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sign up for L2S, you must read and accept the Acceptable Use Policy. |
L2S wireless
Internet Service is provided by Interstate Communications. The L2S Acceptable
Use Policy has been formulated with the following goals in mind: • Ensure security, reliability, and privacy of the L2S systems and
network, and the networks and systems of others • Avoid situations that may cause L2S to incur civil liability • Maintain the image and reputation of L2S as a responsible provider • Preserve the value of Internet resources as a conduit for free expression • Encourage the responsible use of net resources, discouraging practices
which degrade the usability of network resources and thus the value of Internet
services • Preserve the privacy and security of individual users |
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| General
Terms and Conditions |
| 1. By signing
this order and agreement, you (Customer) agree to the terms and conditions
of the L2S Customer Service Agreement and the L2S Acceptable Use Policy
(collectively, Customer Agreement). L2S may modify its Customer Service
Agreement and Acceptable Use Policy from time to time and shall provide
you notice of such changes by Website publication, bill message or other
commercially reasonable notice.
2. These services are provided by Interstate Communications
doing business as Licensed To Speed (L2S).3. Internet Accounts are assigned to individual Customers
only. Only one user can access each individual account at a time.4. All charges are billed monthly. Payment is due upon
receipt of invoice. Accounts are in default if payment is not received
within 21 days after date of invoice. If Customer payment is returned
unpaid, Customer account is immediately in default and subject to a returned
check charge of $20 from L2S. Accounts unpaid 30 days after date of invoice
may have their service disconnected. Disconnection does not relieve you
from the obligation to pay the monthly charge. A reconnect fee of $40
will be charged to restore service. Only a written request to terminate
your service provided by L2S relieves you of your obligation to pay the
monthly account charge. If you default, you agree to pay L2S its reasonable
expenses, including attorney and collection agency fees, incurred in enforcing
its rights under the Customer Agreement. L2S reserves the right to change
the rate schedule at any time and shall provide you notice of such changes
by Website publication, bill message or other commercially reasonable
notice.
5. L2S make no attempt to verify accurate receipt of any message and is
not responsible for any loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries,
incorrect deliveries, viruses, E-mail filtering or service interruptions,
including those caused by negligence, errors or omissions of L2S, nor
for consequential damages, regardless of their cause.6. L2S provides a Toll free number and a local access
telephone number and is not liable for any long distance charges Customer
may incur.7. Customer agrees to comply with the terms governing
use of the L2S network and services.8. L2S reserves the right to limit the size of Customer’s
e-mail storage to 50 MB.9. This Customer Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa applicable to contracts
to be performed entirely within the state.10. In the event Customer disconnects from L2S or otherwise
terminates this contract before the expiration of the term set forth in
this Customer Agreement, Customer hereby agrees to pay to L2S $200 and
return the radio equipment in working order. If radio equipment is not
returned within 30 days of termination of service by Customer, L2S will
bill Customer $600 for the unreturned radio equipment.
11. It is expressly agreed and understood that L2S is not responsible
for the information which may be accessed or received through the Internet
and L2S does not warrant the accuracy or appropriateness of any information.
Customer agrees to hold harmless L2S, its directors, officers and employees
from any and all claims, which might arise from Customer’s use of
the Internet.12. Customer is executing this Customer Agreement solely
in reliance upon Customer’s own knowledge, belief and judgment and
no upon any representations made by L2S.13. Customer agrees that L2S is only responsible for delivering
the service to a single computer. Installation of service to additional
computers or computer networks is the responsibility of Customer.14. Customer agrees that L2S is not responsible for providing
any type of anti-virus, firewall or filtering software. Setup, maintenance
and use of such programs shall be solely Customer’s responsibility.15. L2S services are for use by the account owner/Customer
only and may not be resold, or assigned to a third party. Therefore, L2S
services may not be extended beyond the account owner/Customer’s
premise.
16. Customer agrees to hold harmless L2S and its directors,
officers, agent and employees from all claims, demands and causes of action
of every nature or kind, caused by, arising from or developing out of
or as a result of any act or failure to act by L2S, whether or not negligent,
in connection with the installation, maintenance, failure, removal, or
use of any equipment, software or service provided by L2S hereunder. Customer
expressly assumes all risks associated with installation and connection
and L2S assumes no responsibility and expressly disclaims all liability
for any damage to, or loss or destruction of your computer or any other
hardware, software or equipment.
17. L2S MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO ANY EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE
OR SERVICE, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ALL EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES
ARE SUPPLIED ON AN "AS IS", “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL L2S BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL
LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY MANNER OUT OF THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE,
FAILURE, REMOVAL, OR USE OF THE EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE OR SERVICE PROVIDED
BY L2S HEREUNDER. IN ANY EVENT, L2S’S TOTAL LIABILITY UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT FOR DAMAGES, COSTS AND EXPENSES, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE, SHALL
NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES ACTUALLY PAID TO COMPANY BY CUSTOMER.
THIS LIMITATION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CLAIMS OF CUSTOMER OF ANY NATURE. NO
REPRESENTATION, COMMUNICATION OR STATEMENT, WHETHER IN WRITTEN OR ORAL
FORM, BY ANY L2S EMPLOYEE OR AGENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO ADD TO OR MODIFY
ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES HEREIN. |
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| Acceptable
Use |
The Acceptable
Use Policy below defines the actions that L2S considers to be abusive,
and thus, strictly prohibited. The examples named in this list are non-exclusive
and are provided solely for guidance to Customers. If you are unsure whether
any contemplated use or action is permitted, please send e-mail to support@L2Speed.net
and we will assist you.
Please
note that the actions listed below are also not permitted from other Internet
Service Providers on behalf of, or to advertise, any service hosted by
L2S, or connected via L2S’s networks. Furthermore, such services
may not be advertised via deceptive marketing policies, as defined by
the Federal Trade Commission Deception Policy Statement. |
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| General
Conduct |
1. Customers
are prohibited from transmitting on or through any of L2S’s services
or networks, any material that is, in L2S’s sole discretion, determined
to be unlawful, obscene, threatening, abusive, libelous, or hateful, or
encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise
to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or
international law.
2. L2S’s
services may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission, distribution,
or storage of any information, data or material in violation of United
States or state regulation or law, or by the common law, is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to, material protected by copyright,
trademark, trade secret, or any other statute. L2S reserves the right
to remove such illegal material from its servers.
3. Customer
is responsible for keeping all billing data with L2S up-to-date and accurate.
Furnishing false data on the signup form, contract, or online application,
including fraudulent use of credit card numbers, is grounds for immediate
termination and may subject the offender to civil or criminal liability.
4. The
resale of the L2S’s products and services is not permitted, except
as specifically permitted and documented in a written agreement.
5. Activities
that violate local, state, or federal statutes are prohibited. |
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| Copyright
Infringement |
1. Customers
may not use L2S’s network to transmit any material (by E-mail, uploading,
downloading, 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.
2. Notice
of copyright infringement should be sent to:
General Manager
Interstate
Communications
105 N. West
St.
Truro, Iowa
50257 |
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| System
and Network Security |
1. Customers
may not attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host,
network, or account ("cracking"). This includes, but is not
limited to, accessing data not intended for the Customer, logging into
a server or account the Customer is not expressly authorized to access,
or probing the security of other networks (such as running a SATAN scan
or similar tool).
2. Customers
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.
3. Customers
may not use any kind of program/script/command, or send messages of any
kind, designed to interfere with a user’s terminal session, via
any means, locally or by the Internet.
4. Users
who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability.
L2S 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.
5. Activities
that violate local, state, or federal statutes are prohibited. |
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| Domain
Names |
L2S provides
domain name service for Dedicated Connection Accounts. Keeping registry
information updated and accurate is the responsibility of the domain holder
and not the L2S.
1. Customers
shall not falsify or omit valid domain contact information, including
the administrative, technical, zone, and billing contacts.
2. Activities
that violate local, state, or federal statutes are prohibited. |
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| E-mail |
1. Harassment,
whether through language, frequency, or size of messages, is prohibited.
2. Customers
may not send E-mail to any person who does not wish to receive it. If
a recipient asks to stop receiving E-mail from Customer, Customer must
not send that person any further E-mail.
3. Customers
are explicitly prohibited from sending unsolicited bulk mail messages
("junk mail" or "spam"). This includes, but is not
limited to, bulk-mailing of commercial advertising, informational announcements,
and political tracts. Such material may only be sent to those who have
explicitly requested it.
4. Customers
may not forward or otherwise propagate chain letters, whether or not the
recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
5. Malicious
E-mail, including, but not limited to, "mailbombing" (flooding
a user or site with very large or numerous pieces of E-mail), is prohibited.
6. Forging
of header information is not permitted.
7. L2S’s
accounts or services may not be used to collect replies to messages sent
from another Internet Service Provider, where those messages violate this
Acceptable Use Policy or the Acceptable Use Policy of that other provider.
8. These
rules apply to other types of Internet-based distribution mediums as well,
such as RLG’s Ariel system (a system for sending FAX-like documents
over the Internet). USENET postings have their own regulations; see below.
9. Activities
that violate local, state, or federal statutes are prohibited. |
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| USENET |
1. L2S
provides an uncensored newsfeed. As such, L2S does not control the content
of the newsgroups available to its Customers. L2S is not responsible for
the content of any USENET posting, whether or not the posting was made
by a Customer of L2S.
2. Postings
to USENET newsgroups must comply with the written charters or FAQs (Frequently
Asked Questions) for those newsgroups. Advertisements should only be posted
in those newsgroups whose charters/FAQs explicitly permit them. The poster
is responsible for determining the etiquette of a given newsgroup, prior
to posting to it.
3. Customers
are prohibited from posting the same or similar message to large numbers
of newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting, also known
as "USENET spam").
4. Customers
are prohibited from posting chain letters of any type.
5. Customers
are prohibited from posting binary files to newsgroups not specifically
named for that purpose.
6. Customers
are prohibited from canceling or superseding posts other than their own,
with the exception of official newsgroup moderators performing their duties.
7. Customers
are prohibited from forging header information. This includes attempting
to circumvent the approval process for posting to a moderated newsgroup.
8. Customers
may not solicit mail for any other address other than that of the Customer’s
account or service, with the intent to harass or collect replies after
the L2S’s service has been terminated.
9. Activities
that violate local, state, or federal statutes are prohibited. |
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| IRC
(Internet Relay Chat) |
1. L2S
is not liable for the content of any communications made on IRC.
2. IRC
robots ("bots" or "clones") may not be run from L2S’s
shell accounts.
3. Customers
may not attempt to impersonate others or use IRC anonymously by disguising
their hostname or username.
4. Customers
are prohibited from using IRC scripts or programs that interfere with
or deny service to other users on any server or host. Customers are also
prohibited from engaging in activities which harass other users. This
includes, but is not limited to, "flooding" (rapidly entering
text with the intent to fill the screens of others), "flashing"
(disrupting terminal emulation), "takeovers" (forcibly seizing
operator privileges), attempting to send private messages to those who
do not wish to see them (via "ignore"), attempting to return
to a channel after being banned from it, and other disruptive behaviors.
5. Activities
that violate local, state, or federal statutes are prohibited. |
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