F5 / MVH Internet Services. ("F5Hosting")
agrees to furnish services to the Subscriber, subject to the following Terms of
Service (TOS).
Use of F5Hosting services and resources constitutes acceptance and agreement
to F5Hosting's Terms Of Service & Acceptable Use
Policy.
All provisions of contracts with F5Hosting are subject to the Terms Of Service (TOS) and Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). The
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) may be changed from time to time at the sole
discretion of F5Hosting. Members understand that changes in the Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP) are not grounds for non-payment or early contract termination.
1. Disclosure
The subscriber gives F5Hosting consent to disclose any and all information
relating to the subscriber to any law enforcement agent who makes a written
request without further consent, or notification to the subscriber. In this
event, F5Hosting reserves the right to terminate all services to this account
without refund.
2. Service
Rates
The subscriber acknowledges that the nature of
services, and initial rates and charges have been communicated, or made
available to the subscriber. The subscriber is aware that F5Hosting may from
time to time change the specified rates and charges. All offers are contingent
on F5Hosting meeting its cost of service goals, which may include, but is not
limited to rates charged to the company by the suppliers it uses.
3. Payment
Establishment of services is dependent upon receipt by F5Hosting of stated
charges. Subsequent payments are due on the anniversary date of the month, for
the term of service, whether monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or yearly. All
services provided by F5Hosting are billed in Canadian currency (CAD) unless
otherwise stated at time of purchase. Residents of Canada are subject to 5% GST on all
purchases.
4. Payments
and Fees
Credit cards which are declined may be subject to a $5.00 declination fee.
Services may be interrupted on any accounts which reach
30 days past due. Accounts interrupted as a result of non-payment will be
subjected to a $50.00 reconnection fee.
5. Refunds
and Disputes
All payments to F5Hosting are non-refundable unless
stated otherwise by F5Hosting at the time of the dispute. All disputes of
charges must be reported within 30 days of the time the dispute occurred. If
the subscriber disputes a charge to their credit card which is at F5Hosting's
sole discretion a valid charge under the provisions of the Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP) and/or Terms Of Service (TOS), the
subscriber agrees to pay F5Hosting a $100.00 reversal fee.
6. Failure
to Pay
F5Hosting reserves the right to deny service, or terminate accounts upon the
failure of the subscriber to pay charges when due. Termination or denial as a
result of failure to pay will not relieve the subscriber from the payment of
all accrued charges for services provided, plus reasonable interest and all
collection fees. Should the subscriber fail to make satisfactory arrangements
for payment with F5Hosting or its authorized agents within 60 days of default,
the satisfaction of such arrangements to be determined at F5Hosting's sole and
absolute discretion, F5Hosting will terminate all services to the subscribed
and eliminate all power sources to the subscribers equipment on the 61st day of
default, and in so doing, the subscriber's equipment will effectively become
"stored" upon F5Hosting's premises as of that date, and the
subscriber will be charged and agrees to pay a daily fee of $30.00 in lawful
Canadian dollars for the storage of such equipment, in addition to any amount
outstanding for service fees or charges in arrears. F5Hosting will have no
obligation whatsoever to the subscriber for any loss which occurs with respect
to the subscriber's equipment while stored upon F5Hosting's premises. F5Hosting
reserves the right at any time after the initial 60 day default period, and in
accordance with the provisions of the Repair and Storage Liens Act. R.S.O.
1990, to liquidate customer equipment, in whole or in part, in order to recover
all outstanding accrued charges for storage, plus reasonable interest and all
collection fees. Notwithstanding any amount recovered by F5Hosting for storage
fees obtained through the liquidation of the subscriber's equipment, the
subscriber will continue to be responsible for any outstanding amount owed for
services provided by F5Hosting to the subscriber.
7. Account
Cancellation
All requests concerning account cancellations must be
sent to F5Hosting with at least 15 days notice, but not more then 45 days
notice. All account cancellations must be confirmed with F5Hosting. When
requesting an account cancellation, the subscriber must have all information
relating to their account on hand for verification.
8. Availability
of Services
The subscriber acknowledges that the service provided
is of a nature that services may be interrupted for reasons other than
negligence of F5Hosting. Any damages resulting from any interruption or
degradation of services are difficult to ascertain. Therefore, the subscriber
agrees that F5Hosting shall not be liable for damages arising from causes
beyond the direct and exclusive control of F5Hosting. The subscriber also
acknowledges that F5Hosting's liability for its own negligence may not in any
event exceed the amount in equivalent charges payable by the subscriber for
services during the period which damages occurred. In no event whatsoever shall
F5Hosting be responsible or liable for any special or consequential damages,
loss, or injury.
9. Domain
Related
All accounts involving the registration, or transfer
of an existing domain name will be set up and entered into F5Hosting's DNS
servers with 7 business days. Due to complications in domain transfer, some
accounts involving the transfer of domains may take up to 60 days to process.
If as a result of complications transfer of domain should take more then 7
days, and the subscriber cancels service before 60 days have incurred all
charges will be considered valid and earned.
10. Support
Boundaries
F5Hosting reserves the right to limit its technical support to its area of
expertise. F5Hosting provides support for issues which directly relate to
servers, or virtual accounts functioning. Support issues relating to
programming, development, or software related problems will be billed to the
subscriber at an additional rate in 30 minute minimum intervals.
11. SPAM
The subscriber acknowledges that F5Hosting defines "SPAM" e-mail as
any and all bulk e-mail and Unsolicited Commercial E-mail, messages, or
postings, etc. The subscriber understands that they may not transmit, assist in
the transmission, encourage third parties to transmit,
or permit hosting of sites or any information which is advertised by SPAM from
other networks or services. The subscriber acknowledges that they are
responsible for any and all SPAM related actions which come from their account.
12. Internet
Protocol (IP) Address Ownership
All Internet Protocol (IP) addresses which are assigned to subscribers belong
only to F5Hosting. Subscribers shall have no right to use Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses except as permitted and assigned by F5Hosting in its sole discretion.
F5Hosting shall maintain control and ownership of all Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses which it assigns, and reserves the right to modify, or remove any and
all Internet Protocol (IP) addresses it assigns.
13. Bandwidth/Disk
The subscriber agrees that should they exceed allocated disk space or
bandwidth, they shall pay F5Hosting the respective "overage" charges
which have been communicated, and/or made available to the subscriber. F5Hosting
reserves the right to deny additional disk space, or bandwidth usage which it
deems to be unreasonable and the subscriber is aware that corrective action may
be taken as a result, which may include discontinuance of any/all services, or
termination of any/all services. The subscriber is aware that any corrective
action taken as a result of the subscriber exceeding their allocated resources
shall not entitle the subscriber to a refund of any fees paid in advance prior
to such corrective action.
14. Offensive
Materials
F5Hosting reserves the right to remove any and all materials which are deemed
to be offensive by F5Hosting. The subscriber is aware that F5Hosting may
delete, disconnect, or terminate any services, resources, or accounts on which
the offensive materials are located, or connected to. The subscriber is aware
that should F5Hosting choose to take any action relating to materials or
content which F5Hosting deems as offensive shall not entitle the subscriber to
a refund of any form.
15. Violation
of Terms Of Service/Acceptable Use Policy
F5Hosting is under no obligation to monitor its subscribers activities to
determine whether violations of their Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) have
occurred. F5Hosting assumes no responsibility though its
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to monitor or 'police' Internet-related activities.
The subscriber is aware that F5Hosting shall deal with each violation of the
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and/or all other issues on a case-by-case basis,
and is aware that F5Hosting is under no obligation to provide
"warnings" under any circumstances. F5Hosting may choose to
"warn" subscribers F5Hosting feels that the subscriber may be
breaking the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
16. Appearance
and Network Protection
F5Hosting reserves the right to protect its network, resources, and services
from influences which threaten to disrupt, or degrade F5Hosting's network,
resources, or services. The subscriber is aware that F5Hosting may firewall,
drop, or disable Internet Protocol (IP) addresses which may cause harm to F5Hosting's
resources, services, or appearance. This may include, but is not limited to:
subscribers who project a negative appearance of themselves or of F5Hosting,
subscribers who attract, have attracted, or may attract Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, subscribers who are suspected of using F5Hosting's
services to SPAM, or Subscribers who are running insecure, or inappropriate
services such as open proxies/relays.
17. Service
Cancellation/Suspension
F5Hosting reserves the right to cancel or suspend any subscribers service which
F5Hosting feels may be the target, or source of any violations of the
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), or for any other reasons F5Hosting chooses. If
inappropriate activity is suspected, all accounts relating to the subscriber in
question may be disabled for the duration of F5Hosting's investigation. F5Hosting
will is under no obligation to refund, or credit the subscribers account(s) for
such service interruptions.
18. Indemnification
The subscriber indemnifies F5Hosting for any violation of the Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP) and Terms Of Service (TOS) that results
in loss to F5Hosting, or the bringing of any claim against F5Hosting by any
third-party. If any damages are awarded against F5Hosting as a result of the subscribers negligence, or a user on their systems, the
subscriber agrees to pay any and all damages awarded against F5Hosting, and all
attorneys fees.
19. Waiver
The subscriber understands that should F5Hosting choose to give the subscriber
a waiver for any breach of the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), it shall not be
used, or be constructed to be a waiver for continuing or subsequent breaches of
the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), or as a waiver for any other breaches of the
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
20. Transfer
of Ownership
The subscriber shall not transfer, or assign this agreement without the prior
written consent of F5Hosting. F5Hosting reserves the right to cancel customers rights under this contract at anytime without
further obligation.
21. Damages
F5Hosting is not responsible for any damages which may damage the subscribers
business. F5Hosting does not make any written or implied warranties for any
services it may offer. F5Hosting denies any warranty or merchantability for any
specific purpose. This may include, but is not limited to loss of data
resulting in delays, incorrect deliveries, non-deliveries, any and all service
interruptions caused by F5Hosting.
22. Content
The subscriber acknowledges that they are solely responsible for the content
stored on, or transferred through F5Hosting's services and/or resources.
23. Personal
Information
The subscriber grants F5Hosting consent to collect, and/or store personal
information relating to the subscriber. This may include, but is not limited to
credit history, credit card information, and information relating to the
subscribers online activities. The subscriber is aware that F5Hosting may
choose to store specific billing information relating to the subscriber such
as, but not limited to credit card numbers, and additional information for the
convenience of automatic billing. The subscriber consents F5Hosting to
automatically bill the subscriber for all recurring services, and/or additional
charges, expenses, or penalties.