Our Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") is
provided to give our customers and users a
clear understanding of what we expect of
them while using the service. All users of
our services: those who access some of our
Services but do not have accounts, as well
as those who pay a service fee to subscribe
to the Services, must comply with this AUP
and our TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of our Service constitutes acceptance
and agreement to The AUP as well as The TOS
(Terms of Service)
We support the uncensored flow of
information and ideas over the Internet and
do not actively monitor subscriber activity
under normal circumstances. Similarly, we do
not exercise editorial control over the
content of any web site, e-mail
transmission, newsgroups, or other material
created or accessible over or through the
services, except for certain proprietary Web
sites. However, in accordance with our TOS
(Terms of Service), we may remove any
materials that, in our sole discretion, may
be illegal, may subject us to liability, or
which may violate this AUP. We may cooperate
with legal authorities and/or third parties
in the investigation of any suspected or
alleged crime or civil wrongdoing. Your
violation of this AUP may result in the
suspension or immediate termination of
either your account or other actions as
detailed in Section 3 WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
This document is intended to provide a basic
understand of our Acceptable Use Policy. The
following are guidelines for the
establishment and enforcement of the AUP:
• Ensure reliable service to our customers
• Ensure security and privacy of our systems
and network, as well as the networks and
systems of others
• Comply with existing laws
• Maintain our reputation as a responsible
service provider
• Encourage responsible use of the Internet
and discourage activities which reduce the
usability and value of Internet services
• Preserve the value of Internet resources
as a conduit for free expression and
exchange of information
• Preserve the privacy and security of
individual users
We intend to provide our customers access to
everything the Internet has to offer. While
we are firmly committed to the principles of
free speech, certain activities that may be
damaging to the resources of both us and the
Internet and cannot be permitted under the
guise of free speech. The resources of us
and the Internet are limited, and abuse of
these resources by one user has a negative
impact on the entire community.
We do not routinely monitor the activity of
accounts except for measurements of system
utilization and the preparation of billing
records. However, in our efforts to promote
good citizenship within the Internet
community, we will respond appropriately if
we become aware of inappropriate use of our
service.
You may not use your dedicated rack or
virtual site to publish material, which we
determine, at our sole discretion, to be
unlawful, indecent or objectionable. For
purposes of this policy, "material" refers
to all forms of communications including
narrative descriptions, graphics (including
photographs, illustrations, images,
drawings, logos), executable programs, video
recordings, and audio recordings.
If an account is used to violate the
Acceptable Use Policy or our TOS, we reserve
the right to terminate your service without
notice. We prefer to advise customers of
inappropriate behavior and any necessary
corrective action, however, flagrant
violations of the Acceptable Use Policy will
result in immediate termination of service.
Our failure to enforce this policy, for
whatever reason, shall not be construed as a
waiver of our right to do so at any time.
As a member of our network community, you
must use your Internet access responsibly.
If you have any questions regarding this
policy, please contact us.
VIOLATIONS OF The ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
The following constitute violations of this
AUP:
1. Illegal use: Our services may not be used
for illegal purposes, or in support of
illegal activities. We reserve the right to
cooperate with legal authorities and/or
injured third parties in the investigation
of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing.
2. Harm to minors: Use of our service to
harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way,
including, but not limited to child
pornography.
3. Threats: Use of our service to transmit
any material (by e-mail, uploading, posting
or otherwise) that threatens or encourages
bodily harm or destruction of property.
4. Harassment: Use of our service to
transmit any material (by e-mail, uploading,
posting or otherwise) that harasses another.
5. Fraudulent activity: Use of our service
to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy
products, items, or services, or to advance
any type of financial scam such as "pyramid
schemes," "ponzi schemes," and "chain
letters."
6. Forgery or impersonation: Adding,
removing or modifying identifying network
header information in an effort to deceive
or mislead is prohibited. Attempting to
impersonate any person by using forged
headers or other identifying information is
prohibited. The use of anonymous re-mailers
or nicknames does not constitute
impersonation.
7. Unsolicited commercial e-mail /
Unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM): Use of our
service to transmit any unsolicited
commercial or unsolicited bulk e-mail is
expressly prohibited. Violations of this
type will result in the immediate
termination of the offending account.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY, 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.
8. E-mail / News Bombing: Malicious intent
to impede another person's use of electronic
mail services or news will result in the
immediate termination of the offending
account.
9. E-mail / Message Forging: Forging any
message header, in part or whole, of any
electronic transmission, originating or
passing through our service is in violation
of this AUP.
10. Usenet SPAMing: We have a zero tolerance
policy for the use of its network for the
posting of messages or commercial
advertisements, which violate the rules,
regulations, FAQ or charter of any
newsgroups or mailing list. Commercial
messages that are appropriate under the
rules of a newsgroup or mailing list or that
are solicited by the recipients are
permitted.
11. Unauthorized access: Use of our service
to access, or to attempt to access, the
accounts of others, or to penetrate, or
attempt to penetrate, security measures of
ours or another entity's computer software
or hardware, electronic communications
system, or telecommunications system,
whether or not the intrusion results in the
corruption or loss of data, is expressly
prohibited and the offending account is
subject to immediate termination.
12. Copyright or trademark infringement: Use
of the service to transmit any material (by
e-mail, uploading, posting or otherwise)
that infringes any copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret or other proprietary
rights of any third party, including, but
not limited to, the unauthorized copying of
copyrighted material, the digitization and
distribution of photographs from magazines,
books, or other copyrighted sources, and the
unauthorized transmittal of copyrighted
software.
13. Collection of personal data: Use of the
service to collect, or attempt to collect,
personal information about third parties
without their knowledge or consent.
14. Network disruptions and unfriendly
activity: Use of the service for any
activity which affects the ability of other
people or systems to use our Services or the
Internet. This includes "denial of service"
(DOS) attacks against another network host
or individual user. Interference with or
disruption of other network users, services
or equipment is prohibited. If your account
is the cause of a CPU overloaded, you will
be suspended and charged a 25$ fee to
re-activate your account. It is the Member's
responsibility to ensure that their network
is configured in a secure manner. A
Subscriber may not, through action or
inaction, allow others to use their network
for illegal or inappropriate actions. A
Subscriber may not permit their network,
through action or inaction, to be configured
in such a way that gives a third party the
capability to use their network in an
illegal or inappropriate manner.
Unauthorized entry and/or use of another
company and/or individual's computer system
will result in immediate account
termination. We will not tolerate any
subscriber attempting to access the accounts
of others, or penetrate security measures of
other systems, whether or not the intrusion
results in corruption or loss of data.
15. Fraud: Involves a knowing
misrepresentation or misleading statement,
writing or activity made with the intent
that the person receiving it will act upon
it.
16. Infringement of Copyright, Patent,
Trademark, Trade Secret, or Intellectual
Property Right: Distribution and/or posting
of copyrighted or the aforementioned
infringements will not be tolerated.
17. Distribution of Viruses: Intentional
distributions of software that attempts to
and/or causes damage, harassment, or
annoyance to persons, data, and/or computer
systems are prohibited. Such an offense will
result in the immediate termination of the
offending account.
18. Inappropriate Use of Software: Use of
software or any device that would facilitate
a continued connection, i.e. pinging, while
using our services could result in
suspension of service.
19. Third Party Accountability: Our
subscribers will be held responsible and
accountable for any activity by third
parties, using their account, that violates
guidelines created within the Acceptable Use
Policy.
20. Violation Of our Virtual Accounts: 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.
21. IRC networks: It is absolutely forbidden
to host an IRC server that is part of or
connected to another IRC network or server.
Servers found to be connecting to or part of
these networks will be immediately removed
from our network without notice. The server
will not be reconnected to the network until
such time that you agree to completely
remove any and all traces of the irc server,
and agree to let us have access to your
server to confirm that the content has been
completely removed. Any server guilty of a
second violation will result in immediate
account termination.
22. Unlimited Accounts: Unlimited Accounts
are indeed unlimited. These accounts are not
to be used to host a collection of MP3's,
Warez, image hosting or gaming sites, giving
away free hosting is cause for immediate
termination, or to Backup Your Home
Computer. These accounts may also not be
used as a download distribution point for
your bundled software. It is to be used for
standard web practices and only standard web
practices. If you have a questionable
concern please contact us. If you know your
site is going to use an un-normal usage, and
sign up knowing this, we will require you to
get a dedicated server. If you have any
questions in regards to this please contact
us. Un-Normal usage is anything that a
shared server would not be able to provide.
Again, contact us for approval if you feel
you will fall into this clause.
23. Resellers: Resellers are responsible for
enforcing the AUP and TOS to all of their
clients. If their clients are found to be
not following them, We will suspend the
offending site and let the reseller know. If
this continues to happen, Resellers main
account will be suspended without notice and
charged a 25$ admin fee to re-establish
service. Resellers are responsible for
anything their clients do. If you have any
questions or concerns in regards to what is
allowed and not allowed please contact us.
24. Streaming Video and Audio: Streaming
Video and Audio is not permitted on our
servers. You must zip the content to prevent
this if you wish to have it hosted, and as
everything else this content must be legal
content and can not have someone else's
copyright.
25. Egg Drop - Egg Drop Scripts are Not
allowed, These are grounds for immediate
account deletion without a refund.
26. Legal - If it is not legal in the United
States of America, It is not permitted to
reside on our server. If found, the account
will be suspended.
27. Adult Material - Adult Material is not
allowed, unless specified in your package
deal or in the auction you may have bought
from. Sites that contain adult material that
is not on an adult approved server/package,
the site will be suspended.
28. Chinese Forums - Chinese Forums are not
allowed on our network. These sites require
to much CPU usage. They almost require a
dedicated server to run properly. If they
are found on any server we will suspend
them, and charge an admin fee if they are
the cause of a CPU overloaded. Admin charges
are usually about 25$ Per Hour.
29. ANIME - Anime Sites are not allowed on
our network. If an Anime Site is found we
will terminate the account. These sites are
not allowed on the server because about 95%
of them are illegal.30. Other examples of
unacceptable material include:
IRC Bots, Torrents, Proxy Scripts /
Anonymizers, Pirated Software / Warez, ".img"
/ image hosting only sites that do not host
an actual domain name, Escrow, High-Yield
Interest Programs(HYIP) or related sites,
Investment sites (FOREX, egold exchange),
AutoSurf sites, Bank Debentures, Bank
Debenture Trading Programs, Prime Banks
Programs, lottery sites, muds / rpg's, hate
sites, hacker focused
sites/archives/programs, or sites promoting
illegal activities
Security
• You are responsible for any misuse of your
account, even if the inappropriate activity
was committed by a friend, family member,
guest or employee. Therefore, you must take
steps to ensure that others do not gain
unauthorized access to your account. In
addition, you may not use your account to
breach security of another account or
attempt to gain unauthorized access to
another network or server.
• Your password provides access to your
account. It is your responsibility to keep
your password secure.
• Sharing your password and account access
with unauthorized users is prohibited. You
should take care to prevent others from
using your account since you will be held
responsible for such use.
• Attempting to obtain another user's
account password is strictly prohibited, and
may result in termination of service.
• You must adopt adequate security measures
to prevent or minimize unauthorized use of
your account.
• You may not attempt to circumvent user
authentication or security of any host,
network or account. This includes, but is
not limited to, accessing data not intended
for you, logging into or making use of a
server or account you are not expressly
authorized to access, or probing the
security of other networks. Use or
distribution of tools designed for
compromising security is prohibited.
Examples of these tools include, but are not
limited to, password guessing programs,
cracking tools or network probing tools.
• You may not attempt to interfere with
service to any user, host or network
("denial of service attacks"). This
includes, but is not limited to, "flooding"
of networks, deliberate attempts to overload
a service, and attempts to "crash" a host.
• Users who violate systems or network
security may incur criminal or civil
liability. We will cooperate fully with
investigations of violations of systems or
network security at other sites, including
cooperating with law enforcement authorities
in the investigation of suspected criminal
violations.
Network Performance
Our accounts operate on shared resources.
Excessive use or abuse of these shared
network resources by one customer may have a
negative impact on all other customers.
Misuse of network resources in a manner
which impairs network performance is
prohibited by this policy and may result in
suspension and/or termination of your
account without notice. If your account is
suspended and we decide to re-activate, you
will be charged a 25$ fee before we do so.
You are prohibited from excessive
consumption of resources, including CPU
time, memory, disk space and session time.
You may not use resource-intensive programs
which negatively impact other customers or
the performances of our systems or networks.
We reserve the right to terminate or limit
such activities.
REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF The AUP
We request that anyone who believes that
there is a violation of this AUP direct the
information to us by email immediately.
If available, please provide the following
information:
• The IP address used to commit the alleged
violation
• The date and time of the alleged
violation, including the time zone or offset
from GMT
• Evidence of the alleged violation
E-mail with full header information provides
all of the above, as do system log files.
Other situations will require different
methods of providing the above information.
We may take any one or more of the following
actions in response to complaints:
• Issue written or verbal warnings
• Suspend the Member's newsgroup posting
privileges
• Suspend the Member's account
• Terminate the Member's account
• Bill the Member for administrative costs
and/or reactivation charges
• Bring legal action to enjoin violations
and/or to collect damages, if any, cause by
violations
REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
We reserve the right to revise, amend, or
modify this AUP, our TOS (Terms of Service)
and our other policies and agreements at any
time and in any manner. Notice of any
revision, amendment, or modification will be
posted in accordance with our TOS (Terms of
Service).
IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All Payments Are
Non-Refundable*
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