Starlinkers.com
TERMS OF SERVICE
Terms of Service (TOS) [March 1, 2007]
THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN Starlinkers.com and you
where “you” is referred to as (“Account
Holders "Users", “Members”, “Customers”,
or “Subscribers”)
WHEREAS Starlinkers.com agrees to furnish
IT - internet based services associated with web sites,
web hosting, and domain registration to the User.
Use of Starlinkers.com Service constitutes acceptance
and agreement to Starlinkers.com's policies are subject
to the terms above and as follows:
Content:
At Starlinkers.com, we strongly prohibit the use of any
our service for any illegal activities.
Although we are a global web hosting service provider,
all our subscribers must be in accordance with U.S.
Federal, State and local laws. Ultimately you, the
customer, are solely responsible for the content stored
on your Starlinkers.com account.
User shall not include content, or internet links
to content on the Site that contain, promote or involve
any of the following. Examples include but are not
limited to:
1. Any copyright, patent, trademark, or other intellectual
property right.
2. Child Pornography
3. Hate content
4. Threatening, racial, or otherwise abusive content.
5. Any and all content inciting, instructing, or
promoting illegal activities.
6. Fraud, MLM (Multi-Level Marketing), Pyramid schemes,
or any other activities deemed to be fraudulent.
7. Hacking/Phreaking, warez, cracks, spam software
or any material that contains a virus or any other
harmful code.
Payment:
Establishment of service is reliant upon receipt by
the Company of payment of affirmed charges. Following
payments are due on the anniversary date of the month
for that month's service.
Payments and Fees:
Accounts that reach 7 days past due will be suspended.
Accounts that are not collectable by Starlinkers.com
may be turned over to an outside collection agency
for collection. If you desire to cancel your account,
please follow the proper procedure to do this as
outlined in this TOS.
Failure to Pay:
The Company may temporarily deny service or terminate
this Agreement upon the failure of Subscriber to
pay charges when due. Such termination or denial
will not relieve Subscriber of responsibility for
the payment of all accrued charges, plus reasonable
interest and any collection fees.
Account Cancellation:
Requests for canceling accounts may be made in writing
or through the helpdesk system.
Starlinkers’s preferred method of cancellation
is via the helpdesk of your Starlinkers.com account. Please
log into the helpdesk and you can request to have your
account cancelled.
Disclosure to Law Enforcement:
At Starlinkers.com, we specifically forbid the use of our
service for any unlawful activities. Therefore, User
agrees that the Company may reveal any and all subscriber
information including assigned IP numbers, account
history, account use, etc. to any law enforcement
agent who makes a written request without further
consent or notification to the Subscriber. In addition
Starlinkers.com shall have the right to terminate all
service set forth in this Agreement.
Support Boundaries:
Starlinkers.com, provides 24 x 7 x 365 technical support
to our subscribers and our staff is limited to our
area of expertise.
The following are our guidelines when providing support:
- Starlinkers.com does not offer tech support for
application specific issues such as cgi programming,
html or any other such issue.
- Starlinkers.com does not provide technical support
for YOUR customers. If you can email, we encourage
you to email support@Starlinkers.com for assistance.
SPAM and Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE):
Starlinkers.com takes a zero tolerance approach to the
sending of Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) or
SPAM over our network. Very simply this means that
customers of Starlinkers.com may not use or permit others
to use our network to transact in UCE. Customers
of Starlinkers.com may not host, or permit hosting of,
sites or information that is advertised by UCE from
other networks. Violations of this policy carry severe
penalties, including termination of service.
Violation of Starlinkers.com SPAM policy will result
in severe penalties. Upon notification of an alleged
violation of our SPAM policy, Starlinkers.com will initiate
an immediate investigation (within 48 hours of notification).
During the investigation, Starlinkers.com may restrict
customer access to the network to prevent further violations.
If a customer is found to be in violation of our SPAM
policy, Starlinkers.com may, at its sole discretion, restrict,
suspend or terminate customer's account. Further, Starlinkers.com
reserves the right to pursue civil remedies for any
costs associated with the investigation of a substantiated
policy violation. Starlinkers.com will notify law enforcement
officials if the violation is believed to be a criminal
offense.
As our Customers are ultimately responsible for the
actions of their clients over the Starlinkers.com network,
it is advisable that customers develop a similar, or
stricter, policy for their clients.
Network
Bandwidth and Disk Usage:
Customer agrees that bandwidth and disk usage shall
not exceed the number of megabytes per month for
the Services ordered by Customer on the Order Form
(the "Agreed Usage"). Starlinkers.com will
monitor Customer's bandwidth and disk usage. Starlinkers.com
shall have the right to take corrective action if
Customer's bandwidth or disk usage exceeds the Agreed
Usage. Such corrective action may include the assessment
of additional charges, disconnection or discontinuance
of any and all Services, or termination of this Agreement,
which actions may be taken is in Starlinkers.com's sole
and absolute discretion. If Starlinkers.com takes any
corrective action under this section, Customer shall
not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid in advance
prior to such action. In the event that a customer
exceeds the included allocation, Starlinkers.com may,
at its sole discretion, collect a deposit, in an
amount determined by Starlinkers.com, against customer's
credit card on file with Starlinkers.com.
System and Network Security:
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to
violate the security of the Starlinkers.com Network.
Violations of system or network security may result
in civil or criminal liability. Starlinkers.com will
investigate occurrences, which may involve such violations
and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement
authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved
in such violations. These violations include, without
limitation:
Accessing data not intended for such User or logging
into a server or account, which such User is not authorized
to access.
Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability
of a system or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without proper authorization.
Attempting to interfere with service to any user,
host or network, including, without limitation, via
means of overloading, "flooding", "mail
bombing" or "crashing".
Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the
header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
Taking any action in order to obtain services to
which such User is not entitled.
Notification of Violation:
Starlinkers.com is under no duty to look at each customer's
or user's activities to determine if a violation of
the TOS has occurred, nor do we assume any responsibility
through our TOS to monitor or police Internet-related
activities.
Miscellaneous Provisions:
You must provide us with, and keep current, good contact
information for you. E-mail, fax, and telephone contacts
are used, in that order of preference.
Starlinkers.com takes no responsibility for any material
input by others and not posted to the Starlinkers.com Network
by Starlinkers.com. Starlinkers.com is not responsible for
the content of any other web sites linked to the Starlinkers.com
Network; links are provided as Internet navigation
tools only. Starlinkers.com disclaims any responsibility
for any such inappropriate use and any liability to
any person or party for any other person or party's
violation of this policy.
Starlinkers.com is not responsible for any damages your
business may suffer. Starlinkers.com does not make implied
or written warranties for any of our services. Starlinkers.com
denies any warranty or merchantability for a specific
purpose. This includes loss of data resulting from
delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and
all service interruptions caused by Starlinkers.com.
It is absolutely forbidden to IRC servers on. Accounts
found hosting this material will be subject to immediate
cancellation without refund.
REFUNDS AND GUARANTEES
Money back guarantee on all our web hosting plans and
packages:
To prove to you how confident we are in our services,
we will offer you a 30 day money back guarantee on
web hosting plans and packages. Domain name registration
and transfers are non-refundable. If for any reason
you are not completely satisfied with our services
and cancel your account within the initial 30 days
from the initial order date of your account we will
refund you all your money (excluding any setup fees).
Refunds may take up to two weeks to process.
Please note:
Starlinkers.com will not issue refunds to users who have
their account terminated by Starlinkers.com, for breach
of our terms of service. Refunds will not be made
to users who exceed their allocated bandwidth limit.
Accounts that are renewed for additional terms are
also not subject to our money back guarantees.
99.5% uptime guarantee:
If for any reason (except for scheduled downtimes)
our network or servers are down for longer than 0.5%
in any month, you can request a 20% discount for
your following month's services. For clients paying
yearly, the equivalent to 20% of a monthly payment
will be deducted off the next payment.
Responsibility for Content:
You, as Starlinkers.com's customer, are solely responsible
for the content stored on and served by your Starlinkers.com
server.
All provisions of this contract are subject to the
TOS (Terms of Service) of Starlinkers.com and AUP (Acceptable
Use Policy). The AUP may be changed from time to time
at the discretion of the Company. Subscriber understands
that change to the AUP by the Company shall not be
grounds for early contract termination or non-payment. |