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Acceptable
Use Policy
All
Accounts
Before you begin to
explore the Internet, you ("you", "your",
"yourself", and/or "subscriber") will need to
review the following terms and conditions of Visionet Online Services Acceptable Use Policy. These terms and
conditions will constitute a binding contract
between you and Visionet Online Services. They explain Visionet Online Services obligations to you, and explain your
obligations to Visionet Online Services when you use the
Internet. By using Visionet Online Services Internet
Service, you agree that your use of the network and
your access to the Internet is provided in
consideration of your agreement to abide by these
following terms and conditions. IF YOU DO NOT WISH
TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY
NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.
Terms of
Internet Access Agreement:
You are responsible
for verifying that the phone number you are calling
the Internet through, to access Visionet Online Services is
a local access number to which your computer is
dialing. Any telephone charges associated with your
access to the Internet through Visionet Online Services are
solely your responsibility. Visionet Online Services DOES
NOT REIMBURSE OR PAY ANY TELEPHONE CHARGES FOR ANY
REASON.
Subscribers shall
not access or attempt to gain access to any other
users account or to any nonpublic or
restricted portions of the Visionet Online Services network.
Subscribers also shall not intercept or attempt to
intercept Email or any other transmissions. Any
such conduct may subject the offending party to
civil and criminal penalties.
Subscribers shall
not disrupt or interfere with any Visionet Online Services
network or with any Visionet Online Services services.
Subscribers shall not disrupt, interfere with, or
gain unauthorized access to any Visionet Online Services
equipment.
Registration
Information:
User agrees to
notify Visionet Online Services if User moves or otherwise
changes his or her mailing address or phone number,
and to list truthful name, postal address and
telephone number on the forms User supplies to Visionet Online Services.
User represents to
Visionet Online Services that he or she is 18 years of age
or older. User understands that certain materials
available from the internet, provided under the
terms of this Agreement may not be suitable for
individuals under the age of 18.
Internet Access
Service:
Visionet Online Services
Network Services provides interactive access to the
Internet. In order to conserve system resources,
dial-up account holders that are logged in without
activity for a 20-minute period may be
disconnected. User authorizes Visionet Online Services to
enforce this restriction by appropriate software
and network measures, automated and
manual
Visionet Online Services
dial-up customers may not leave their accounts
connected for more than 8 hours at a time. This
constitutes "nailing-up an account". Your dial-up
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 dial-up
account is not a dedicated account. If you
disregard this policy and leave your account up for
more than 8 hours, your account will be
terminated.
Only one person,
the subscriber, may use the dial-up account.
Multiple or simultaneous logins will constitute
forfeiture of the account and your account will be
terminated.
Visionet Online Services
does not and will not perform system backups on any
Users E-mail account(s). Visionet Online Services
shall not be held responsible for any lost E-mail
data, E-mail attachments, or any E-mail message
contents, regardless of the reason for data loss or
system causes.
Visionet Online Services
will not provide historical data, to any party for
any reason, regarding any system or Internet
activity.
User is responsible for independent
backup of his /her data stored on Visionet servers. Visionet Online
Services reserves the right to delete Users personal files
after one or both parties terminate this agreement.
Subscriber shall
not use Visionet Online Services network as the means to
stalk others or to post, transmit, or originate any
unlawful, threatening, abusive, hateful,
defamatory, obscene, or pornographic
communications, or any communications where the
message, or its transmission or distribution,
would
constitute or would
encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise
violate any local, state, national, or
international law.
Unsolicited
advertising (SPAM) is strictly forbidden. For the
purpose of this Policy. "Unsolicited Advertising"
shall be defined to include any transmission that
describes goods, products, or services and that is
initiated by the vendor, provider, retailer, or
manufacturer of the described goods, products or
services, or by a third party retained by,
affiliated with, or related to the vendor,
provider, retailer, or manufacturer. This
prohibition shall not include either (I)
discussions of a product or services relative
advantages and disadvantages by users of those
products or services (unless the user is also the
vendor, provider, retailer, or manufacturer, or
related to or affiliated with the vendor, provider,
retailer, or manufacturer), (ii) responses to
questions, but only if such responses are direct
replies to those who inquired via electronic mail,
or (iii) mailings to individuals or entities on a
mailing list so long as the individual or entity
voluntarily placed his/her or its name on the
mailing list.
Subscribers shall
not resell, redistribute, or otherwise transfer
their accounts or Internet access to other users
without Visionet Online Services advanced, written consent,
which Visionet Online Services shall be entitled to exercise
in its sole discretion.
Content of
Communications:
User understands
that the Internet contains unedited materials, some
of which are sexually explicit or may be offensive.
User accesses such materials at his or her own
risk. Visionet Online Services has no control over and
accepts no responsibility whatsoever for such
materials. If the subscriber is a parent or
guardian, he/she assumes all responsibility for
supervising the on-line activities of the underage
user. Any information garnered through Visionet Online Services is done so at your own risk.
Web pages
containing pornography shall not be stored on Visionet Online Services servers. Visionet Online Services reserves the
right to impose restrictions or termination on
accounts it deems to be in violation of this
condition. Visionet Online Services will cooperate fully
with local, state, and federal agencies on any
investigation about any user that is violating any
laws including but not limited to child
pornography.
Privacy of
Communications:
Pursuant to the
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986,
Title 18, United Stated Code, Section 2510 and
following, notice is hereby given that Visionet Online Services does not provide by its system for
sending and receiving private or confidential
messages. The system operator and anyone so
designated by the system operator can and may read
messages transmitted to or from any account
holder.
Account holder
agrees that Visionet Online Services has the right to
monitor Visionet Online Services services electronically and
to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy
any law, regulation, or other governmental
request.
Visionet Online Services
reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove
any information or materials, in whole or in part,
that, in its sole and absolute discretion, are
unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this
Agreement. Visionet Online Services reserves the right to
suspend access to the Service for Users
account. The accounts suspension may be
rescinded within the sole and absolute discretion
of Visionet Online Services following payment of a
reconnection charge, to be determined by Visionet Online Services in its sole and absolute
discretion.
Indemnification:
I agree to defend,
indemnify and hold Visionet Online Services and its
affiliates harmless from any and all liabilities,
costs, and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys fees, related to or arising from,
any violation of this agreement by me or those who
access the services through my account, or the use
of the services or the Internet and the placement
or transmission of any message, information,
software, audio files or other materials on the
Internet by me or by those who have access to the
services through my account.
Visionet Online Services
shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by
the account holder against all claims, losses or
damages arising from the use of Visionet Online Services
service including but not limited to the
following:
a) Claims for
libel, slander, invasion of privacy, infringement
of copyright, or unauthorized use of any trademark,
trade name or service mark arising out of the
material, data information, or other content
transmitted via Visionet Online Services service.
b) Claims for
patent infringement arising from combining or using
Visionet Online Services service in connection with
facilities or equipment furnished by
others.
c) Violation of
anyone's right to privacy.
d) Violation of any
other literary, intellectual, artistic, dramatic,
musical right or other content transmitted by Visionet Online Services.
e) Claims related
to lost or stolen credit cards, checks, electronic
currency or other payment media.
f) All other claims
arising out of any act or omission of others
relating to Visionet Online Services service pursuant to the
Customer Agreement.
Miscellaneous:
Visionet Online Services
shall have broad authority to interpret and apply
these Acceptable Use Policies. Visionet Online Services also
shall be entitled to modify or amend these policies
at any time. Visionet Online Services shall provide notice
of any such modifications or amendments either by
Email, or by a general posting via Visionet Online Services,
or by conventional mail. Subscribers shall be
responsible for regularly reviewing notices posted
on-line at http://www.visionet.net. Any such
modification shall be effective immediately upon
notice being provided within ten (10) calendar days
from the date that Visionet Online Services provides notice,
but only if such modifications or amendment
substantially alters Subscribers benefits
under this Agreement. However, Subscribers
continued use of the Visionet Online Services account after
Visionet Online Services provides notice of any
modifications or amendments shall constitute
acceptance of the modifications or
amendments.
Visionet Online Services
shall be entitled to treat any breach of these
Acceptable Use Policies as a breach of the
Subscription Agreement, and Visionet Online Services shall
be entitled to exercise all remedies provided
therein, including termination.
Cancellation
You may terminate your
account at any time and for any reason by providing notice
of intent to terminate by mail to the following
location; RTMX Networking, PO Box 1030 Hillsborough, NC 27278.
Please notify us of your request to cancel
prior to the last day of the current month in which you wish
to cancel. Otherwise you will be charged for an additional
full month of service. Cancellation by email will not be
accepted. Once you are entered into our system, there is NO
refund of any "Set-Up Fee". Cacelation before the end of any 'Introductory'
period (discounted plan) results in a charge of the unpaid FULL Plan
Fee balance.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
REGARDING THESE POLICIES, YOU CAN CALL Visionet Online Services
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 919 644 6456.
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