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Internet Service Agreement The Short Version:

button.gif (1954 bytes)No Unsolicited Commercial Bulk Email to promote your site
button.gif (1954 bytes)No Storage of Emails on the Server
button.gif (1954 bytes)No use of autoresponders for other bulk email promotions
button.gif (1954 bytes)No use of Formmail.pl whatsoever.
button.gif (1954 bytes)No illegal activities that violate state or federal laws
button.gif (1954 bytes)No game company or Software distibution Sites
button.gif (1954 bytes)No Chat Sites , IRC service , gameservers
button.gif (1954 bytes)No Adult video and/or movie files (*.wmv files)
 
 

Now The Long Version & Fine Print:

This Agreement, is made and entered by VirtualHostingServices.Net  ("Provider"), and you, ("User").  ntending to be bound in accordance with the terms hereof, the parties agrees as follows: 

Content

All services provided by Provider may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, or material protected by trade secrets and other statute.

The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Provider from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

Adult Content Sites that contain LEGAL material are allowed. .It is your responsibility that the content is kept legal. If  someone complains to us or our upstream provider, your site might be suspended and/or shutdown depending on the circumstance and how quickly the material is removed. 

We do not allow Adult (Porn) sites

Examples of unacceptable content or links:

    • Pirated software.
    • Hackers programs or archives.
    • Warez Sites.

      Provider will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

Disk Space/Bandwidth .  Web Hosting and WordPress Hosting plans are designed to host most personal, small business and organization websites, and thus we offer Unmetered bandwidth and  Limited disk space. This means that we do not set a limit on the amount of bandwidth  you may use in the operation of your website, provided it complies with this Agreement. However In the event the bandwidth or disk space usage of your website presents a risk to the stability, performance or uptime of our servers, data storage, networking or other infrastructure, you may be required to upgrade to a VPS or Dedicated Server, or we may take action to restrict the resources your website is utilizing..

Email Disk Space:     Storage of Emails on the server is not allowed as part of your Allotted Disk Space

You need to set your Mail Client to delete your email from the server when you collect it
If you are using Web Mail Please "Purge" your Trash folder
If you are forwarding your email do not set up a Mail Box unless you intend to download your email from your Mail Box on a regular basis

Misuse of System Resources:

  1. You are allowed to freely install cgi applications, we reserve the right to disable any program or script that may effect normal server operations. Any site that uses large amounts of these resources may be asked to decrease activity or upgrade to an alternative hosting package.
  2. WebAdverts banner rotations are banned from the system for numerous problems caused. Please be sure to select another author.
  3. CGI Hit Counters are not allowed - All sites come with Web Site Statistics
  4. Any cgi scripts that consume large amounts of CPU usage or memory are also not allowed. The user will be asked to remove any script that abuses system resources.
  5. FORMMAIL.PL IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

Chat Rooms

  1. We do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms. These tend to be large system hogs and we cannot allow it as a account option.

Background Running Programs and Daemons

  1. We NOT allow programs to run continually in the background.
  2. IRC:

No IRC related software is permitted on our servers. This includes servers, bots, bouncers, or any other software that is used for the purpose of creating, maintaining, or providing access to IRC servers or channels. Accounts that are found to have such software uploaded to their web space are subject to immediate suspension and/or termination without notice.

Commercial Advertising - SPAM Email:

  1. VirtualHostingServices.Net  servers may not be the source, intermediary, or destination address involved in the transmission of spam, flames, or mail bombs. Your domain may not be referenced as originator, intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above. The use of spam to advertise sites on other servers which in turn contain links to a domain on our servers is prohibited. We consider spam any mass unsolicited message in the mediums of Newsgroups and Email. If you are found to have spammed, then we will immediately, without warning, disable your domain. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel service to known spammers. Lastly, we reserve the right to determine what violates this policy.

  2.   Spamming (the sending of unsolicited email) is STRICTLY prohibited. None of the following will be tolerated. 
  3.  
    • You may not send any unsolicited email mentioning an email address for any domain hosted by us
    • You may not send any unsolicited email mentioning a domain hosted by us
    • You may not send any unsolicited email mentioning an IP address hosted by us
    • You may not post a commercial message in a non-commercial newsgroup
    • You may not post references to adult sites to non-adult newsgroups
    • You may not post advertisements on IRC chat that result in complaints

    Provider will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

    3. If you install formmail.pl for the purposes of spamming your account will be instantly terminated. You will be fined $500 which will be charged to your credit card. We may also pursue additional legal avenues to obtain larger compensation if warranted.

Sever Abuses:

  1. Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of VirtualHostingServices.Net is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: using programs that consume excessive CPU time; allowing the use of mail services, mail forwarding capabilities, or autoresponders other than for the customer's own account; resale of disk space without an appropriate reseller agreement; use of servers for backup of files unrelated to the web site of the account; or resale or remote access to CGI scripts installed on our servers. No IRC related software is permitted on our servers. This includes servers, bots, bouncers, or any other software that is used for the purpose of creating, maintaining, or providing access to IRC servers or channels. Accounts that are found to have such software uploaded to their web space are subject to immediate suspension and/or termination without notice. 

Payment for Service

    Service provided by VirtualHostingServices.Net  Service will commence once payment has been made and approved by Credit Card, Check or PayPal. 
    For New Accounts ONLY Service may be canceled at any time with no penalty within the first 30 days.

    The Subscriber understands that services are paid for on a  6, 12 , 24   months  period and are subject to severe penalties for early cancellation. (see below)

    The subscriber must certify that he or she is at least 18 years of age.

Term and Termination

  1. This agreement shall have an initial terms of 6, 12 , 24  months from the date of execution hereof, as specified by the sign up request. The User can cancel any time during the first 30 days for full refund in the case of  NEW ACCOUNTS ONLY. Cancellation after the first 30days of signing up or renewal of service the subscriber will be refunded their payment less the pro-rata monthy hosting rate fee for the time of service provided less the cost of domain name registration (if applicable) less a $25.00 handling fee. For Credit card or PayPal payments a period of 6 months must elapse from the time of payment untill a domain name can be released to another Registrar
  2. Provider reserves the right to terminate this agreement, and to delete the website from its hardware, immediately upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
    1. Non payment of any charges due from User.
    2. Breach of any term or condition of this agreement by User.
    3. Commencement of any lawsuit or proceeding against User arising from or relating to its use of the website, whether or not such suit names Provider as a party or seeks and recovery from Provider.

Indemnification of Provider

  1. User agrees to indemnify and hold Provider harmless from any lawsuit, claim, charge, or expense, including reasonable attorney fees and costs of defense, for any matter arising from or relating to User's website provided hereunder.
  2. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a relationship between the Provider and User in the nature of a partnership, joint venture, editor/publisher or otherwise. Both parties acknowledge and agree that Provider has no interaction with the data or substance of User's website, except as necessary to maintain the website.
  3. The Provider will not be responsible for any loss of sales revenue due to a site being unavailable for any reason.

Backup and Storage policy

VirtualHostingServices.Net  backs up all server configurations on a regular basis, which helps in restoring the existing configurations in case of hardware failure.

Normally we can resore any  particular web site at various restore dates

Storage and Security.   You shall be solely responsible for undertaking measures to: (1) prevent any loss or damage to your website or server content; (2) maintain independent archival and backup copies of your website or server content; and (3) ensure the security, confidentiality and integrity of all your website or server content transmitted through or stored on our servers.

Our servers are not an archive and we shall have no liability to you or any other person for loss, damage or destruction of any of your content. The Services are not intended to provide a PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliant environment and therefore should not be considered as one. You shall not use the Service in any way, in our sole discretion, that shall impair the functioning or operation of our services or equipment. Specifically by way of example and not as a limitation, you shall not use the Services as: (1) a repository or instrument for placing or storing archived files; and/or (2) placing or storing material that can be downloaded through other websites. You acknowledge and agree that we have the right to carry out a forensic examination in the event of a compromise to your server or account.

Website/Server Content.   You shall be solely responsible for providing, updating, uploading and maintaining your website or server and any and all files, pages, data, works, information and/or materials on, within, displayed, linked or transmitted to, from or through your website or server including, but not limited to, trade or service marks, images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips, email or other messages, meta tags, domain names, software and text. You acknowledge and agree that in the course of providing you with technical assistance, it may be necessary for our support staff to modify, alter or remove the content of your hosted product. Your website or server content shall also include any registered domain names provided by you or registered on behalf of you in connection with the Services.

Governing Law, Arbitration, and Venue 

  1. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of  Hawaii. Any disputes arising under this agreement will be resolved by binding arbitration, to take place in Honolulu, Hawaii

These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance with terms and conditions of any order submitted. Use of VirtualHostingServices.Net   Service constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. 

Violation of any terms or conditions are grounds for immediate account deactivation, with no refunds given.
We reserve the right to refuse or cancel service at our sole discretion.