DSHWW.com may
also consider cancellation submitted via the
Trouble Ticket system in the members section of
your DSHWW.com account. Please log into your
account via the members section and submit your
request for cancellation via the Trouble Ticket
System. From there, you can request to have your
virtual, reseller or server account cancelled no
sooner than 60 days and no later than 30 days
before the date at which you wish service to
stop.
You must have all account
information to cancel. Also, note that accounts
can be cancelled only at the end of the term for
which you signed up (quarterly, 6 months, 9
months or one year). For instance, if you signed
up for an account on March 3, 2003 under a
quarterly term, the end of your term is June 3,
2003. We must thus receive your cancellation
notice by May 3, 2003 (30 days prior to the end
of the term). Early cancellations do not give
lieu to a refund of the part of the service that
you did not use.
a. Account
downgrades and upgrades: Downgrading of
account to lower price-structure accounts is not
permitted. Also, customers cannot cancel one
account in order to sign-up for a cheaper
account or to take advantage of changes in our
plan and package configurations. Customers can
only upgrade to accounts with a higher price
structure.
8.
Subscriber acknowledges
that the service provided is of such a nature
that service can be interrupted for many reasons
other than the negligence of the company and
that damages resulting from any interruption of
service are difficult to ascertain. Therefore,
subscriber agrees that the company shall not be
liable for any damages arising from such causes
beyond the direct and exclusive control of the
company. Subscriber further acknowledges that
the company's liability for its own negligence
may not in any event exceed an amount equivalent
to charges payable by subscriber for services
during the period damages occurred. In no event
shall the company be liable for any special or
consequential damages, loss or
injury.
9. New Domain
Accounts: All new webhosting accounts
involving new domains will be set up and entered
into our DNS servers within 3 to 5 business
days. Due to unforeseen complications, however,
this process may sometimes require up to 7
business days. If the new domain is registered
by the account holder, there will be no handling
fee. If the domain is registered by DSHWW.com on
behalf of the account holder a handling fee
(domain registration fee) will be
incurred.
10. Transfer
of Domains: New webhosting accounts which
involve the transfer of a domain from another
provider to DSHWW.com may require a minimum of
seven (7) days to be set up and entered into our
DNS servers. In some cases, such transfers may
take up to sixty (60) days. Due to the
unpredictable nature of the transfer process, no
guarantees are made regarding the amount of time
a specific transfer may take. If the transfer of
the domain is done by DSHWW.com on behalf of the
account holder a handling fee (domain transfer
fee) will be incurred. If the customer cancels
service during the transfer period for any
reason, all charges are considered earned and no
refund will be issued.
11. Support
Boundaries: DSHWW.com, provides
technical support to our subscribers only (except for
few holidays and short company meetings when we
close our center.) We limit our technical
support to our area of expertise. The following
is our guidelines when providing support:
DSHWW.com provides support related to your
server or virtual site physical functioning.
DSHWW.com does not offer tech support for
application specific issues such as cgi
programming, html or any other such issue.
DSHWW.com does not provide technical support for
YOUR customers. We encourage you to use our
Trouble Ticket system for assistance. The
Trouble Ticket system is accessible from your
account Control Panel and/or Billing area. If
you are able to get online and have other
questions, the answers may be on our FAQ page-
we encourage you to check there first. Lastly,
the Help files in the program you are using and
the makers of any such program may have the
answer to your question so please do investigate
these resources before contacting DSHWW.com tech
support. We may offer limited help on CGI or
html at our sole discretion, and only for
generic usage issues.
12. SPAM and
Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE): DSHWW.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 DSHWW.com may not use or permit
others to use our network to transact in UCE.
Customers of DSHWW.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.
a. Violation of
DSHWW.com's SPAM policy will result in severe
penalties. Upon notification of an alleged
violation of our SPAM policy, DSHWW.com will
initiate an immediate investigation (within 48
hours of notification). During the
investigation, DSHWW.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, DSHWW.com may, at
its sole discretion, restrict, suspend or
terminate customer's account. Further, DSHWW.com
reserves the right to pursue civil remedies for
any costs associated with the investigation of a
substantiated policy violation. DSHWW.com will
notify law enforcement officials if the
violation is believed to be a criminal
offense.
b. First
violations of this policy will result in an
"Administrative Fee" of $250 and your account
will be reviewed for possible immediate
termination. A second violation will result in
an "Administrative Fee" of $500 and immediate
termination of your account. Users who violate
this policy agree that in addition to these
"Administrative" penalties, they will pay
"Research Fees" not to exceed $100 per hour that
DSHWW.com personnel must spend to investigate the
matter. PLEASE, DO NOT SPAM from your account or
any other account related in some ways with our
network and services.
c. As our
Customers are ultimately responsible for the
actions of their clients over the DSHWW.com
network, it is advisable that Customers develop
a similar, or stricter, policy for their
clients. Our customers will be liable and held
responsible for the actions of their
clients.
IMPORTANT
NOTICE:
BEGINNING IMMEDIATELY,
anyone hosting websites or services on their
server that support spammers or cause any of our
IP space to be listed in any of the various Spam
Databases will have their server immediately
removed from our network. The server will not be
reconnected until such time that you agree to
remove ANY and ALL traces of the
offending material immediately upon reconnection
and agree to allow us access to the server to
confirm that all material has been
COMPLETELY removed. Severe violations may
result in immediate and permanent removal of the
server from our network without notice to the
customer. Any server guilty of a second
violation WILL be immediately and
permanently removed from our network without
notice. IN any case of violation, the penalty
fees stipulated above will be applied.
13.
Network
a. IP Address
Ownership: If DSHWW.com assigns Customer an
Internet Protocol address for Customer's use,
the right to use that Internet Protocol address
shall belong only to DSHWW.com, and Customer shall
have no right to use that Internet Protocol
address except as permitted by DSHWW.com in its
sole discretion in connection with the Services,
during the term of this Agreement. DSHWW.com shall
maintain and control ownership of all Internet
Protocol numbers and addresses that may be
assigned to Customer by DSHWW.com, and DSHWW.com
reserves the right to change or remove any and
all such Internet Protocol numbers and
addresses, in its sole and absolute discretion.
Our allocation of IP addresses is limited by
ARIN's new policies. These new policies state
that use of IP addresses for IP based virtual
hosts will not be accepted as justification for
new IP addresses. What this means to you is that
our customers with servers MUST use
name-based hosting where possible. We will
periodically review IP address usage, and if we
find that clients are using IP addresses where
name-based hosting could be used, we will revoke
authorization to use those IP addresses that
could be used with name-based hosting.
b. 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"). DSHWW.com will monitor Customer's
bandwidth and disk usage. DSHWW.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 DSHWW.com's sole and absolute
discretion. If DSHWW.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,
DSHWW.com will temporarly suspend the account,
allowing the customer to purchase more bandwidth
for the site to be re-activated, or to wait
until the next bandwidth cycle
begins.
c. System and
Network Security: Users are prohibited from
violating or attempting to violate the security
of the DSHWW.com Network. Violations of system or
network security may result in civil or criminal
liability. DSHWW.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.
1.
Notification of
Violation:
a. DSHWW.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.
b. First
violation: Any User, which DSHWW.com determines to
have violated any element of this TOS, shall
receive an email, warning them of the violation.
The service may be subject at DSHWW.com's
discretion to violation fee and/or a temporary
suspension pending a User's agreement in
writing, to refrain from any further
violations.
c. Second
Violation: Users that DSHWW.com determines to have
committed a second violation of any element of
this Acceptable Use Policy shall be subject to
immediate suspension or termination of service
without further notice, including any applicable
violation fees.
d. We reserve
the right to drop the section of IP space
involved in Spam or Denial-of-Service complaints
if it is clear that the offending activity is
causing great harm to parties on the Internet.
In particular, if open relays are on your
network or a customer's network, or if denial of
service attacks are originating from your
network. In certain rare cases, we may have to
do this before attempting to contact you. If we
do this, we will contact you as soon as is
feasible.
2. Suspension
of Service or Cancellation: DSHWW.com reserves
the right to suspend network access to any
customer if in the judgment of DSHWW.com network
administrators the customer's server is the
source or target of the violation of any of the
other terms of the TOS or for any other reason
which DSHWW.com chooses. If inappropriate activity
is detected, all accounts of the Customer in
question will be deactivated until an
investigation is complete. Prior notification to
the Customer is not assured. In extreme cases,
law enforcement will be contacted regarding the
activity. The customer will not be credited for
the time the customer's machines were
suspended.
3. DSHWW.com
reserves the right to amend its policies at any
time. All Sub-Networks, resellers and managed
servers of DSHWW.com must adhere to the above
policies. Failure to follow any term or
condition will be grounds for immediate
Cancellation. You will be held responsible for
the actions of your clients in the matter
described on these Terms and conditions.
Therefore, it is in your best interest to
implement a similar or stricter Terms and
conditions or otherwise called Acceptable Terms
of use policy.
4.
Indemnification: DSHWW.com wishes to
emphasize that in agreeing to the DSHWW.com Terms
of Service (ToS), customer indemnifies DSHWW.com
for any violation of the Terms of Service (ToS)
that results in loss to DSHWW.com or the bringing
of any claim against DSHWW.com by any third-party.
This means that if DSHWW.com is sued because of a
customer's or a customer of a customer's
activity, the customer will pay any damages
awarded against DSHWW.com, plus all costs and
attorney's fees.
5.
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.
a. A waiver by
the Company of any breach of any provision of
this Agreement by Subscriber shall not operate
as or be construed as a continuing or subsequent
waiver thereof or as a waiver of any breach of
any other provision thereof.
b. Subscriber
shall not transfer or assign this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the
Company. Company may assign Agreement at anytime
without consent from or notice to Subscriber.
Company reserves right to cancel customers
rights under this contract at anytime without
further obligation.
c. DSHWW.com takes
no responsibility for any material input by
others and not posted to the DSHWW.com Network by
DSHWW.com. DSHWW.com is not responsible for the
content of any other websites linked to the
DSHWW.com Network; links are provided as Internet
navigation tools only. DSHWW.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.
d. DSHWW.com is
not responsible for any damages your business
may suffer. DSHWW.com does not make implied or
written warranties for any of our services.
DSHWW.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 DSHWW.com.
e. It is
absolutely forbidden to host pornographic
content or IRC servers on Virtual Server
Accounts. Virtual Server Accounts found hosting
this material will be subject to immediate
cancellation without refund.
Responsibility
for Content: You, as DSHWW.com's
customer, are solely responsible for the content
stored on and served by your DSHWW.com server or
virtual account(s).
DSHWW.com reserves
the right to revise, amend, or modify this TOS
(Terms of Service) and our other policies and
agreements at any time and in any manner.
DSHWW.com is under no obligation to notify
customers of any change to its TOS. It is the
responsibility of each subscriber to visit this
page at least every week for possible changes to
the TOS. Not being aware or notified of any
change cannot be used as an excuse. Each
customer will have 15 days following any change
to notify us of their intention to cancel
service because of disagreement with changes to
the present TOS.