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IMPORTANT NOTICE: *All
Payments To TSHOST Are Non-Refundable*
Tulix Systems, Inc. ("The
Company") agrees to furnish services to the Subscriber, subject to the
following TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of Tulix Systems’ Services
constitutes acceptance and agreement to Tulix Systems' AUP (Acceptable Use
Policy) as well as Tulix Systems' TOS (Terms of Service).
All provisions of this contract are
subject to the TOS (Terms of Service) of Tulix Systems.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.
This Agreement shall be construed
in all respects in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia, county of Fulton applicable to contracts
enforceable in that state. Venue will be Fulton
County, Georgia.
1. Disclosure to Law
Enforcement: The AUP specifically prohibits the use of our
service for illegal activities. Therefore, Subscriber agrees that the Company
may disclose 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 Tulix Systems shall have the right to terminate all service set forth
in this Agreement.
2. Service Rates:
Subscriber acknowledges that the nature of the service furnished and the
initial rates and charges have been communicated to Subscriber. Subscriber is
aware that the Company may prospectively change the specified rates and charges
from time to time. The promotional offer is contingent upon Company achieving
and maintaining its cost of service goals including but not limited to rates
charged to company by its suppliers.
3. Payment:
Establishment of this service is dependent upon receipt by the Company of
payment of stated charges. Subsequent payments are due in advance on the
anniversary date of the month for that month's service.
4. Payments and Fees:
Credit cards or Checks that are declined for any reason are subject to a $25.00
declination fee. Service will be interrupted on accounts that reach 10 days
past due. Service interrupted for nonpayment is subject to a $500 reconnect
charge. Accounts not paid by due date are subject to a 10% late fee. Accounts
that are not collectable by Tulix Systems may be turned over to an outside
collection agency for collection. If your account is turned over for
collection, you agree to pay the company a "Processing and
Collection" Fee of not less than $150 nor more
than $250. If you desire to cancel your account, please follow the proper
procedure to do this as outlined in this TOS.
5. Refund and Disputes:
All payments to Tulix Systems.com are nonrefundable. This includes the one time
setup fee and subsequent charges regardless of usage. All overcharges or
billing disputes must be reported within 60 days of the time the dispute
occurred. If you dispute a charge to your credit card issuer that, in Tulix
Systems' sole discretion is a valid charge under the provisions of the TOS and
/or AUP, you agree to pay Tulix Systems an "Administrative Fee" of
not less than $50 and not more than $150.
6. 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.
7. Account Cancellation:
Requests for canceling accounts may be made in writing with at least 60 days
notice but not more than 90 days prior written notice and sent to:
Tulix Systems, Inc.
Attn: Cancellations
55 Marietta Street Suite 1725
Atlanta, GA, 30303 USA
Tulix Systems
preferred method of cancellation is via the members ticketing section of your
account. Please log into the members section at www.atldc.com
and you can request to have your server cancelled there by sending a help desk
ticket to the customer service department requesting cancellation. You must
have all account information to cancel.
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 30 days of 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 name servers within 3 to 5 business days. Due to unforeseen
complications, however, this process may sometimes require up to 7 business
days. Once entered into our name servers, domain propagation usually takes 2 to
5 business days.
10. Transfer of Domains:
New webhosting accounts which involve the transfer of a domain from another
provider to Tulix Systems.com will 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 customer cancels service during the transfer period for any
reason, all charges are considered earned.
11. Support Boundaries:
Tulix Systems provides 24 x 7 technical support to our subscribers (except for
few holidays and in extenuating circumstances.) We limit our technical support
to our area of expertise, via our support system only. Support via telephone is
not available at this time. The following is our guidelines when providing
support: Tulix Systems provides support related to your server or virtual site
physical functioning. Tulix Systems does not offer tech support for application
specific issues such as cgi programming, html or any other such issue. Actual
support definitions are based on the level of support service defined in the
subscriber’s specific management plan. Customers of Tulix Systems must read the
service line agreement (SLA) associated with
their management plan to determine the support details. We encourage you to
visit our forums, frequently asked questions (FAQ) section, or use our trouble
ticket system to resolve issues. Lastly, the Help files in the program you are
using may have the answer to your question so please do investigate these
resources before utilizing tech support.
12. SPAM and Unsolicited
Commercial Email (UCE): Tulix Systems 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 Tulix Systems may not use or
permit others to use our network to transact in UCE. Customers of Tulix Systems
may not host, or permit hosting of, sites or information that is advertised by
UCE from other networks. In addition, it is not acceptable to transmit bulk
email through remote SOCKS, HTTP or other similar proxies who in turn make a
SMTP (TCP port 25) connection to the destination mail servers. This technique
may result in account suspension or termination. Violations of this policy carry
severe penalties, including termination of service. In order to prevent
unnecessary blacklisting due to spam we reserve the right to occasionally
sample bulk email being sent from servers.
a.
Violation of Tulix Systems' SPAM policy will result in severe penalties. Upon
notification of an alleged violation of our SPAM policy, Tulix Systems will
initiate an immediate investigation (within 48 hours of notification). During
the investigation, Tulix Systems may restrict customer access to the network to
prevent further violations. If a customer is found to be in violation of our
SPAM policy, Tulix Systems may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend or
terminate customer's account. Further, Tulix Systems reserves the right to
pursue civil remedies for any costs associated with the investigation of a
substantiated policy violation. Tulix Systems 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 $195 per hour
that Tulix Systems personnel must spend to investigate the matter. PLEASE, DO
NOT SPAM from your account.
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.
13. Network
a. IP Address Ownership: If
Tulix Systems assigns Customer an Internet Protocol address for Customer's use,
the right to use that Internet Protocol address shall belong only to Tulix
Systems, and Customer shall have no right to use that Internet Protocol address
except as permitted by Tulix Systems in its sole discretion in connection with
the Services, during the term of this Agreement. Tulix Systems shall maintain
and control ownership of all Internet Protocol numbers and addresses that may
be assigned to Customer by Tulix Systems and Tulix Systems 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 you 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"). Tulix Systems will monitor Customer's bandwidth and
disk usage. Tulix Systems 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 Tulix Systems' sole and absolute discretion. If
Tulix Systems 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, Tulix Systems
may, at its sole discretion, collect a deposit, in an amount determined by
Tulix Systems, against customer's credit card on file with Tulix Systems.
c. System and Network
Security: Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to
violate the security of the Tulix Systems Network. Violations of system or
network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Tulix Systems 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:
i. Accessing data not intended for
such User or logging into a server or account, which such User is not
authorized to access.
ii. Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network
or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization.
iii. Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network,
including, without limitation, via means of overloading, "flooding",
"mail bombing" or "crashing".
iv. Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in
any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
v. Taking any action in order to obtain services to which such User is not
entitled.
14.
Notification of Violation:
a.
Tulix Systems is under no duty to look at each customer's or user's activities
to determine if a violation of the AUP has occurred. Nor do we assume any
responsibility through our AUP to monitor or police Internet-related
activities.
b. First violation: Any User, which Tulix Systems determines to have violated
any element of this Acceptable Use Policy, shall receive an email, warning them
of the violation. The service may be subject at Tulix Systems' discretion to a
temporary suspension pending a User's agreement in writing, to refrain from any
further violations.
c. Second Violation: Users that Tulix Systems 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.
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.
15. Suspension of Service or Cancellation: Tulix
Systems reserves the right to suspend network access to any customer if in the
judgment of the Tulix Systems network administrators the customer's server is
the source or target of the violation of any of the other terms of the AUP or
for any other reason which Tulix Systems 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.
16. Tulix Systems reserves the right to amend its policies at any time. All
Sub-Networks, resellers and managed servers of Tulix Systems 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.
17. Indemnification:
Tulix Systems wishes to emphasize that in agreeing to the Tulix Systems
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (TOS), customer indemnifies
Tulix Systems for any violation of the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of
Service (TOS) that results in loss to Tulix Systems or the bringing of any
claim against Tulix Systems by any third-party. This means that if Tulix
Systems is sued because of a customer's or a customer of a customer's activity,
the customer will pay any damages awarded against Tulix Systems, plus all costs
and attorney's fees.
18. Miscellaneous Provisions:
You must provide us with, and keep current, good contact information for you.
E-mail, telephone, and fax 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. Tulix Systems takes no responsibility for any material input by others and
not posted to the Tulix Systems Network by Tulix Systems. Tulix Systems is not
responsible for the content of any other websites linked to the Tulix Systems
Network; links are provided as Internet navigation tools only. Tulix Systems
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. Tulix Systems is not responsible for any damages your business may suffer.
Tulix Systems does not make implied or written warranties for any of our
services. Tulix Systems 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 Tulix Systems.
e. It is absolutely forbidden to host IRC servers on Virtual Server Accounts.
Virtual Server Accounts found hosting this material will be subject to
immediate cancellation without refund.
19.
Responsibility for Content:
You, as Tulix Systems' customer, are solely responsible for the content stored
in and served by your Tulix Systems account.
20. Windows Servers:
Requirements for using Microsoft software. Subscribers are prohibited from
allowing more than five (5) authenticated users of the Microsoft Windows Server
Operating Systems under Microsoft licensing terms and could create liability
issues with Microsoft if violated.
Customer agrees not to remove,
modify or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices
that appear on Software Products or that appear during the use of Software
Products. Customer further agrees not to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble
the Software Products.
Tulix Systems may provide you
access to other third party software and/or services ("Third Party
Products ") through reseller relationships Tulix Systems has established
with certain commercial vendors, including without limitation, Microsoft
Corporation ("Third Party Vendors"). Unless otherwise notified,
Customer understands that product support for Third Party Products is provided
by Tulix Systems and not by the Third Party Vendor. Neither Tulix Systems nor
any Third Party Vendor makes any representations or warranties, express or
implied, regarding any Third Party Products. Customer expressly acknowledges
and agrees that use of third party products is at customer's sole risk and such
third party products are provided "as is" and without representation
or warranty of any kind from Tulix Systems or any third party vendor, including
without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, accuracy or completeness of responses or results, correspondence
to description, or non-infringement of third party rights. To the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, neither Tulix Systems nor any third party
vendor will be legally responsible for any damages, whether direct, indirect,
or consequential, arising from the use or inability to use any third party
product. Customer agrees to observe the terms of any license and/or applicable
end user subscriber agreement for third party products and that customer shall
be fully liable to third party vendors and Tulix Systems with respect to any
improper use of such third party products or violation of license agreements
with them and/or applicable end user subscriber agreements.
21. Denial of Service:
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at any time for any reason.
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