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Acceptable Use Policy
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS (“SERVICE”),
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC HAS ADOPTED THIS ACCEPTABLE USE
POLICY.
PLEASE READ THIS ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY PRIOR TO ACCESSING THE SERVICE. THE WORD CUSTOMER IS USED
HEREIN TO REFER TO ANY PERSON, ENTITY OR BUSINESS ORGANIZATION THAT
SUBSCRIBES TO THE SERVICE. BY USING THE SERVICE, CUSTOMER AGREES TO
THE TERMS OF THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY. Cherry Capital Connection,
LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THE CUSTOMER’S
SERVICE WITHOUT NOTICE, AT Cherry Capital Connection’s SOLE
DISCRETION, IF CUSTOMER OR OTHERS WHO USE CUSTOMER’S SERVICE,
VIOLATE THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY. Cherry Capital Connection, LLC
ALSO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ANY MATERIAL OR
INFORMATION THAT VIOLATES THIS POLICY FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER AT
CHERRY CAPITAL CONNECTION’S SOLE DISCRETION WITHOUT PRIOR
NOTICE.
1. USE
The high-speed Internet
access service provided to the Customer is being provided solely for
use in Customer’s location and any unauthorized access by a third
party to e-mail, Internet access, or any other function of the
Service is in violation of this Policy and relieves Cherry Capital
Connection of any affirmative obligations it may have.
Customer will not
resell or redistribute, nor allow others to resell or redistribute,
access to the Service in any manner, except as expressly provided in
any contract for service. The limitation on resale or redistribution
of access includes, but is not limited to, hosting applications such
as the provision of e-mail, FTP and Telnet access.
Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC reserves the right to disconnect or reclassify the
Service for failure to comply with any portion of this provision or
this Policy.
Any violation of these
policies may lead to prosecution under state and/or federal law
and/or termination of Customer’s Service.
2. END USERS
Customer is responsible
for ensuring that all end users of the Service comply with this AUP.
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC may disconnect Service if an end user
violates this AUP. The Customer must make contact information
publicly available, and must respond in a timely manner to any
complaints. Cherry Capital Connection, LLC shall consider any
complaints regarding the Customer’s end users to apply to the
Customer. Customer is responsible for any and all e-mail addresses
associated with the Customer’s account.
The Customer is
responsible for any misuse of the Service, whether by authorized or
unauthorized end users. Therefore, the Customer must take steps to
ensure that others do not gain unauthorized access to the Service.
Customer is solely responsible for the security of (i) any device
Customer chooses to connect to the Service, including any data
stored or shared on that device and (ii) any access point to the
Service.
If the Customer sells
or resells advertising or web space to a third party, then the
Customer will be responsible for the content of such advertising or
on such web space and the actions of such third party.
3. NO ILLEGAL OR FRAUDULENT USE
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to violate any applicable
federal, state, local or international laws (including, but not
limited to, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). Customer
will not use, nor allow others to use, the Service to commit a
crime, act of terrorism, or fraud, or to plan, encourage or help
others to commit a crime or fraud, including but not limited to,
acts of terrorism, engaging in a pyramid or ponzi scheme, or sending
chain letters.
4. NO COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to send or receive any
information which infringes the patents, trademarks, copyrights,
trade secrets or proprietary rights of any other person, entity or
business organization. This includes, but is not limited to,
digitization of music, movies, photographs or other copyrighted
materials or software.
If Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC receives a notice from a copyright owner alleging a
Customer has committed copyright infringement, Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC will notify the Customer of the alleged
infringement. If Cherry Capital Connection, LLC receives more than
one notice alleging copyright infringement on the Customer’s part,
Customer may be deemed a “repeat copyright infringer.” Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC reserves the right to terminate the accounts
and access to the Service of repeat copyright infringers.
5. NO THREATS OR HARASSMENT
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to transmit any material that
threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property or
which harasses, abuses, defames or invades the privacy of any other
person or entity.
6. NO HARM TO MINORS
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to harm or attempt to harm a
minor, including but not limited to using the Service to send
pornographic, obscene or profane materials.
7. NO “SPAMMING"
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to send unsolicited messages or
materials, bulk e-mail, or other forms of solicitation (“spamming”).
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC reserves the right, in Cherry Capital
Connection’s sole discretion, to determine whether such posting or
transmission constitutes unsolicited messages or materials. This
prohibition against spamming is applicable to mass mailings by
Customers in conjunction with third parties and is designed to
maintain Service quality for all Customers. Mass mailings are those
sent to more than 150 recipients by Customer or in conjunction with
a third party to any group of recipients. Customer is responsible
for maintaining confirmed opt-in records and must provide them to
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC upon request. The term “opt-in” means
that recipient has signed up for mailings voluntarily.
8. NO “HACKING"
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to access the accounts of
others or to attempt to penetrate security measures of the Service
or other computer systems (“hacking”) or to cause a disruption of
the Service to other on-line users. Customer will not use, nor allow
others to use, tools designed for compromising network security,
such as password-guessing programs, cracking tools, packet sniffers
or network probing tools.
9. NO SYSTEM DISRUPTION
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to disrupt Cherry Capital
Connection's network or computer equipment owned by other Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC customers. Any static IP address must be
authorized and provisioned by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC.
Customer also agrees that Customer will not use, nor allow others to
use, the Service to disrupt other Internet Service Providers or
services, including but not limited to e-mail bombing or the use of
mass mailing programs.
10. NO IMPERSONATION OR FORGERY
Customer will not
impersonate, nor allow others to impersonate, another user, falsify
one's user name, company name, age or identity in e-mail or in any
post or transmission to any newsgroup or mailing list or other
similar groups or lists. Customer will not, nor allow others to,
forge any message header of any electronic transmission, originating
or passing through the Service.
11. NO ABUSE OF NEWSGROUPS
Customer will not post,
nor allow others to post, a similar item to more than six (6)
newsgroups or mailing lists. Customer will not, nor allow others to,
post or transmit any private, third party e-mail to any newsgroup or
mailing list without the explicit approval of the sender.
12. NO EXCESSIVE USE OF BANDWIDTH
If Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC determines, in Cherry Capital Connection’s sole
discretion, that Customer is using an excessive amount of bandwidth
over the Cherry Capital Connection, LLC network infrastructure for
Internet access or other functions using public network resources,
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC may at any time and without notice,
suspend excessive bandwidth capability, suspend Customer’s access to
the Service, require Customer to pay additional fees in accordance
with Cherry Capital Connection’s then-current, rates for such
service, or terminate Customer’s account.
13. NO ALTERATION TO INSTALLATION
If Cherry Capital Connection,
LLC determines, in Cherry Capital Connection’s sole discretion, that
Customer has modified or added to the service equipment, Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC may at any time and without notice, suspend
Customer’s access to the Service, require Customer to pay additional
fees in accordance with Cherry Capital Connection’s then-current,
rates for such service, or terminate Customer’s account.
14. NO “VIRUSES”
Customer will not use,
nor allow others to use, the Service to transmit computer “viruses,”
worms, “Trojan horses” or other harmful software programs. Customer
will use standard practices to prevent the transmission of such
viruses or other harmful software.
15. NO WAIVER
The failure by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC or its affiliates to enforce any provision
of this AUP shall not be construed as a waiver of any right to do so
at any time.
16. REVISIONS TO POLICY
Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC reserves the right to update or modify this Policy
at any time and from time to time with or without prior notice.
Continued use of the Service will be deemed acknowledgment and
acceptance of the policy. Notice of modifications to this Policy may
be given by posting such changes to Cherry Capital Connection’s
homepage
www.cccwifi.com , by electronic mail or by conventional mail.
Acceptable Use Policy,
Version 1.1
SERVICE AGREEMENT
Welcome to the Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC
wireless Internet access network (the "Service"). This Member
Service Agreement (this "Agreement") represents a binding agreement
between Wireless Network Services, Inc. d/b/a Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC ("Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC") and you ("you"), a user of the Service.
THIS AGREEMENT WILL GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, AND YOU SHOULD
READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THE SERVICE. BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
IF AT ANY TIME YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOU MUST
IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL USE OF THE SERVICE.
(cancellation terms)
This is a binding agreement. By using the Service, you agree to
abide by this Agreement, as it may be amended by Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC from time to time in its sole
discretion. It is your responsibility to review the terms of this
Agreement periodically, and if at any time you find the terms of
this Agreement unacceptable, you must immediately cease all use of
the Service.
YOU AGREE THAT BY USING THE SERVICE YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AT
LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OLD AND THAT YOU ARE LEGALLY ABLE TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
You must have certain hardware in order to access and use the
Service. You will be solely responsible for obtaining and
maintaining the communications equipment necessary to access and use
the Service, including wireless or standard network cards, computer
hardware and software, and for ensuring that such equipment is
compatible with Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection's
requirements. Please contact Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC directly should you have any compatibility or other
equipment questions.
You agree to pay Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC
for your use of the Service. In exchange for your use of the
Service, you agree to pay usage fees (plus any applicable sales
taxes) to Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC
according to the membership plan or other payment option selected by
you.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC will provide you
with Network access via the Service. Provided that you comply at all
times with the terms of this Agreement, Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC will provide you with high-speed, wireless
Internet access in locations that offer a Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC Access Point. In order to access and make
full use of the Service, you must first register with Service
offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC and select an identifying
user name (the "User ID") and a confidential password (the
"Password"). Any information that you provide to Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC must be truthful, accurate, current
and complete, and you agree that you will notify Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC immediately if there is any change to
this information.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC owns the Service
and all rights to the Service. Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC owns all right, title, and interest in and to the
Service, the Network, the Site and all portions thereof. Service
offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC, Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC. COM, and Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC NETWORK are trademarks of Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC. Nothing provided by the Service or
contained on the Site should be understood as granting you a license
to use any of the trademarks, service marks or logos owned by
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC or by any third
party.
The Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC Terms of
Acceptable Use and other online policies govern your use of the
Service and the Site at all times. Your use of the Service is
governed at all times by the Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC Terms of Acceptable Use, as well as any other online
policies that may be promulgated by Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC and made available on the Site. You agree
to permit Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC or its
representatives to access your account and records on a case-by-case
basis to investigate complaints or allegations of abuse,
infringement of third-party rights, or other unauthorized uses of
the Service. Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC does
not intend to disclose the existence or occurrence of such an
investigation unless required by law, but Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC reserves the right to terminate your account
immediately, with or without notice to you, and without liability to
you, if Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC believes
that you have violated this Agreement, any of the Terms of
Acceptable Use or any other online policy, furnished Service offered
by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC with false or misleading
information, or interfered with use of the Service by other users.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC further reserves
the right to terminate any accounts that have been inactive for one
hundred eighty (180) days or longer. Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC may modify, suspend or discontinue the
Service at any time, with or without notice, and without liability
to you, any other user or any third party.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
account information. Sharing your Password or your User ID with
anyone else is a violation of this Agreement, and if at any time
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC learns that you
have given others access to your User ID or Password, Service
offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC reserves the right to
terminate your access to the Service immediately. You are solely
responsible for maintaining the security of your Password and User
ID, as well as your account, files, network access, and any
information you disseminate through the Service, and for any and all
use of your account with or without your knowledge or consent,
including, without limitation, any use of your account by minors.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC respects your
privacy and permits you to control the treatment of your personal
information. Under Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection,
LLC's privacy policy, Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection,
LLC may disclose to third parties certain aggregate,
non-personalized information contained in your registration
application, but Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC
will not disclose your name, address, email address or telephone
number without your prior consent, except as may be required by law.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection's privacy policy is
expressly incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC has in place
certain legally mandated procedures regarding allegations of
copyright infringement occurring with the Service or on the Site.
You acknowledge that Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection,
LLC has adopted a policy that provides for the immediate suspension
and/or termination of any user of the Site who is found to have
infringed on the rights of Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC or of a third party, or otherwise violated any
intellectual property laws or regulations. This policy is set forth
in greater detail in the Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC Terms of Acceptable Use.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC Disclaims All
Warranties (Please Read this Carefully). Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC is providing the Service to you "AS IS"
without warranty of any kind. YOU ASSUME THE RISK OF ANY AND ALL
DAMAGE OR LOSS FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE. TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SERVICE AND Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection's PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection's Liability to You is
Limited (Please Read this Carefully). You understand and acknowledge
that the Service may contain errors, design flaws, or other
problems, and that use of the Service may result in unpredictable
damage or loss to you, including without limitation unexpected
results or loss of data. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN
NO EVENT WILL Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC BE
LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS OR LOST
DATA, REGARDLESS OF THE FORESEE ABILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES) ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE
OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOU BY Service
offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC. This limitation will
apply regardless of whether the damages arise out of breach of
contract, tort, or any other legal theory or form of action. Without
limiting the foregoing, in no event will Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection's aggregate liability to you relating to or
arising out of this Agreement, whether in contract, tort or
otherwise, exceed the total amounts paid by you to Service offered
by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC for your use of the Service as set
forth herein.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC has no control
over, and no liability for any third-party websites or materials.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC works with a
number of partners and affiliates whose Internet sites may be linked
with the Site or otherwise accessible via the Service. Because
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC has no control
over the content and performance of these partner and affiliate
sites, Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC makes no
guarantees about the accuracy, currency, content or quality of the
information provided by such sites, and Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC assumes no responsibility for unintended,
objectionable, inaccurate, misleading or unlawful content that may
reside on those sites. Similarly, from time to time in connection
with your use of the Service or the Site, you may have access to
content items (including, but not limited to, websites) that are
owned by third parties. You acknowledge and agree that Service
offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC makes no guarantees about,
and assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, currency, content
or quality of this third-party content, and that, unless expressly
provided otherwise, this Agreement (including the Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC Terms of Acceptable Use) will govern
your use of any and all third-party content.
You agree to indemnify Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection,
LLC for all of your acts and omissions. You agree to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
consultants, agents and representatives from any and all third party
claims, losses, liability, damages and/or costs (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising from your use of the
Service, your violation of the Terms of Acceptable Use or your
infringement, or infringement by any other user of your account, of
any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC will notify you
promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will
provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in
defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage or cost. This
Agreement will insure to the benefit of Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection's successors, assigns and licensees.
Certain Other, General Terms Apply to this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the United States, without reference to its rules
regarding conflicts of law.
If, for whatever reason, a court of competent jurisdiction were to
find any term or condition in this Agreement to be unenforceable,
all other terms and conditions would remain unaffected and in full
force and effect. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent, or
subsequent breach of the same or any other provisions hereof, and no
waiver shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by an
authorized representative of the waiving party.
The Service is controlled and operated by Service offered by Cherry
Capital Connection, LLC from its offices in the State of Michigan.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC makes no
representation that any of the materials or the services to which
you have been given access are available or appropriate for use in
other locations. Your use of the Service should not be construed as
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC' purposefully
availing itself of the benefits or privilege of doing business in
any state other than Michigan.
This Agreement, including the Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC Terms of Acceptable Use, the Service offered by
Cherry Capital Connection, LLC privacy policy, and any and all other
online policies promulgated by Service offered by Cherry Capital
Connection, LLC, constitutes the entire agreement between Service
offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC and you with respect to
the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior oral or written
understandings, communications or agreements not specifically
incorporated herein.
Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC may, in its sole
discretion and without prior notice: (a) revise the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (including any online policy); (b)
revise its billing rates and other fees; and (c) modify the Service
at any time. Service offered by Cherry Capital Connection, LLC will
post any such revision or modification to the Site, and the revision
or modification will be effective immediately upon such posting.
You agree to review this Agreement and the online policies as posted
on the Site periodically to be aware of any revisions. You agree
that, by continuing to use Service following notice of any revision,
you agree to abide by any such revision.
Service Policy,
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