This User Agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the terms of the use by Client of services offered by QWK.Net, LLC (“Provider”).
Client agrees to receive access to services according to the following terms and conditions:
Selection of Services: Client will select one or more of the services offered by Provider, and agrees to receive services according to the service plan(s) selected.
Payment for Services: Client agrees to pay for services provided under this Agreement in a form acceptable to Provider, per Provider’s current published payment options. If Client chooses credit card payment, Client will pay for services by credit card authorization provided to Provider. Billing cycle begins the day Client establishes services. On or about the end of each billing cycle thereafter, Client is responsible for making payment for Services to Provider. If Client chooses credit card billing, Client’s credit card will be charged for payment for services according to Provider’s published schedule. Client may also incur overage or other non-monthly charges, which will be charged at mid-period intervals according to usage patterns. All fees paid and charges made prior to termination as provided herein, including any advance charge or payment for the subscription term during which you terminate your subscription, are nonrefundable. Furthermore, termination of your subscription shall not relieve you of any obligations to pay accrued invoices/charges. Late fees may be applied if payment is not received before the end of the billing cycle.
Term: This Agreement may be terminated by Client or Provider at any time without prior notice and without cause. Notwithstanding the afore mentioned “at will” status of any QWK.net agreement, Client termination of agreement does not absolve the remaining financial liability incurred by the Client from the contracting term. Early Termination fees may apply. If either party is in default under this Agreement (including nonpayment), then the nondefaulting party may also immediately terminate the Agreement without prior notice to the other party.
Compliance with Law: Client will use the services offered by Provider in a manner consistent with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations.
File Back-up: While Provider makes extraordinary efforts to ensure integrity and availability of Client data, Provider is not responsible for Client’s files residing on Provider’s servers. Client is solely responsible for independent backup of data stored on Provider’s servers.
Prohibition of Publication of Certain Material: Client shall not knowingly or unknowingly submit to Provider for publication any of the following material:
(a) any material which violates or infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent, statutory, common law or other proprietary rights of others;
(b) any material that is libelous or slanderous;
(c) any material that is otherwise contrary to applicable local, state or federal laws
(d) pornographic or other “adult” material, “warez” related content
Provider’s decision regarding what constitutes a violation of this section shall be final and binding. Due to the public nature of the Internet, all material submitted by Client for publication will be considered publicly accessible. Provider does not screen in advance Client’s material submitted to Provider for publication. Provider’s publication of material submitted by Client does not create any express or implied approval by Provider of such material, nor does it indicate that such material complies with the terms of this Agreement.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: PROVIDER’S SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS, AS AVAILABLE”BASIS. WHILE PROVIDER MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY OF CLIENT’S DATA, PROVIDER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED BY CLIENT OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH POTENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE. IF PROVIDER’S SERVICE TO CLIENT IS DISRUPTED OR MALFUNCTIONS FOR ANY REASON, PROVIDER SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSSES OF INCOME DUE TO DISRUPTION OF SERVICE, BEYOND THE FEES PAID BY CLIENT TO PROVIDER FOR SERVICES, DURING THE PERIOD OF DISRUPTION OR MALFUNCTION.
Limitation/Disclaimer of Liability: Provider is not liable for protection or privacy of electronic mail or other information transferred through the Internet or any other network or provider or its customers may utilize. Provider does not represent or warrant to Client that Client will receive continual and uninterrupted service during the term of this Agreement. In no event shall Provider be liable to Client for any damages resulting from or related to any failure or delay of Provider to provide service under this Agreement if such delays or failures are due to strikes, riots, fire, inclement weather, acts of God, theft or vandalism or other causes beyond Provider’s control, as defined by standard practices in the industry. Such failure or delay shall not constitute a default under this Agreement. In no event will Provider’s liability to Client exceed service fees paid during the previous three-month period.
Indemnity: Client agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Provider harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) related to or arising out of the services provided by Provider to Client under this Agreement, including without limitation claims made by third parties (including customers of Client) related to any false advertising claims, liability claims for products or services sold by Client, claims for patent, copyright or trademark infringement, claims due to disruption or malfunction of services provided hereunder, or for any content submitted by Client for publication by Provider.
Resale of Provider’s Service: If Client acts as a reseller; of the services provided by Provider to Client hereunder, by Client providing similar services to its customers, then all the terms of this Agreement shall provide to the resale. Without limiting the foregoing, Client’s obligations under Section 9 (Indemnity) shall apply to any and all claims made against Client and/or Provider which arise out of the resale of Provider’s services.
Governing Law/Venue: This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Idaho. Venue for any action hereunder shall be in Bonneville County, Idaho.
Relationship of the Parties: The parties intend that an independent contractor relationship will be created by this contract, and that no partnership, joint venture or employee/employer relationship is intended.
Taxes: If any federal, state or local governmental entity with taxing authority over the services provided under this Agreement imposes a tax directly on the services provided by Provider to Client under this Agreement (excluding any income, business and occupation, capital gain, death or inheritance, or other indirect taxes), then Provider may pass the direct amount of such cost on to Client, and Client shall promptly pay such cost.
Waiver: Any party’s failure to insist on compliance or enforcement of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect its validity or enforceability or constitute a waiver of future enforcement of that provision or of any other provision of this Agreement.
Attorneys’ Fees: If a legal proceeding is commenced to enforce or obtain a declaration of rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party in such proceeding shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in the proceeding from the nonprevailing party, as well as any reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs that the prevailing party incurred prior to commencing the proceeding.
Multi-User System: Client agrees and understands that Provider operates a multi-user system. Client may not cause more than ten percent (10%) of server resources to be used by processes operating on Client’s behalf without prior permission. Client may incur additional charges for use beyond this limit.
Residential Fiber Internet Use/Abuse Policy: At the Providers sole discretion, The Provider can determine if an individual Client’s internet use is abusive by using the industry standard 95 percentile method of measuring data consumption. If the measured 95th percentile is consistently greater than 10% of the customer provisioned circuit, or 10,000gig of transfer, then the Provider has right to instate the abuse clause of the acceptable use agreement. As remedy for abuse, the Provider will invite the Client to pick a larger data plan that has suitable bandwidth floor for the Client’s typical internet consumption. If the client chooses not to pick a suitable plan for their internet consumption then, at the Provider’s sole discretion, the Provider has right to activate additional traffic management to keep the Clients consumption within the guidelines of this use/abuse agreement. Residential internet plans are for one physical residential address only. Multiple physical address from a single residential internet contract, without express written permission, will be considered breach of this use agreement and subject to Provider’s commercial pricing structure. Provider’s determination of what constitutes abuse is final and binding.
IP Addresses: Provider maintains control and any ownership of any and all IP numbers and addresses that may be assigned to Client and reserves in its sole discretion the right to change or remove any and all IP numbers and addresses.
Co-Location Server Ownership Succession: QWK.net reserves the right to succeed as owner of the co-located equipment on site and Customer agrees to accept such succession as collateral payment for any open balance and debt Customer owes to QWK.net for rendered services throughout the term of the subscribed Service Plan. Any remaining debt not paid will be forwarded to a collections agency for proper collection. In good faith, Customer will be given the opportunity to resolve any billing issues with prior notification.
Access to Co-Located Servers: QWK.net shall grant the Customer reasonable access to the premise of Customer’s server 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, given the Customer does not have any past due invoices. The first name, last name, and data of birth listed within the Customer’s Core profile MUST match their government issued state ID, license, or passport. If there is no match, facility access will be refused.
Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail: Client may not use Provider’s equipment for sending unsolicited commercial e-mail (commonly referred to as “spam”), or for receiving responses to such e-mail. Client understands that violation of this provision is grounds for immediate suspension of all Services rendered under this Agreement. Additionally, Client agrees that Provider may impose a $300 fee per violation of this section.
Copyright: Except where indicated otherwise, all contents of the QWK.Net web site are copyrighted. Reproduction without express written permission is prohibited.
Trademarks: “QWK.NET” and QWK.Net Web Hosting are registered trademarks of QWK.Net Hosting LLC.
Privacy Policy: Your privacy is of the upmost important to QWK.Net. We collect personally identifiable information as part of the account sign-up process. Your information will be provided to others only
when necessary to provide requested services, or to satisfy lawful requests by law enforcement agencies or courts of law. We do not sell or rent your information to any other party. QWK.Net may, as a service to our customers, provide links to other companies that provide relevant services. QWK.Net makes no warranty as to the performance of any other company, and cannot guarantee customer satisfaction with services provided by any third party.
QWK.net Terms of Service Revision 2020.1