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TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT for zwisp.net Dialup INTERNET SERVICES PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE SERVICE. BY ACCESSING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE. Before you begin to explore the Internet, you ("you", "your", "yourself", and/or "subscriber") will need to review the following terms and conditions of zwisp.net. These terms and conditions will constitute a binding contract between you and zwisp.net. They explain zwisp.net obligations to you, and explain your obligations to zwisp.net when you use zwisp.net. By using zwisp.net, you agree that your use of this Service and your access to the Internet is provided in consideration of your agreement to abide by the following terms and conditions. This Agreement is a legal document that details your rights and obligations as a zwisp.net Member. You may not become a zwisp.net Member until you have accepted the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement provides very important information about your membership, so you should take the time to read and understand it. If you have questions about this Agreement, or about your rights and responsibilities as a Member, please contact us by e-mail at sales@zwisp.net. The Internet and online world is changing rapidly and as technology and zwisp.net's business continue to evolve, these policies may have to be updated or revised. By joining zwisp.net you agree that we may change the terms of this Agreement. If zwisp.net makes material changes or revisions to this Terms of Service Agreement or to any other policies/agreements, we will provide notice to you thirty days in advance. If you don't agree to the changes, or to any of the terms in this Agreement, your only remedy is to cancel your zwisp.net membership. To be a zwisp.net Member, you must be at least 18 years old. If you are not yet eighteen years old, you may still use zwisp.net, but only if the account was created and registered by your parent or guardian. Most members pay by credit card. Charges for our service will appear on your statement under the title of compucom. For most billing plans we will be charging your designated card every month, but some charges may accumulate on your account before they are charged to your card. If you don't have a credit card, you can authorize zwisp.net to make electronic fund transfers from your checking account. Please contact us concerning this option. By selecting this billing option and providing zwisp.net with your debit/checking account information, you authorize zwisp.net to debit your checking account for charges incurred using zwisp.net. Every time you use zwisp.net, you re-affirm that zwisp.net is authorized to charge your credit card or withdraw funds via electronic transfer from your checking account, depending on which payment method you have selected. Alternately, you can choose other methods of payments as well, simply contact us to discuss options. We expect you to pay your account balance on time. All charges are due in advance of service. You are responsible and liable for any fees, including attorney and collection fees, that zwisp.net may incur in its efforts to collect any remaining balances from you. You also agree that you will be billed for and will pay any outstanding balances if you cancel your membership or are terminated. You should let us know about any billing problems or discrepancies within 90 days after they first appear on your account statement. If you do not bring them to zwisp.net's attention within 90 days, you agree that you waive your right to dispute such problems or discrepancies. zwisp.net has an extensive network of access phone numbers throughout the country, but it is still possible that the nearest zwisp.net access number might be a long distance or toll call from your location. Any telephone charges incurred connecting to zwisp.net are your responsibility. Since these charges are your responsibility, you should contact your local telephone company if you have a question about whether a zwisp.net access number is a long distance or toll call from your location. I. Terms of Internet Access Agreement. 1. To make your use of the zwisp.net Service as enjoyable as possible, in addition to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, zwisp.net requires zwisp.net Members to abide by the rules of conduct described in zwisp.net's Acceptable Use Policy. 2. Current Account Charges, including billing methods, rates, and surcharges for using the Access Service, may be obtained by calling zwisp.net's Customer Service at 800-364-4764 or by contacting support@zwisp.net 3. You agree that zwisp.net may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (2) revise its billing rates and account surcharges, and; (3) revise the services provided under this Agreement at any time. Any such revisions will be binding and effective immediately on posting the revised Agreement on zwisp.net's home page at http://www.zwisp.net , or through notification to you by e-mail or United States mail. 4. You agree to review this Agreement and all other policies periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If any revision to this Agreement is unacceptable to you, you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing zwisp.net with written notice by United States mail or by emailing us at support@zwisp.net. Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt by zwisp.net. 5. You agree that, by continuing to use the Access Service following notice of any revision to the Agreement, you accept any such revisions and agree to abide by any such revisions. 6. We reserve the right to distribute informative emails to you on an ad hoc basis when we feel it is pertinent to the quality of our service. These announcements are predominately informative in nature and often provide our subscribers with notification describing changes, upgrades, and other critical information pertaining to this evolving medium. 7. Set up fees and payments made for the current month are non- refundable. II. Registration Information. 1. You agree to provide us with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. If you do not provide us with accurate registration information, you are not authorized to use the Service and your account may be terminated immediately. 2. YOU AGREE THAT BY USING THE ACCESS SERVICE YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD AND THAT YOU ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. III. zwisp.net Internet Service. 1. zwisp.net will provide you with: (1) connectivity to the Internet through zwisp.net ; (2) billing and customer care services; (3) email account's). 2. The Internet is not owned, operated, or managed by, or in any way affiliated with zwisp.net or any of zwisp.net affiliates. The Internet is an international computer network of both Federal and non-Federal inter-operable packet switched data networks. zwisp.net cannot and will not guarantee that the zwisp.net Internet Service will provide Internet access that is sufficient to meet your needs. You agree that your use of the Service and the Internet is solely at your own risk and is subject to all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations. 3. You agree that zwisp.net retains the right, but not the obligation, to restrict or terminate your Service at any time, if zwisp.net, in its sole discretion, determines that you are in violation of this Agreement. You agree that if zwisp.net determines that you are in violation of this Agreement, any restriction or termination of your Service will be effective immediately, without prior notice. You agree that zwisp.net will have no liability to you for any restriction or termination of your Access Service pursuant to such violation. 4. You agree that if we terminate your Access account as a result of your violation of our policies, you forfeit any right to a refund of any prepaid account charges, such forfeiture being agreed to you by you and zwisp.net as liquidated damages and not as a penalty. You further agree that if you violate our policies, we may refuse to accept any application for renewal or re-subscription following cancellation. 5. You are responsible for verifying that the phone number you are calling the Internet through is a local access number to which your computer is dialing. Any telephone charges associated with your access to the Internet are solely your responsibility. zwisp.net DOES NOT REIMBURSE OR PAY ANY TELEPHONE CHARGES FOR ANY REASON. 6. Each purchased membership (subscriber account) may be used singularly. You agree not to allow anyone else to simultaneously access the internet using the subscriber account that you have purchased. IV. Law and Legal Notices 1. This Agreement represents your entire agreement with zwisp.net/zwisp.net. You agree that this Agreement is not intended to confer and does not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties to this Agreement. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. The laws of the State of Maryland govern this Agreement and your membership. Member conduct may be subject to other local, state, national, and international laws. You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or dispute with zwisp.net or relating in any way to your membership or your use of zwisp.net resides in the courts of Maryland and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of Maryland in connection with any such dispute including any claim involving zwisp.net or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunication providers and Content providers. 2. You agree to abide by U.S. and other applicable export control laws and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, any Content or software subject to restrictions under such laws to a national destination prohibited under such laws, without first obtaining, and then complying with, any requisite government authorization. You further agree not to upload to zwisp.net any data or software that cannot be exported without prior written government authorization, including, but not limited to, certain types of encryption software. This assurance and commitment shall survive termination of this agreement. V. Content of Communications. 1. The Service provides you access to information, communications, software, photos, video, graphics, music, sounds and other material and services located both on our computer servers and on the Internet ("Content"). You agree that you must evaluate and bear the risks associated with the subject matter, accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any Content available to you on or through the Service. 2. You agree that zwisp.net has the right, but not the obligation, to remove Content from zwisp.net computer servers which zwisp.net, in its sole discretion, determines to be in violation of this Agreement or zwisp.net's policies. 3. As a matter of policy, zwisp.net does not pre-screen Content placed on our computer servers by any of our subscribers. zwisp.net does not have the practical ability to monitor, review, or restrict, prior to its transmission, Content on our servers which may violate this Agreement or our policies. In addition, zwisp.net cannot ensure the prompt editing or removal of any Content which may violate this Agreement or our policies after such Content has been posted on our servers. 4. The Internet provides access to individuals who are not zwisp.net members. zwisp.net does not have the capability to monitor, review, or restrict any Content made available by third parties on the Internet, nor to edit or remove any such Content after its posting on the Internet. 5. Please be advised that, despite zwisp.net efforts, you may receive Content that you consider to be inaccurate, defamatory, or otherwise offensive. You agree that zwisp.net will not be liable for any action or inaction with respect to any Content posted on or through the Service and the Internet. VI. Copyright and Other Rights. 1. The Service provides access to Content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, intellectual property rights, and other proprietary rights ("Rights") of independent third parties who make such Content available on or through the Service. 2. You agree that your use of Content shall be governed by all applicable laws and regulations, and by the specific restrictions placed on such Content by the owners or licensors of the Rights in such Content. 3. You agree not to post or transmit Content that is subject to another party's Rights, on or through the Service, without that party's express permission. Such posting or transmitting: (1) will result in termination of this Agreement, and; (2) may result in civil or criminal liability. 4. You agree to upload to software files, message boards, or otherwise post or transmit on or through the Service, only such Content that is not subject to any Rights, unless you have received express authorization to distribute such Content on or through the Service by the holder of such Rights. 5. You agree that by posting or transmitting Content to any public area (such as public chat rooms, message boards, newsgroups, webspace or software libraries) you are requesting zwisp.net to make that material available to other Internet users and that such access will result in copies of your Content being transmitted to others. In order to permit zwisp.net to publish your Content, you automatically grant, or represent that the owner of any such Content has expressly authorized you to grant, zwisp.net a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to reproduce, publish, distribute, perform and display such Content (in whole or in part) worldwide to service your request. VII. Warranty 1. MEMBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT THE USE OF zwisp.net, zwisp.net SOFTWARE, AND THE INTERNET IS AT MEMBER'S SOLE RISK. zwisp.net, zwisp.net SOFTWARE, zwisp.net PRODUCTS, THIRD-PARTY VIRUS CHECKING TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" FOR YOUR USE, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, UNLESS SUCH WARRANTIES ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION. zwisp.net PROVIDES THE zwisp.net SERVICE ON A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE BASIS AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF THEIR CHOOSING, OR THAT zwisp.net WILL HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE SERVICE AS A WHOLE OR IN ANY SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA. zwisp.net'S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED OR USED BY zwisp.net SHALL BE THE REPLACEMENT OF ANY zwisp.net SOFTWARE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY OTHER DISPUTE WITH zwisp.net IS THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT. IN NO CASE SHALL zwisp.net BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF zwisp.net, THE INTERNET OR FOR ANY OTHER CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH zwisp.net. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, zwisp.net'S LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. zwisp.net DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH zwisp.net AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. VIII. INDEMNIFICATION 1. Upon a request by zwisp.net, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless zwisp.net and its? affiliated subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, directors, telecommunications providers and content providers from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorneys fees, that arise from a breach of this Agreement for which you are responsible or from the use of zwisp.net or the Internet, or in connection with your transmission of any Content on or through zwisp.net. zwisp.net reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by a Member. In that event, the Member shall have no further obligation to provide indemnification for zwisp.net in that matter. IX. Termination. 1. You agree that you or zwisp.net may terminate this Agreement for any reason at any time. 2. zwisp.net must receive a termination request by means of e-mail or signed letter 3. You agree that your only right with respect to any dissatisfaction with any: (i) Agreement term, policy, or practice of zwisp.net in operating the zwisp.net; (ii) Content available on or through the zwisp.net or change therein; or (iii) amount or type of fees or billing methods, or change therein, is to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Paragraph 1. 4. You agree that zwisp.net has the right, but not the obligation, to delete all program, data, or other files on zwisp.net computer servers that are associated with your account at the time of termination. 5. Only the person whose name is on the account will be able to: i. Select and Change User ID and/or Password ii. Cancel an existing account iii. Some restrictions may apply to your selection of user id. X. Limitations of Dial-Up Services 1. Although zwisp.net advertises "Unlimited Access" in regards to some of it's Dial-Up services, there are several limitations applied. The sole purpose of these limitations are intended to limit the amount of unnecessary use of zwisp.net by any such Member, which restricts overall zwisp.net availability for other Members. In order to allow for access by all subscribers, zwisp.net deploys certain system attributes designed to prevent abuse. By accepting this agreement and becoming a zwisp.net member, you agree to the following conditions: i. Idle Timeout - Member agrees to have their online session automatically terminated after ten (10) minutes of consecutive inactivity. Inactivity is defined as less than 500 bytes of data transferred between Member's modem and the Service. ii. Maximum Single Session - Member agrees to have an online session automatically terminated after four (4) hours of consecutive time, regardless of data transferred during such specific online session. iii. Multiple, Concurrent Online Sessions - Member agrees to maintain no more than one (1) concurrent online session for each PPP/ISDN account purchased. iv. Non-Dedicated Service - Member agrees to not use the service as a dedicated connection. The determination of what a dedicated connection is shall be at the sole determination of the backbone provider and is beyond the control of zwisp.net. Service is provided as an unlimited service provided that you may not use the provided connection as a dedicated connection. zwisp.net defines a dedicated connection is dependent on network of choice. Please use the following chart as a reference to what is considered a dedicated connection
XI. Privacy of Member Information 1. Unless required by court order, subpoena or other legal request, or upon the advice of counsel, zwisp.net will not make available Members name or other information. Member understands that merchants on the Internet may have access to such information and may make it available to third parties in accordance with their normal practices unless Member notifies those merchants directly that Member does not wish such information to be made available. 2. Information transmitted through zwisp.net and through the Internet in general is not confidential. zwisp.net cannot and shall not guarantee privacy or protection of any Member. zwisp.net reserves the right to monitor any Members transmissions when deemed necessary for providing proper service and/or to protect the rights and property of zwisp.net. 3. zwisp.net intends to respect its Members privacy and will not randomly monitor or disclose the contents of private e-mail or private chat room communications. However, you agree that zwisp.net has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor or disclose the contents of private communication, if zwisp.net, in its sole discretion, reasonably believes that such action is necessary: (1) to comply with applicable law or valid legal process; (2) to protect zwisp.net rights or property; or (3) in emergencies when a person's physical safety is at issue. XII. No System Backup 1. zwisp.net does not and will not perform system backups on any Members E-mail account'(s). zwisp.net shall not be held responsible for any lost E-mail data, email attachments, or any E-mail message contents, regardless of the reasoning for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, zwisp.net will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity. 2. zwisp.net does not and will not perform system backups on any web sites. zwisp.net shall not be held responsible for any lost web data, web files, or any website contents, regardless of the reasoning for data loss or system causes. Except as otherwise set forth herein, zwisp.net will not provide historical data, to any party for any reason, regarding any system or Internet activity. DSL AGREEMENT
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