Craw-Kan
Dialup, DSL, Wireless Internet
User
Agreement
This agreement is
between Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Craw-Kan ISP) and the
person subscribing to Craw-Kan’s Dialup, DSL, Wireless Internet
(Customer). It is effective regardless of signature or return by
Customer upon the first instance of: Customer use of any services
available to you by Craw-Kan ISP, receipt by Craw-Kan of customer
fees, or receipt by Craw-Kan of agreement signed by customer.
Customer represents and
warrants that he/she is 18 years of age or older.
Customer is responsible
for choosing a password which reasonably protects their account.
Craw-Kan ISP is not responsible for charges or damages resulting from
misuse of an account, including unauthorized use by another party.
Customer is responsible for any and all charges and damages resulting
from misuse of their account, including consequential damages.
If any part of this
Agreement is unacceptable to customer, customer must immediately
terminate any Craw-Kan ISP account you currently have, or seek to
have, with Craw-Kan.
To contact Craw-Kan ISP
or if you have specific questions about this Agreement, please
contact our customer service department at 620-724-8235.
Restrictions on Use
Customer may use the
services for lawful purposes only and all uses by Customer of the
services shall comply with all local, state and federal laws as well
as all rights, obligations, limitations or other interests of any
third entity.
Members are precluded
from doing any of the following activities:
(a) Conducting or
soliciting any business or activity that is prohibited by law or any
business or activity that is harmful to minors in any way - this
includes, but is not limited to, transmitting, hosting, or storing
copyrighted material or software, without the permission of the owner
of the copyrighted material or software, libelous or slanderous
material, material protected as a trade secret, material determined
to be threatening or obscene, and posting or transmitting anything
constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal
offense, giving rise to civil liability, or otherwise violating any
local, state, national or international law, including without
limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations;
(b)
Spamming - this includes, but is not limited to, sending unsolicited
mass e-mailings, using a ISP account or using an e-mail address
hosted anywhere on Craw-Kan ISP's server as a mail drop for
responses, and using of (and/or appearing to use) the service for
sending unwanted and unsolicited electronic e-mail's, messages,
newsgroup postings, or any other digital or electronic communication
to one or more unsolicited recipients;
(c) Falsifying user
information provided to Craw-Kan ISP.
(d) Running of
internet servers - this includes, but is not limited to, muds,
mushes, moos, ftp, web, and mail news;
(e) Hacking –
breaching or attempting to breach the security of any network;
(f)
Posting or transmitting any information or software which
contains a virus, worm, cancel bot or other harmful component;
(g)
Fraud and forgery - Forging any message or part of the message
header/tracking data contained in any e-mail, incorporating a false
subject line, false return address or false transmission path into
any e-mail sent using Craw-Kan ISP's service, or fraudulently
representing products/services using your account; Conducting e-mail
scams such as pyramid promotional schemes;
(h) Abusing or
fraudulently using the Service in any way not specifically set forth
above;
(i) Impersonating any person or entity, including, but
not limited to, a Craw-Kan ISP employee or falsely stating or
otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity;
and
(j) Facilitating, aiding, or encouraging any of the above
activities.
Acceptable Use
Use of the services is
subject to any existing local, state, or federal regulations and any
future changes in those regulations.
Cancellation
Craw-Kan ISP reserves
the right to terminate an account at any time, in its sole
discretion, for any reason.
In the event customer
desires to terminate service, customer shall contact customer service
for termination of service. It is the sole responsibility of the
Customer to verify the cancellation of their account.
Failure to use the
service provided does not constitute a justification for refund under
any circumstance.
Privacy/Security
Craw-Kan ISP reserves
the right to resolve system problems using means necessary to ensure
proper functioning of the system.
Craw-Kan ISP reserves
the right to log any and all data for statistical purposes.
Craw-Kan ISP does not
guarantee the security or integrity of any data on the system
including that transmitted using secure servers.
Craw-Kan ISP assumes no
liability for the loss of private or confidential material.
Disclaimer and
Limitation of Liability
It
is customer’s responsibility to make sure that a local number
is being dialed to access Craw-Kan ISP's service by confirming the
number is toll free. Craw-Kan ISP will not be responsible for
Customer’s long distance bills for any reason.
Customer
assumes total responsibility and risk for Customer's use of the
Services and the Internet.
The services are provided on an
"as is" and "as available" basis without
warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not
limited to warranties of title, non infringement or implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
No advice or information given by Craw-Kan ISP, its
affiliates or its contractors or their respective employees shall
create a warranty.
Since the Internet contains unedited
materials, some of which are sexually explicit or may be offensive to
some people, Customer accesses such materials at Customer's own risk.
Craw-Kan ISP has no control over and accepts no responsibility
whatsoever for such materials.
Craw-Kan ISP does not warrant
that the service will be uninterrupted or error free or that any
information, software or other material accessible on the service is
free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other harmful components.
Under no circumstances shall Craw-Kan ISP, be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential
damages, including, without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill,
work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, loss of data, delay,
non-deliveries, mis-deliveries, or service interruptions, that result
in any way from Customer's use of or inability to use the service or
to access the internet or any part thereof, or Customer's reliance on
or use of information, services or merchandise provided on or through
the service, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions,
deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation, or
transmission, or any failure of performance.
Craw-Kan
ISP has no obligation to the Customer to monitor the service.
However, Customer agrees that Craw-Kan ISP has the right to monitor
the Service electronically for statistical, security, or maintenance
purposes, and further has the right to disclose any information as
necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or other governmental
request.
Craw-Kan ISP reserves the right to refuse to post or
to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in
its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation
of this Agreement.
Customer agrees to indemnify and hold
Craw-Kan ISP harmless from any claims or damages, including
attorney's fees, arising from or out of Customer's use or misuse of
the services, which use or misuse includes, but is not limited to,
use or transmittal of information or material deemed obscene,
threatening, or otherwise illegal. This indemnification and hold
harmless provision shall survive and be in full force and effect
subsequent to the cancellation or cancellation of this Agreement.
Craw-Kan ISP is not responsible for loss of income, use, or
information as a result of using Craw-Kan ISP as an Internet Service
Provider.
Customer and Craw-Kan ISP agree that the law of
State of Kansas, U.S.A. will apply to all matters relating to this
Agreement.
Customer and Craw-Kan ISP agree and consent that
the courts of Crawford County, Kansas, U.S.A. will have exclusive
jurisdiction and be the exclusive venue for any legal actions
relating to this Agreement or to the services provided hereunder.