IMPORTANT NOTICE:*All Payments
To Webmaintainer Are Non-Refundable*
Webmaintainer, Inc. (The Company) agrees to furnish
services to the Subscriber, subject to the following TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of Webmaintainer Service constitutes acceptance and agreement to Webmaintainers
AUP as well as Webmaintainers
TOS (Terms of Service).
All provisions of this contract are subject to the TOS (Terms of Service)
of Webmaintainer, Inc. 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.
This Agreement shall be construed in all respects in accordance with the
laws of the state of Illinois, county of Will applicable to contracts enforceable
in that state. Venue will be Will County, Illinois
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 Webmaintainer shall have the right to terminate all service
set forth in this Agreement.
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 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.
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 months
service. All accounts and services provided by Webmaintainer are subject
to the current tax rate as imposed by the City of New Lenox, State
of Illinois which is currently 8.25%. 80% of the monthly service charge
is subject to the 8.25% tax rate, while the remaining 20% of the monthly
service charge is not taxed. 100% of the setup fee is subject to the
8.25% tax rate. The above applies to all accounts and services provided
by Webmaintainer.
Payments and Fees: Credit cards that are declined
for any reason are subject to a $ 1.00 declination fee. Service will
be interrupted on accounts that reach 10 days past due. Service interrupted
for nonpayment is subject to a $ 25 reconnect charge. Accounts not paid
by due date are subject to a $ 7.95 late fee. Accounts that are not
collectable by Webmaintainer 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.
Refund and Disputes: All payments to Webmaintainer,
Inc. are nonrefundable. This includes the one time setup fee and subsequent
charges regardless of usage. All overcharges or billing disputes must
be reported within 60 days of the time the dispute occurred. If you
dispute a charge to your credit card issuer that, in Webmaintainers
sole discretion is a valid charge under the provisions of the TOS
and /or AUP, you agree to pay Webmaintainer an Administrative Fee
of not less than and not more than $ 100.
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.
Account Cancellation: Requests for canceling
accounts may be made in writing with at least 30 days notice but not
more than 60 days prior written notice and sent to:
Webmaintainer Attn: Cancellations
547 W. Woodlawn Rd.
New Lenox, IL 60451
Or you may call 815-485-3680 or fax the cancellation request to 815-485-3680.
Webmaintainer.com preferred method of cancellation
is via the members section of your Webmaintainer.com account.
Please log into the members section at www.Webmaintainer.com and you
can request to have your server cancelled there via the online cancellation
form.
You must have all account information to cancel.
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 beyond the direct and exclusive control of
the company. Subscriber further acknowledges that the companys liability
for its own negligence may not in any event exceed an amount equivalent
to charges payable by subscriber for services during the period damages
occurred. In no event shall the company be liable for any special
or consequential damages, loss or injury.
New Domain Accounts: All new webhosting accounts
involving new domains will be set up and entered into our DNS servers
within 3 to 5 business days. Due to unforeseen complications, however,
this process may sometimes require up to 7 business days. If the new
domain is registered by the account holder, there will be no handling
fee. If the domain is registered by Webmaintainer, Inc. on behalf
of the account holder a handling fee will be incurred.
Transfer of Domains: New webhosting accounts
which involve the transfer of a domain from another provider to Webmaintainer,
Inc. will require a minimum of seven (7) days to be set up and entered
into our DNS servers. In some cases, such transfers may take up to
sixty (60) days. Due to the unpredictable nature of the transfer process,
no guarantees are made regarding the amount of time a specific transfer
may take. If the transfer of the domain is done by Webmaintainer,
Inc. on behalf of the account holder a handling fee will be incurred.
If the customer cancels service during the transfer period for any
reason, all charges are considered earned.
Support Boundaries: We limit our technical support
to our area of expertise. The following is our guidelines when providing
support: Webmaintainer provides support related to your server or
virtual site physical functioning. Webmaintainer does not offer tech
support for application specific issues such as cgi programming, html
or any other such issue. Webmaintainer does not provide technical
support for YOUR customers. If you can email, we encourage you to
email support@Webmaintainer.com
for assistance. Lastly, the Help files in the program you are using
may have the answer to your question so please do investigate these
resources before calling tech support.
SPAM and Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE):
Webmaintainer takes a zero tolerance approach to the sending of Unsolicited
Commercial Email (UCE) or SPAM over our network. Very simply this
means that customers of Webmaintainer may not use or permit others
to use our network to transact in UCE. Customers of Webmaintainer
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.
Violation of Webmaintainers SPAM policy will result
in severe penalties. Upon notification of an alleged violation
of our SPAM policy, Webmaintainer will initiate an immediate investigation
(within 48 hours of notification). During the investigation, Webmaintainer
may restrict customer access to the network to prevent further
violations. If a customer is found to be in violation of our SPAM
policy, Webmaintainer may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend
or terminate customers account. Further, Webmaintainer reserves
the right to pursue civil remedies for any costs associated with
the investigation of a substantiated policy violation. Webmaintainer
will notify law enforcement officials if the violation is believed
to be a criminal offense.
First violations of this policy will result in
an Administrative Fee of $ 100 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 $ 15 per hour that Webmaintainer personnel must spend
to investigate the matter. PLEASE, DO NOT SPAM from your account.
As our Customers are ultimately responsible for
the actions of their clients over the Webmaintainer network, it
is advisable that Customers develop a similar, or stricter, policy
for their clients.
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.
Network
IP Address Ownership: If Webmaintainer assigns Customer
an Internet Protocol address for Customers use, the right to use
that Internet Protocol address shall belong only to Webmaintainer,
and Customer shall have no right to use that Internet Protocol address
except as permitted by Webmaintainer in its sole discretion in connection
with the Services, during the term of this Agreement. Webmaintainer
shall maintain and control ownership of all Internet Protocol numbers
and addresses that may be assigned to Customer by Webmaintainer,
and Webmaintainer reserves 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
ARINs 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.
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). Webmaintainer will monitor Customers bandwidth and disk
usage. Webmaintainer shall have the right to take corrective action
if Customers 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 Webmaintainers
sole and absolute discretion. If Webmaintainer takes 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, Webmaintainer may,
at its sole discretion, collect a deposit, in an amount determined
by Webmaintainer, against customers credit card on file with Webmaintainer.
System and Network Security: Users are prohibited from
violating or attempting to violate the security of the Webmaintainer
Network. Violations of system or network security may result in
civil or criminal liability. Webmaintainer 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. These violations include, without limitation:
Accessing data not intended for such User or logging into
a server or account, which such User is not authorized to access.
Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system
or network or to breach security or authentication measures
without proper authorization.
Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or
network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading,
flooding, mail bombing or crashing.
Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header
information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
Taking any action in order to obtain services to which such
User is not entitled.
Notification of Violation:
Webmaintainer is under no duty to look at each customers or users
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 Webmaintainer determines 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 Webmaintainers discretion to a temporary
suspension pending a Users agreement in writing, to refrain from
any further violations.
Second Violation: Users that Webmaintainer determines 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 customers
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.
Suspension of Service or Cancellation: Webmaintainer reserves
the right to suspend network access to any customer if in the judgment
of the Webmaintainer network administrators the customers server is
the source or target of the violation of any of the other terms of the
AUP or for any other reason
which Webmaintainer chooses. 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 customers
machines were suspended.
Webmaintainer reserves the right to amend its policies at any time.
All Sub-Networks, resellers and managed servers of Webmaintainer 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.
Indemnification: Webmaintainer wishes to emphasize that in
agreeing to the Webmaintainer Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (ToS), customer indemnifies
Webmaintainer for any violation of the Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (ToS) that results in loss
to Webmaintainer or the bringing of any claim against Webmaintainer
by any third-party. This means that if Webmaintainer is sued because
of a customers or a customer of a customers activity, the customer will
pay any damages awarded against Webmaintainer, plus all costs and attorneys
fees.
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.
Webmaintainer takes no responsibility for any material input by
others and not posted to the Webmaintainer Network by Webmaintainer.
Webmaintainer is not responsible for the content of any other websites
linked to the Webmaintainer Network; links are provided as Internet
navigation tools only. Webmaintainer disclaims any responsibility
for any such inappropriate use and any liability to any person or
party for any other person or partys violation of this policy.
Webmaintainer is not responsible for any damages your business
may suffer. Webmaintainer does not make implied or written warranties
for any of our services. Webmaintainer denies 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 Webmaintainer.
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.
Responsibility for Content: You, as Webmaintainers customer,
are solely responsible for the content stored on and served by your
Webmaintainer server.
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