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| VPS Hosting is an MDM Enterprise
Company
October 22, 2005 Agreement Version
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| VPS Hosting
(we, us, our) and
(you, your) agree to the following:
| 1.0 |
Definitions. |
| 1.1 |
"Customer"
means the person who orders the Starter Server and has ownership and control rights
and obligations for the Starter Server. |
| 1.2 |
"Customer
Data" means all supporting data files
and data structures provided by the Customer
for its Starter Server. |
| 1.3 |
"Starter Server" means the server space and
software services provided to the Customer
including but not limited to the HTTP service,
FTP service, SMTP service, POP service,
server extensions, third-party software,
and CGI library scripts. |
| 1.4 |
"Physical
Server" means the serving computers,
hardware and operating- system, and software
necessary to operate and support the Starter Server in accordance with this Agreement. |
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1.5 |
"Month"
means a billing month. A billing Month starts
on the 26th day of one calendar month, and
ends on the 25th day of the next calendar
month. |
| 2.0 |
Scope
of Services. We will provide you with
the following specific services: |
| 2.1 |
Physical
Server Hardware and Software Services.
We will provide the Physical Servers and
other computer and operating-system software
to operate and support the Starter Server
in a manner acceptable in the industry.
Although we will make reasonable efforts
to protect and backup data for you on a
regular basis, we are not responsible for
the Customer Data residing on the Starter Server. You are ultimately and solely responsible
for the backup of Customer Data stored on
your Starter Server. |
| 2.2 |
Physical
Server Set-Up and Updating. We will
configure the Starter Server, and Customer
will load the Customer Data onto the server
computers so as to create a fully functional
Internet presence. After the Starter Server
is loaded, set up with the Customer Data,
and is fully operational, Customer will
be responsible for all Web Server content
management. |
| 2.3 |
Physical
Server Connection and Access. We will
provide connection of the Starter Server
to the Internet, including all telecommunications
equipment and connections for the Starter Server to provide public access on a 24-hour-a-day,
7-day-a-week basis, with the exception of
scheduled maintenance downtime. We will
use our best efforts to provide uninterrupted
Physical Server Connection and Access, except
for scheduled maintenance downtime and any
interruption to Physical Server Connection
and Access beyond our control caused by,
for example, acts of nature, third-party
equipment or transmission failures, or security
breaches. |
| 2.4 |
Maintenance
Services. We will perform maintenance
services as we determine reasonably necessary
to maintain the continuous operation of
the Starter Server. You agree to periodically-scheduled
maintenance downtime periods. We will provide
prior notice of the maintenance downtime,
except when circumstances beyond our control
limit our ability to do so. |
| 2.5 |
Hardware,
Equipment and Software. You are responsible
for and must provide all telephone, computer,
hardware and software equipment and services
necessary to access us. We make no representations,
warranties, or assurances that your equipment
will be compatible with our service. |
| 3.0 |
Payment
Terms. You agree to the following payment
terms in consideration for the services
provided: |
| 3.1 |
Set-Up
Fee. You will pay us a one-time, non-refundable
set-up fee according to our current Starter Server Price Schedule, which is available
on our home page (www.vpshosting.net) or upon
request. |
| 3.2 |
Contract
Length. You understand and agree
that the Starter Server hosting account
plan is provided on an initial 4 month contract
length. After your initial 4
months, you will be on a month to month
contract length. Should you terminate
your hosting account within the first 4
months you will be billed for the entire
contract period. The first month is
defined as the billing month in which you
first had access to your account, regardless
of whether you actually made use of your
account. For purposes of billing, you
understand and agree that any final charges
that are incurred on your account after
the contract length is terminated will be
assessed against the credit card on file,
and this assessment may occur after the
last day of your contractual period. You
understand and agree that such charges are
still your responsibility whether billed
to your credit card or billed to you via
US Mail, Fax or E-mail and payment obligations,
section, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10 will
remain in effect and will survive the contract
ending period. |
| 3.3 |
Service
Fee. You will pay us a monthly Service
Fee for the services we provide under this
Agreement according to our current Starter Server Price Schedule, which is available
on our web site or upon request. The Service
Fee is billed to you at the beginning of
each billing month and is due on the 26th
day of each month in which the Service Fee
is billed. A Billing cycle month starts
on the 26th of one month and ends on the
25th of the next month. If you first begin
using our services after the 26th of the
month, we will prorate your first billing
cycle month's Service Fee. The Service Fee
is subject to adjustment, with notice, according
to the current Starter Server Price Schedule. |
| 3.4 |
Cancellation.
In the event you cancel your service, you
will be charged in full for the entire billing
cycle month in which you canceled your service.
In the event you have elected to prepay
subsequent, additional billing cycle months'
Service Fees, we retain the right to charge
you an administrative fee and deduct the
administrative fee from the subsequent,
future billing cycle months' Service Fees
before refunding them to you. In the event
you cancel your service and you are still
in your initial 4 month contract period,
you will be charged in full for the remainder
of your contract period as defined by the
date you first had access to your account
for 4 billing cyle months, and section 3.2
of this agreement. |
| 3.5 |
Breach.
In the event we terminate this Agreement
because of a breach, you will be charged
in full for the entire month in which the
breach occurred. In the event you have elected
to prepay subsequent, additional months'
Service Fees, we retain the right to charge
an administrative fee and deduct the administrative
fee from the subsequent, future months'
Service Fees before refunding them to you.
In the event we terminate this agreement
because of a breach and you are still in
your initial 4 month contract period, you
will be charged in full for the remainder
of your contract period as defined by the
date you first had access to your account,
and section 3.2 of this agreement. |
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3.6 |
Tax.
These fees are exclusive of any and all
federal, state, and local sales, use, value
added, excise, duty and any other taxes
assessed with respect to the services provided
under this Agreement, except that your income
taxes and any sales or similar taxes on
the sale of the Customer products and services
to end users shall be the sole responsibility
of the Customer. |
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3.7 |
All
costs associated with returned checks will
also be your responsibility and such charges
will be added to your account balance.
An administrative fee to be no less than
$30.00 or no more than the statutory maximum,
whichever is greater, for such returned
checks may be assessed and added to your
account balance by us. |
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3.8 |
In
the event, it is necessary to refer your
account to a collection agency in the United
States or in your country of origin, a collection
fee of 40% of the account balance submitted
for collections will be applied to your
account to pay for services of the collection
agency. This fee is in addition to
the amount being collected as an outstanding
balance on your account, and is payable
in full. Failure to pay an outstanding
balance may be reported to any and all credit
reporting agencies according to the laws
governing such action within the United
States and/or your country. Any and all
fees associated with the collection of your
account, including expenses incurred by
us will be passed on as part of the outstanding
debt owed including but not limited to costs
for long distance phone calls, fax charges,
court appearances, and attorney fees as
it relates to the collection of your account. |
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3.9 |
You
agree to pay all fees by the due date on
invoices sent by us whether the invoice
is sent by electronic mail, facsimile, or
by US Postal mail. Accounts that are delinquent
may be canceled for non-payment. To re-instate
your account, a new setup fee, will be incurred
at the current rates, subject to approval
of credit. |
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3.10 |
Accounts
that are delinquent more than 30 days are
subject to a Late Payment Fee of $30.00
for each billing cycle the payment is late.
In addition, you understand and agree that
a finance change of 1 1/2% per month may
be assesed on all account balances that
are late by more than 30 days and interest
will accrue at the rate of 1 1/2% for each
30 day cycle a balance is owed and is calculated
on the average daily balance. |
| 4.0 |
Representations
and Warranties. Our obligations under
this Agreement are conditioned upon the
following representations and warranties: |
| 4.1 |
Compliance
with Law. You represent and warrant
that you will comply with all applicable
state and federal laws in your performance
of this Agreement and in the use and operation
of the Starter Server, including laws governing
technology, software and trade secrets. |
| 4.2 |
Authority
to Contract. You represent and warrant
that you have full authority and right to
enter into this Agreement and that there
are no conflicting claims relating to the
rights granted by this Agreement. |
| 4.3 |
Non-Infringement.
You represent and warrant that your performance
of this Agreement and providing the Web
Service, including the software or data
files, shall not infringe the intellectual
property or other proprietary rights of
any third party. |
| 4.4 |
Our
Performance. We represent and warrant
that our services shall be performed in
a professional and workmanlike manner, and
the computer servers will be operated in
accordance with our obligations as defined
by this Agreement. |
| 4.5 |
Disclaimer
of Warranties. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS
WARRANTIES CONTAINED ABOVE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTY
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT,
AND ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS",
"AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. |
| 5.0 |
You
expressly agree that use of our Starter Server is at your own risk. Neither we,
our employees, affiliates, agents, third-party
information providers, merchants, licensors
or the like, warranty that our service will
not be interrupted or error free; nor do
we make any warranty as to the results that
may be obtained from the use of our service
or as to the accuracy, reliability or content
of any information serviced or merchandise
contained in or provided through our service,
unless otherwise expressly stated in this
Agreement. |
| 5.1 |
Under
no circumstances, including negligence,
will we, our officers, agents or anyone
else involved in creating, producing or
distributing our service be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special or
consequential damages that result from the
use of or inability to use our service.
We will further not be liable for results
from mistakes, omissions, interruptions,
deletions of files, errors, defects, delays
and operation, or transmission or failure
of performance whether or not limited to
acts of nature, communication failure, theft,
destruction or unauthorized access to our
records, programs or services. You acknowledge
that this paragraph shall apply to all content
on our Starter Server, any physical server,
computer, hardware, software, paper files
that we maintain, operate or store. |
| 5.2 |
Your
exclusive remedy for all damages, losses
and causes of actions whether in contract
or tort (including negligence or otherwise)
will not (a) exceed the actual dollar amount
which you paid during the billing month
in which the cause of action arose, or (b)
include any incidental, consequential, extemporary
or punitive damages of any kind, including
without limitation, loss of data, file,
profit, good will, time, savings or revenue. |
| 6.0 |
Term
and Termination. The following describes
the effective date, duration and methods
of termination: |
| 6.1 |
Effective
Date. The Effective Date of this Agreement
is determined to be the first date in which
the Starter Server was online for use, regardless
of whether or not you make use of the Starter Server on this or after this date. |
| 6.2 |
Duration.
This Agreement will commence on the Effective
Date and continue on a month-to-month basis. |
| 6.3 |
Termination
for Convenience. Subject to Section
3.4, you may terminate this Agreement at
any time for your convenience by providing
us with advance written notice at least
48 hours prior to the time you wish to terminate
this agreement. |
| 6.4 |
Breach
or Default. The following constitute
a breach or default of this Agreement:
- your
failure to pay the current month's service
fee by the due date of such service
fee,
- your
violation of Section 8.0,
- your
violation of 9.2, or
- your
violation of Sections 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3.
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| 6.5 |
Special
Lien on Personal Property. We retain
a special lien on all of your personal property
in our possession to secure any payment
amount you may owe us under this Agreement,
including but not limited to, domain names,
data residing on the Starter Server, email
or any other form of property whether in
electronic or physical form. |
| 7.0 |
Ownership
Rights. We acknowledge that all right,
title and interest in the customer data
shall be solely owned by the customer. We
own or have licensed all server software.
In the event that we elect, at our option,
to provide custom software to you, this
software will be licensed to you for use
only on our Starter Servers on a non-exclusive,
royalty-free, fully-paid basis according
to the terms of this Agreement. |
| 8.0 |
Activities
Subject to Immediate Deactivation. Any
Starter Server that is used for Illegal,
Abusive or Unethical Activity may be immediately
deactivated by us without warning to you.
Illegal, Abusive or Unethical Activities
include, but are not limited to, pornography,
obscenity, nudity, violations of privacy,
hacking, computer virus, gambling, or promotion
of gambling, and any harassing or harmful
materials or uses, as determined by us.
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless
from any claim resulting from your publications
or use of Illegal, Abusive or Unethical
materials. Although we will make reasonable
efforts to alert you to such activities
and allow you an opportunity to cure them
within a 12-hour period after discovery,
we are not required to give notice before
deactivating your use of our services if,
in our discretion, your use is or results
in Illegal, Abusive or Unethical activities.
If a Starter Server is disabled, the regular
monthly fees still apply. |
| 9.0 |
Miscellaneous. |
| 9.1 |
Public
Nature of Internet. Please understand
that all information submitted on the Starter Server shall be considered publicly accessible.
Important and private information should
be protected by you. For example, we are
not liable for protection or privacy of
electronic mail or other information transferred
through the Internet or any other network
provider that you may use. |
| 9.2 |
Unsolicited
Electronic Mail. You are expressly prohibited
from sending unsolicited bulk mail messages
("junk mail" or "spam").
This includes, but is not limited to, bulk-mailing
of commercial advertising, information announcements,
and political tracts. Such material may
only be sent to those who have specifically
requested it. Malicious or threatening email
is also prohibited. Although we will make
reasonable efforts to alert you to such
activities and allow you an opportunity
to cure them within a 12-hour period after
discovery, we reserve the right to immediately
deactivate your use of our service if we
discover such activity. Further, you agree
to indemnify and hold us harmless from any
claim resulting from your use or distribution
of electronic mail services through the
service provided through this Agreement. |
| 9.3 |
Governing
Law and Attorneys' Fees. This Agreement
will be interpreted and applied in accordance
with the laws of the state of Nevada, without
regard to the conflicts of law provisions.
In any action or proceeding to enforce rights
under this Agreement, the prevailing party
will be entitled to recover costs and attorneys'
fees, whether or not a suit is actually
filed. |
| 9.4 |
Control
and Ownership of IP. We maintain and
control ownership of all IP numbers and
addresses that may be assigned to you, and
we reserve, in our sole discretion, the
right to change or remove any and all IP
numbers and addresses. |
| 9.5 |
Excessive
CPU Usage. Starter Servers which use,
in our discretion, CPU processing capacity
on the Physical Server in excess of the
designed processing capacity will be subject
to immediate deactivation. Upgrades to the
processing capacity are available. |
| 9.6 |
Resale
of Services and Flow-down of Obligations.
You may resell space on your own Starter Servers but you must first obligate any
such resale to the same terms of this Agreement
and incorporate into that resale all of
our rights, including our rights regarding
content and activity. |
| 9.7 |
Age.
You certify that you are at least 18 years
of age. |
| 9.8 |
Transfer.
You may not transfer or assign this Agreement
without the written consent of VPS Hosting. |
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9.9 |
VPS Hosting , it's parent companies or
associate companies reserves the right to
refuse service at our discretion without
notice and/or with or without cause with
exception of race, nationality, creed, sexual
orientation, religion or gender. |
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