ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

CONTENTS

The policies and guidelines expressed herein supplement the rights and obligations of the parties under the Service Agreement of even date. This document establishes operating principles and acceptable use policies as they relate to the Customer's use of the Internet and the connection and ancillary services provided by Intermedia to the Customer under the Service Agreement. This document may be updated by Intermedia at any time.

GENERAL

The Internet is a voluntary association of users interested in and willing to exchange information and data with other Internet users. At present there is no oversight group providing governance over the principles, policies or procedures for use of the Internet or the information and data accessed via the Internet.

In order to facilitate their contractual relationship the Customer and Intermedia wish to define a working protocol of principles and policies and establish operating guidelines and acceptable standards of use of the Internet.

To this end the parties agree as follows:

 

PRINCIPLES GOVERNING ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE INTERNET BY THE CUSTOMER

1. Responsibility and Respect - The Internet is a network intended for use by mature, adult users. The Customer recognizes this principle and undertakes at all times to act with respect, courtesy and responsibility, giving due regard to the interests and rights of other Internet user groups. This general guideline carries with it the following specific responsibilities:

a) Knowledge of the Internet - The Customer agrees to obtain a basic knowledge of the Internet and its operating principles and procedures.

b) Improper Uses - The Customer will avoid violation of certain generally accepted guidelines on Internet usage such as restrictions on mass mailings, mass advertisements, pirating or copying of software, mail bombing or other methods of attempting to deny service or access to other users, and attempts to violate security.

c) Compliance with Laws - The Customer will ensure that its use of the Internet complies with all applicable federal, state and local law and regulation, including but not limited to those principles of law which protect against compromise of copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary information and other intellectual property rights, libel or defamation of character, invasion of privacy, tortuous interference, and export of technical or military data to prohibited countries.

d) Validation of Information - The Customer is responsible for validating the integrity of the information and data it receives or transmits over the Internet.

e) Security - The Customer is required to protect the security of its Internet account and usage. The Customer's security policies and procedures, their implementation and their connection to the Internet are the Customer's responsibility. The Customer will treat its password as private and confidential and will not disclose or share it with any third parties. Any packet filtering services provided by Intermedia provide a base level of protection and cannot be considered to render comprehensive security of any kind. The customer is responsible for securing its own enterprise network via its own security policies and procedures.

f) Discretion and Judgment - The Customer is expected to use discretion in the treatment and handling of Internet information and data and to take particular care to insure that adult information is not transmitted to juvenile users of the Internet.

DEFINITION OF INTERMEDIA'S RESPONSIBILITY

1. Connection - Intermedia provides the Customer with a connection to the Internet through its equipment and facilities. Information which passes to or from the Customer over the Internet passes through equipment and facilities which Intermedia does not own and has no control over. Intermedia does not provide, exchange or monitor data or information on the Internet. Thus, it follows that:

a) Content - Other than "packet filtering" at the customer's request on an Intermedia provided router, which will deny entry to unregistered, addressed packets, Intermedia does not check, scan or verify content of information and data transmitted on the Internet. Intermedia does not make judgments with regard to appropriateness of material for transmission, or guarantee the nature, content, truth, accuracy or reliability of such material.

b) Security - Intermedia does not warrant or guarantee the security or confidentiality of any such information or data.

c) Opinions - Intermedia takes no opinion and expresses no views on the nature or content of any such information or data.

d) IP Address - Intermedia will allocate to Internet Direct and Internet PVC customers, at their request, a single CIDR Internet address block. This, and any other CIDR addresses allocated to the customer, remain under the control of Intermedia as per Internet guidelines (ftp://rs.internic.net/policy/internic/internic-ip-l.txt) and Internet RFCs 1482, 1517, 1518, 1519, and 1521. This address block will be reclaimed and re-issued by Intermedia no sooner than 30 days after termination of service.

Intermedia Virtual Web Server and Virtual Office customers will be allocated a single IP addresses out of a block set aside by Intermedia. These IP addresses remain under the control of Intermedia at all times.

Should an Intermedia customer provide a valid class IP address allocated to the customer by the InterNic directly, Intermedia will utilize that address for the duration of contracted service with the customer. Such an address will be returned to the customer and removed from all Intermedia routing tables at the termination of this contract.

 

I have read and understood the Acceptable Use Policy and accept the terms stated.

Please indicate your name here and sign:

Name: ______________    Signature: ______________ Date:______

(Customer)
Name: ______________    Signature: ______________ Date:______


Customer Account Terms and Conditions
DISCLAIMER

Agreement- CSSN is an interactive online service provider for access onto the Internet. This agreement sets forth the Account Terms and Conditions which apply to the subscriber for use of Cssn. The subscriber is deemed to have agreed to comply with all terms by use of the service.

Billing Period- All services provided by CSSN will be billed in advance for the forthcoming month and will include all applicable local, State and Federal taxes. If the customer utilizes a service, through cession, with any additional hourly charges or single-use special charges, these charges will be billed at the time of the next months billing. Credit card authorized payment will also be billed in the same manner. Payments not received within 30 days of invoicing will be subject to a 1.5% financing charge. cession reserves the right to terminate or discontinue service at any time.

Returned Checks- A returned check charge of $25.00 will be incurred for all returned checks.

Billing Disputes- All billing disputes, with CSSN, must be received at our business office in writing, and the obligation to pay for service will continue until such notice is received. Termination of your service does not constitute relief from amounts incurred prior to termination. Agreements or contracts not on a monthly basis (yearly, quarterly, etc...) can be cancelled in writing or by phone, but the subscriber will be obligated to pay any and all monthly fees until termination of the contract is finalized.

Legality of Content- The subscriber agrees to use CSSN for lawful purposes only. The subscriber will not post or transmit any material, through CSSN, which violates or infringes upon the rights of other users. This includes, but is not limited to: threatening, abusive, defamatory, vulgar or obscene language, any action which threatens public or private rights or which is considered objectionable, any action which encourages a criminal offense, any action which gives rise to civil liability or violates any law. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to outside computer systems is expressly prohibited. Users agree to abide by any and all rules of the network they access through cssn. The subscriber agrees to defend and hold harmless CSSN, its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates for all damages and claims that might arise from the subscribers use or misuse of the service which damages or otherwise harms either the subscriber, CSSN or a third party.

Time Limits- CSSN customers may not leave their PPP dial-up accounts connected for more than 24 hours at a time. This constitutes "nailing-up an account". Your PPP Personal account is intended for unlimited personal use: meaning, (and our definition is final) that you may have your connection up as long as you are personally in front of your PC. Your PPP Personal account is not a dedicated account. If you disregard this policy and leave your account up for more than 24 hours, your account will be terminated.

Multiple Logins- Only one person, the subscriber, may use the PPP account. Multiple or simultaneous logins will constitute forfeiture of the account and your account will be terminated.

Responsibilities- CSSN makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding services provided. CSSN is not responsible for any damages suffered from the use of our services, including but not limited to, loss of data, service interruptions and/or delays, or third party litigation.

Content Screening- CSSN cannot and does not control the content of information available over the Internet. For this reason, the subscriber certifies that he/she is at least 18 years of age or, if the subscriber is a parent or guardian, he/she assumes all responsibility for supervising the on-line activities of the underaged user. Any information garnered through CSSN is done so at your own risk.

Unauthorized Connections- The subscriber shall not allow unauthorized connections to CSSN unauthorized reselling of CSSN, or the solicitation of CSSN users to become subscribers to other online service providers in competition with CSSN, nor shall the subscriber make any unauthorized copies or duplications of any CSSN material, advertising, forms, brochures, pamphlets and the like which is the property of cssn.

Relationship - The relationship between the subscriber and CSSN is that of subscriber and service provider only. In the event of a violation of any terms and/or conditions set forth in this agreement, CSSN reserves the right to immediately terminate the services provided to the subscriber, with the subscriber being fully responsible for any and all attorney's fees incurred by CSSN with regard to this agreement at all trial and appellate court levels.

Court Venue- In the event of a dispute, CSSN and the subscriber agree that the venue for such litigation shall be Cook County, Illinois and that the terms and conditions of this agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of Illinois.

SPAM Policy- The transmission of any type of material, whether graphical or textual in content, to other subscribers or non-subscribers without their express consent is prohibited under the terms of this agreement. Any violations of our SPAM policy will result in immediate termination. Any complaints received from our subscribers or non-subscribers of unsolicited materials will result in a charge of $150.00 per complaint charged to the offending subscribers account automatically.

Unauthorized use of CSSN Equipment- Any subscriber attempting to attack CSSN equipment in any way will be billed at $250.00 per hour, with a minimum billable time period of 1 hour, to track the offending subscriber and repair any damage they may have caused.

Modification of Terms- CSSN reserves the right to change or modify the terms conditions, rates or services at any time, without any prior notification.