encourage you to check
there first. Lastly, the Help files in the program you are using may have the
answer to your question so please do investigate these resources before contacting
technical support.
10. SPAM and Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE)
We take a zero tolerance approach to the sending of Unsolicited Commercial Email
(UCE) or SPAM over our network. Very simply this means that customers may not
use or permit others to use our network to transact in UCE. Customers may not
host, or permit hosting of, sites or information that is advertised by UCE from
other networks. Violations of this policy carry severe penalties, including termination
of service.
10a. Violation of the SPAM policy will result in severe
penalties. Upon notification of an alleged violation of our SPAM policy, we will
initiate an immediate investigation (within 48 hours of notification). During
the investigation, we may restrict customer access to the network to prevent further
violations. If a customer is found to be in violation of our SPAM policy, we may,
at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend or terminate customer's account. Further,
we reserve the right to pursue civil remedies for any costs associated with the
investigation of a substantiated policy violation. We will notify law enforcement
officials if the violation is believed to be a criminal offense.
10b.
First violations of this policy will result in an "Administrative Fee"
of $250 and your account will be reviewed for possible immediate termination.
A second violation will result in an "Administrative Fee" of $500 and
immediate termination of your account. Users who violate this policy agree that
in addition to these "Administrative" penalties, they will pay "Research
Fees" not to exceed $175 per hour that our personnel must spend to investigate
the matter. PLEASE, DO NOT SPAM from your account!
10c. As our Customers
are ultimately responsible for the actions of their clients over our network,
it is advisable that Customers develop a similar, or stricter, policy for their
clients.
10d. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Anyone hosting websites or services
on their server that support spammers or cause any of our IP space to be listed
in any of the various Spam Databases will have their server immediately removed
from our network. The server will not be reconnected until such time that you
agree to remove ANY and ALL traces of the offending material immediately upon
reconnection and agree to allow us access to the server to confirm that all material
has been COMPLETELY removed. Severe violations may result in immediate and permanent
removal of the server from our network without notice to the customer. Any server
guilty of a second violation WILL be immediately and permanently removed from
our network without notice.
11. IP Address Ownership If we assign
Customer an Internet Protocol address for Customer's use, the right to use that
Internet Protocol address shall belong only to us, and Customer shall have no
right to use that Internet Protocol address except as permitted by us in our sole
discretion in connection with the Services, during the term of this Agreement.
We shall maintain and control ownership of all Internet Protocol numbers and addresses
that may be assigned to Customer by us, and we reserve the right to change or
remove any and all such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses, in its sole and
absolute discretion. Our allocation of IP addresses is limited by ARIN's new policies.
These new policies state that use of IP addresses for IP based virtual hosts will
not be accepted as justification for new IP addresses. What this means to you
is that you MUST use name-based hosting where possible. We will periodically review
IP address usage, and if we find that clients are using IP addresses where name-based
hosting could be used, we will revoke authorization to use those IP addresses
that could be used with name-based hosting.
12. Bandwidth and Disk Usage
Customer agrees that bandwidth and disk usage shall not exceed the number of megabytes
per month for the Services ordered by Customer on the Order Form (the "Agreed
Usage"). We will monitor Customer's bandwidth and disk usage. We have the
right to take corrective action if Customer's bandwidth or disk usage exceeds
the Agreed Usage. Such corrective action may include the assessment of additional
charges, disconnection or discontinuance of any and all Services, or termination
of this Agreement, which actions may be taken is in our sole and absolute discretion.
If we take any corrective action under this section, Customer shall not be entitled
to a refund of any fees paid in advance prior to such action. In the event that
a customer exceeds the included allocation, we may, at our sole discretion, collect
a deposit, in an amount determined by us, against customer's credit card on file
with us.
13. System and Network Security Users are prohibited
from violating or attempting to violate the security of our Network. Violations
of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. We will
investigate occurrences, which may involve such violations and may involve, and
cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved
in such violations. Client may be responsible for charges incurred to Next best
Host. These violations include, without limitation:
i. Accessing data
not intended for such User or logging into a server or account, which such User
is not authorized to access.
ii. Attempting to probe, scan or test the
vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures
without proper authorization.
iii. Attempting to interfere with service
to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading,
"flooding", "mail bombing" or "crashing".
iv.
Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any
e-mail or newsgroup posting.
v. Taking any action in order to obtain services
to which such User is not entitled.
13. Notification of Violation:
We are under no duty to look at each customer's or user's activities to determine
if a violation of the AUP has occurred, nor do we assume any responsibility through
our AUP to monitor or police Internet-related activities.
First violation:
Any User, which we determine to have violated any element of this Acceptable Use
Policy, shall receive an email, warning them of the violation. The service may
be subject at our discretion to a temporary suspension pending a User's agreement
in writing, to refrain from any further violations.
Second Violation: Users
that we determine to have committed a second violation of any element of this
Acceptable Use Policy shall be subject to immediate suspension or termination
of service without further notice.
We reserve the right, to drop the section
of IP space involved in Spam or Denial-of-Service complaints if it is clear that
the offending activity is causing great harm to parties on the Internet. In particular,
if open relays are on your network or a customer's network, or if denial of service
attacks are originating from your network. In certain rare cases, we may have
to do this before attempting to contact you. If we do this, we will contact you
as soon as is feasible.
14. Suspension of Service or Cancellation
We reserve the right to suspend network access to any customer if in the judgment
of the network administrators the customer's server is the source or target of
the violation of any of the other terms of the AUP or for any other reason which
we choose. If inappropriate activity is detected, all accounts of the Customer
in question will be deactivated until an investigation is complete. Prior notification
to the Customer is not assured. In extreme cases, law enforcement will be contacted
regarding the activity. The customer will not be credited for the time the customer's
machines were suspended and may be responsible for financial losses to Next best
Host.
We reserve the right to amend its policies at any time. All Sub-Networks,
resellers and managed servers must adhere to the above policies. Failure to follow
any term or condition will be grounds for immediate Cancellation. You will be
held responsible for the actions of your clients in the matter described on these
Terms and conditions. Therefore, it is in your best interest to implement a similar
or stricter Terms and conditions or otherwise called Acceptable Terms of use policy.
15.
Indemnification We wish to emphasize that in agreeing to the Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (ToS), customer indemnifies us for any violation
of the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (ToS) that results in
loss to us or the bringing of any claim against us by any third-party. This means
that if we are sued because of a customer's or a customer of a customer's activity,
the customer will pay any damages awarded against us, plus all costs and attorney's
fees.
16. Miscellaneous Provisions You must provide us with,
and keep current, good contact information for you. E-mail, fax, and telephone
contacts are used, in that order of preference.
A waiver by the Company
of any breach of any provision of this Agreement by Subscriber shall not operate
as or be construed as a continuing or subsequent waiver thereof or as a waiver
of any breach of any other provision thereof.
Subscriber shall not transfer
or assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company. Company
may assign Agreement at anytime without consent from or notice to Subscriber.
Company reserves right to cancel customers rights under this contract at anytime
without further obligation.
We take no responsibility for any material input
by others and not posted to our web site by us. We are not responsible for the
content of any other websites linked to us; links are provided as Internet navigation
tools only. We disclaim any responsibility for any such inappropriate use and
any liability to any person or party for any other person or party's violation
of this policy.
We are not responsible for any damages your business may
suffer. We do not make implied or written warranties for any of our services.
We deny any warranty or merchantability for a specific purpose. This includes
loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and
all service interruptions caused by us.
It is absolutely forbidden to host
pornographic content or IRC servers on Virtual Server Accounts. Virtual Server
Accounts found hosting this material will be subject to immediate cancellation
without refund.
17. Responsibility for Content You, as the customer,
are solely responsible for the content stored on and served by your server.
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