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The Services, defined below in Section 1, are
provided by DIWI
and are conditioned upon and subject to your
compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
1. Service
1.1. The Services include: Filtered
Internet access; Electronic mail
("email") and up to ten (10) electronic
mail addresses.
1.2. "You and Your" refer to the subscriber
or any person or entity that otherwise lawfully
uses the Services under the terms of this
agreement.
1.3. Any means of identification assigned
to you by DIWI
(including usernames and email addresses) may be
altered or replaced at any time by DIWI
in its sole and unlimited discretion..
1.4. DIWI
makes no guarantees as to the continuous
availability of the Services or any specific
feature of the Services. DIWI
reserves the right to change the Services or any
of its features at any time with or without
notice.
1.5. You must log off if you are not using
the Services for more than fifteen (15) minutes.
Pinging servers, leaving chat rooms connected,
running ICQ or using other means to simply
maintain a connection is considered to be an
abuse of the system and cause for immediate
termination of an account and the Services
provided hereunder. DIWI
reserves the right to close any such connection
that is not in use for more than fifteen (15)
minutes.
1.6. FILTER WARRANTIES: YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIWI 's
FILTERED INTERNET SERVICE, AND ALL OTHER
SERVICES PROVIDED TO SUBSCRIBERS, ARE PROVIDED ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS WITH NO WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF PERFORMANCE,
RESULT, OUTCOME, MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT DIWI
HAS MADE NO
REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTY APPLICABLE
TO ANY ASPECT OF DIWI
FILTERED INTERNET SERVICES OR ANY OTHER SERVICES
OFFERED OR TO BE OFFERED TO USER SUBSCRIBERS,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ABILITY TO
PRECLUDE ANY USER OR OTHER END-USER FROM
ACCESSING ANY OR ALL WEB SITES THAT SUCH USER OR
OTHER END-USER MIGHT FIND TO BE HARMFUL OR
OFFENSIVE FOR ANY REASON. DIWI
IS ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURES OR
PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICES WHICH ARE THE RESULT
OF YOUR OWN INCORRECT USE OF THE FILTERING SYSTEM
OR OTHER TOOLS. DIWI
WILL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES, EITHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, INCOME OR USE OF
DATA. DIWI
IS ALSO IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISRUPTIONS
IN SERVICES REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE.
YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE RELIED
ON NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF DIWI
IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. THIS PROVISION
SHALL SURVIVE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
1.7. DIWI
is a family-oriented Internet Service
Provider which makes a reasonable effort to
ensure that each user has the tools needed to
help filter out unwanted Internet content from
their homes. To this end, the blocked site list
is updated periodically in an effort to stay
current with changes occurring on the Internet.
To help us, we ask that our users advise us of
any website that they become aware of and which
they find "offensive" while surfing the
Internet with filters on. All such
"offensive" sites submitted by users
will be reviewed, and at the sole and unlimited
discretion of DIWI,
the site may or may not be added to the blocked
site list.
2. Registration Requirements
2.1. Subscriber warrants and represents to
DIWI
that he/she is not a minor. By accepting this
Agreement, you represent that you meet this age
requirement. Minors who use the Services are
assumed to have parental or guardian consent.
2.2. You agree to provide DIWI
with accurate and complete billing information
including your legal name, address, and telephone
number. All changes to this information must be
reported to DIWI
Inc. within 30 days of the change.
2.3. By accepting this Agreement, you
agree that you are responsible for all charges
posted to your account until you cancel the
account as specified in Section 11.
3. Fees
3.1. Any setup fees are nonrefundable, and
DIWI
does not issue pro rata refunds for fees paid in
advance.
3.2.Unlimited Internet access as defined
in section 2 of the Acceptable Use Policy which
is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is
offered by DIWI
subject to the following limitations:
3.3. LOCAL ACCESS DIALUP NUMBERS MAY NOT
BE AVAILABLE IN ALL AREAS. IT IS YOUR SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE IF USE OF A
PARTICULAR DIWI
DIALUP NUMBER WILL CAUSE YOU TO INCUR
LONG-DISTANCE, TOLL OR OTHER CHARGES. DIWI
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
LONG-DISTANCE, TOLL OR OTHER CHARGES INCURRED BY
YOU THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. YOU ARE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHARGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL AND
LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE CHARGES FOR CONNECTION TO
THE SERVICES BY YOU AND BY THOSE WHO ACCESS THE
SERVICES THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT.
3.4. Current rates for DIWI
services are posted on DIWI's
web site located at "www.DIWI.net".
These rates may also be obtained by calling
678-838-7343. DIWI
reserves the
right to change rates and institute new fees at
its sole discretion. DIWI
may
change rates or institute new charges at any time
upon 30 days prior notice. DIWI
does not issue pro rata fee refunds.
3.5. Payments for all charges are due
within one month from the day in which the bill
is issued. If a bill is issued on the last day of
a particular month, then payment will be due on
the last day of the following month. If your
account is delinquent, your account and your
access to the Services may be suspended or
canceled at DIWI
sole
discretion. If your account incurs charges which
are denied by your financial institution or
credit card company, DIWI
reserves the right to re-bill for those charges,
regardless of your account status. If your
account is suspended, regular charges continue to
accrue until you cancel your account. DIWI
may, at its sole discretion,
charge a fee of $9.95 to reinstate a suspended
account.
3.6. Interest charges of 1% per month (or
the highest rate permitted by law if lower than
1% per month) will accrue daily on any unpaid
balance that is more than 30 days past due.
3.7. You agree to pay all sales and use
taxes, duties, or levies which are required by
law as well as all reasonable attorney’s and
collection fees arising from efforts to collect
any unpaid balance on your account.
3.8. If you believe that DIWI
has billed you in error, you must contact
the Customer Service Department (per Section 11)
within 60 days of the invoice or transaction date
of the charge. Refunds or adjustments will not be
given for any charges which are more than 60 days
old.
4. Use of the Service
4.1. You and any members of your household
are the only individuals who are authorized to
access the Services through your DIWI
account. You must not permit anyone else to
access the Services through your account and you
must ensure that all authorized users of your
account comply with this Agreement. In addition,
there may not be any simultaneous usage of your
account or username from two or more computer
systems.
4.2. You are responsible for maintaining
the confidentiality of passwords used by you or
members of your household. This includes, but is
not limited to, the username and password used to
access the USER CONTROL PANEL on the DIWI
website.
4.3. You are responsible for all charges
assessed as a result of use of your account.
However, DIWI
will not hold you
responsible for charges attributable to an
unauthorized user's access to your account
without your permission, provided that you notify DIWI
within 24 hours of
discovering any such unauthorized use and the
unauthorized use is not attributable to the
failure of any authorized user to exercise
reasonable efforts and care to maintain the
confidentiality of the account or password.
4.4. Except for software provided by DIWI
, you are responsible for
providing and maintaining all equipment and other
software necessary to access and utilize the
Services.
4.5. You will not use the Services or
permit others to use the Services through your
account in any way that violates any law or
regulation, or subjects DIWI
to
liability, or is in violation of any of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. You agree to
comply with all DIWI
security
procedures and standards and to be bound by the
terms and conditions of the End User License
Agreement for any software provided to you.
4.6. Email Policies: DIWI
provides you with access to the Internet.
Generally, the Internet consists of the following
areas available through DIWI:
Email, News Groups, Gopher and FTP, and the World
Wide Web. The Internet is not owned, or operated
by, or in any way affiliated with DIWI
or any of its affiliates; it is a separate,
independent global network of computers and is
not part of DIWI
Your use of the
Internet is solely at your own risk. When using
the Internet and all of its components, you must
conduct yourself responsibly according to the
Internet's own particular code of conduct.
Utilizing the Internet properly and effectively
generally requires simple common sense. While DIWI
certainly cannot and does
not control the Internet or any of its content,
your conduct on the Internet when using your DIWI
account is subject to the DIWI
rules. Because DIWI
wants to be a good Internet
citizen, it prohibits Members/Subscribers from
engaging in certain conduct on the Internet
through or by means of DIWI
including the following:
4.6.1 Advertising, Solicitation and
Name Harvesting. You may not use DIWI
to send unsolicited
advertising (also known as, "SPAM" or
"Junk Email"), promotional material, or
other forms of solicitation to any Internet user
except in those specified areas that are
designated for such a purpose (e.g., the
classified area) unless you receive the express
permission of the recipient. You may not use DIWI
to collect or harvest screen
names of any Internet user without the express
prior permission of the user. DIWI
reserves the right to block or filter mass
email solicitations on or through DIWI
(mass email is defined as sending more than
60 per hour). DIWI
RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO TERMINATE, WITHOUT NOTICE, THE ACCOUNT
OF ANYONE WHO VIOLATES THIS POLICY. The following
procedure will be followed when DIWI
receives notification as to the violation of
this policy:
a. Upon the first violation, the offender will be
immediately suspended without notice. In
addition, these activities can consume large
amounts of disk space on our system as well as
systems of recipients and can cause disruption of
mail or news service. Such activities also
consume bandwidth on our network connections,
slowing legitimate users unnecessarily. They also
generate additional administrative work to
investigate and respond to complaints from other
net users. As a result, to cover additional costs
of labor and system resources, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL
BE FINED $75 PER OCCURRENCE. In order to unsuspend
your account, you must send documentation via
U.S. mail to
Digital
Imaging, Webbing & Internet
8491 Hospital Dr. #246
Douglasville, GA 30134
This documentation
must state the following:
- An acknowledgment that the policy was
violated.
- An assurance that you will not violate any
of the use policies in the future.
- An acknowledgment that if you do violate
any of the use policies again, DIWI will terminate your account without
notice.
- Consent for DIWI
to post
and publish your statement and commitments on
net-abuse newsgroups.
b. Upon the second offense, your account will
be FINED $450.00 AND YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE
TERMINATED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE.
4.6.2. Harassment. When a
Member/Subscriber targets another individual or
entity to cause distress, embarrassment, unwanted
attention, or other discomfort, this is
harassment. DIWI
does not condone
harassment in any form and may suspend or
terminate the accounts of any Member/Subscriber
who harasses others. You may have a disagreement
with someone’s point of view, but personal
attacks, or attacks based on a person's race,
national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, disablement or other such
affiliation, are prohibited. If you have a
disagreement with someone's point of view,
address the subject, not the person.
4.6.3. Graphic Files. DIWI prohibits the transfer or
posting on DIWI
of sexually
explicit images or other content deemed offensive
by DIWI, DIWI
reserves the right to remove such posted content.
4.6.4. Chain Letters and Pyramid
Schemes. Transmissions of chain letters and
pyramid schemes of any kind are not allowed on DIWI and are inappropriate on the
Internet. This material places an unnecessary
load on our electronic mail ("email")
system and is considered a nuisance by most
Members/Subscribers. Certain chain letters and
pyramid schemes are illegal. Letters or messages
that offer a product or service based on the
structure of a chain letter are also of
questionable legality. At minimum, they are a
waste of resources and are not permitted on DIWI,
Posting a chain letter to an
Internet newsgroup (or via email on the Internet)
may result in your DIWI account
being terminated.
4.6.5. Commercial Communication.
The vast majority of newsgroups and mailing lists
on the Internet are not commercial in nature and
participants in such groups may object strongly
to commercial postings, solicitations, or
advertisements.
4.6.6. Other Inappropriate Posts.
Each newsgroup and mailing list on the Internet
focuses on a particular set of topics, and posts
not related to these topics are not welcomed by
the participants. We suggest that all
Members/Subscribers become familiar with the
guidelines, themes, and culture of the specific
newsgroups and mailing list in which they wish to
participate. Posting or distributing
inappropriate material on the Internet (i.e.
spamming, mail bombing, or junk emailing) may
result in suspension or termination of your DIWI
Account.
4.6.7. Copyright and Proprietary
Materials. Transmitting through the Internet
material of any kind which is subject to the
copyright or other rights of any person or entity
without the express permission of the rights
holder is prohibited and will result in
termination of your Membership/Subscribership and
possible civil and/or criminal liability. DIWI
reserves the right to
prohibit conduct, communication, or content on DIWI
which it deems in its
discretion to be harmful to any
Member/Subscriber, the communities which comprise DIWI, and third-parties' rights,
or to violate applicable law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, you understand and agree that neither DIWI nor its Information
Providers have the practical ability to restrict
conduct, communication or content which might
violate the DIWI rules prior to
transmission on DIWI, nor can
they ensure prompt editing or removal of actually
or potentially violating content after online
posting. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree
that neither DIWI
nor any
Information Provider shall assume or have any
liability for any action or inaction by DIWI
or any ICP (Internet Content
Provider) with respect to conduct, communication
or content on DIWI
5. Monitoring the Services; Disclosure
of Member Information
DIWI
has no obligation to monitor
the Services but may do so and may disclose
information regarding your use of the Services to
satisfy laws, regulations or governmental
requests or to operate the Services properly and
to protect itself and its members. However, DIWI
will not disclose member
information to outside persons or entities for
the purpose of soliciting DIWI
members. DIWI
IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION, MAY REMOVE OR REFUSE TO POST ANY
INFORMATION OR MATERIALS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
WHICH ARE UNACCEPTABLE, UNDESIRABLE OR IN
VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
6. No Warranties Provided by DIWI
6.1. Except for certain products and
services specifically identified as being offered
by DIWI, DIWI
does not control any information, products or
services on the Internet and except for such DIWI-identified content, all
merchandise, information and services offered,
made available, or accessible on the Internet are
by third parties who are not affiliated with DIWI.
6.2. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND
RISK FOR USE OF THE SERVICES AND THE INTERNET BY
YOURSELF AND YOUR AUTHORIZED USERS. THE SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" BASIS. DIWI DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY
INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL
ACCESSIBLE VIA THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES,
WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS. DIWI MAKES NO
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS
OR ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY MERCHANDISE,
INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH DIWI
OR ON THE INTERNET
GENERALLY. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY DIWI, ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES
OR CONTRACTORS SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY.
6.3. DIWI
SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY COSTS OR DAMAGES ARISING DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY FROM USE OF THE SERVICE. IT IS
SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, AND USEFULNESS OF ALL
OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES, AND OTHER
INFORMATION, AND THE QUALITY AND MERCHANTABILITY
OF ALL MERCHANDISE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE
OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY.
6.4. THE INTERNET CONTAINS UNEDITED
MATERIALS, SOME OF WHICH ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR
MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO YOU OR OTHERS ACCESSING THE
SERVICE THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU ACCESS SUCH
MATERIALS AND PERMIT OTHERS TO ACCESS SUCH
MATERIALS THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT AT YOUR OWN RISK. DIWI
HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND
ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH MATERIALS.
7. Your Remedies
7.1. If you are dissatisfied with the
Service or any of its terms, conditions, rules,
policies, guidelines, or practices, your sole and
exclusive remedy is to terminate this Agreement
and discontinue using the Service by canceling
your account by one of the methods outlined in
Section 11.
7.2. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL DIWI, ITS EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES
OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM
ANY: USE OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR THE SERVICE OR YOUR
INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; ACCESS OF THE
INTERNET OR ANY PART THEREOF; OR, YOUR 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.
8. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold DIWI
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 you or those who access the Service
through your account; AND, the use of the Service
or the Internet and the placement or transmission
of any message, information, software, or other
materials on the Internet by you or by those who
have access to the Service through your account.
9. Term of Agreement
This Agreement is effective from your acceptance
thereof, which is indicated establishment of your
account. If you are a current DIWI
member when this Agreement is activated,
your continued use of the Service constitutes
your acceptance of this Agreement.
10. Termination of Agreement
10.1. You may terminate this Agreement by
using only the methods outlined in Section 11.
Your termination will only be complete upon your
receipt of a confirmation number from DIWI
Charges to your account will
stop accruing the day you receive your
confirmation number. DIWI
does
not issue pro rata fee refunds.
10.2. DIWI
may terminate
this Agreement: at any time without cause upon 30
days prior notice; or, immediately if you or any
person who has access to the Service through your
account, commit a material breach of this
Agreement, including but not limited to a breach
of any obligation imposed under Section 4 or you
fail to pay any charges within 60 days of the
date they accrue.
10.3. Upon termination of this Agreement
all rights granted to you and your authorized
users under this Agreement shall immediately
cease and terminate.
10.4. Termination of this Agreement does
not release you from the obligation to pay all
accrued charges under this Agreement.
10.5. DIWI
's right to
enforce the provisions of Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8,
11, and 12 shall survive termination of this
Agreement.
11. Notice
11.1. You may cancel your DIWI
account by contacting Customer Support at
770-529-6679.
11.2. DIWI
may provide
notice to you by the following methods:
Electronic mail (email) addressed to your email
account; general posting to DIWI
's web site at http://www.diwi.net
; or
by US Mail or courier service at the address you
provided DIWI
when you registered
for the service. All notices or other
communications to you shall be deemed effective
on the first (1st) calendar day following the
date of electronic mailing or posting or on the
fourth (4th) calendar day following the date of
first-class mailing or deposit with a commercial
courier service.
12. Miscellaneous
12.1. DIWI
's failure to
enforce strict performance of any provision of
this Agreement shall not be construed as a
waiver.
12.2. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Georgia, United States of America,
without regard to its conflicts of law
provisions. Any cause of action you may have with
respect to the Service must be commenced within
one (1) year after the claim or cause of action
arises or such claim or cause of action is
barred.
12.3. Any action at law, suit in equity,
or other judicial proceeding concerning, relating
to, arising from, or touching upon in any way, no
matter how remotely, the contract for services
between you and DIWI
and/or your
use of and/or DIWI's provision of
systems and services thereunder, shall be brought
and litigated, if at all, only in the state or
federal court system of the State of Georgia. In
such event, you acknowledge the right of the
specified court to assert personal jurisdiction
in any such action over you and waive and release
now and forever any defense to that assertion of
jurisdiction that might otherwise exist.
12.4. Neither this Agreement, nor any of
your rights or obligations arising hereunder,
shall be transferable by you to any third party
without DIWI's prior written
consent.
12.5. This Agreement, the Posted Rate
Chart on the DIWI
website, the
Acceptable Use Policy, and the End-User License
Agreement are all attached hereto and constitute
the entire agreement between you and DIWI
with respect to the
Services.
12.6. DIWI
reserves the
right to alter, amend or modify this Agreement at
any time.
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