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AIRECOMM INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, LLC SERVICE AGREEMENT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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AGREEMENT
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These terms and conditions, taken together with
the AireComm Integrated Solutions Broadband
Agreement Cover Sheet ("Cover Sheet")
shall constitute the agreement between AireComm
Integrated Solutions, LLC (AIS) and Customer ("Agreement").
This Agreement anticipates the future issuance
of Work Orders by Customer for the purpose of
ordering the Service Package hereunder. Upon
acceptance of a Work Order by AIS, each such
Work Order shall be governed by and shall be
deemed incorporated into this Agreement.
Acceptance of a Work Order shall be deemed to
have occurred upon the acceptance of a Work
Order by AIS in writing or upon the commencement
of delivery of the Service Package by AIS.
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All capitalized terms used herein and not
defined when first used, are defined in Section
17 hereunder.
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In the event of a conflict between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the Cover
Sheet, the Cover Sheet shall control.
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This agreement and all obligations stated herein
are subject to the results of AIS's engineering
assessment of the costs to provide the Service
Package to Customer's location. Once
construction costs have been calculated, AIS
will inform Customer of any changes in payment
requirements to obtain service. If Customer's
location is determined to be outside the AIS
serviceable area, AIS reserves the right to
terminate this agreement. In the event that the
payments required of Customer exceed the amounts
stated in this Agreement or the estimated time
to construct exceeds sixty-five ( 65) days,
either party may terminate the Agreement by
giving written notice to the other party within
15 days of receipt by Customer of the
engineering assessment. AIS will make reasonable
commercial efforts to complete the assessment
within twenty-one (21) business days. Should the
assessment period exceed 21 business days,
Customer may terminate the agreement by giving
written notice to AIS.
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SERVICE PACKAGE
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Customer
engages AIS to deliver the Service Package
identified on the Cover Sheet, provided that
such Work Order is accepted by AIS as set forth
in Section 1A above. The Parties, by mutual
written agreement, may add additional premium
services to the Service Package from
time-to-time by setting forth such services and
the related payment terms and other terms and
conditions (if different from those set forth
herein) in additional Exhibits to this
Agreement. Customer is not allowed to act as an
Internet Service Provider "ISP" without the
express written permission of AIS.
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AIS (or a AIS Affiliate) will use reasonable
efforts to (i) complete any Equipment
installation work as necessary to activate the
Service Package ("Activation")
for each Customer location, as applicable, in
accordance with the relevant Work Order and (ii)
provide the Broadband services included in the
Service Package to Customer 7 days a week, 24
hours a day excluding scheduled maintenance and
required repairs upon Activation of each
Customer employee or branch office, as
applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, AIS shall have no liability for
its delay in the Activation of a Service Package
for a particular Customer employee or branch
office (as applicable) if such delay is the
result of (i) events or circumstances beyond
AIS's reasonable control; (ii) Customer's (or
Customer's employee's or Customer's branch
office's) failure to deliver any required
materials or information to AIS, including those
set forth as project assumptions in a Work
Order, if any; or (iii) AIS not being able to
access equipment or software, at Customer's
employee or Customer's branch office, necessary
for Activation. Customer shall pay AIS its
standard fees for any subsequent trips necessary
due to such equipment or software unavailability
as described in this Section 2.B(iii).
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AIS shall have the right at any time to change
or discontinue any aspect or feature of the
Broadband Service and the Service Package,
including but not limited to AireComm Broadband
Content, hours of availability, Equipment and
System Requirements. AIS shall have the right to
add to, modify or delete any provision of this
Agreement, and/or any other Terms of Use at any
time. AIS will notify Customer thirty (30) days
prior to any material adverse change by posting
notice of such material change on the AireComm
Broadband Service and/or by e-mail or postal
mail. Customer agrees that any one of the
foregoing methods of notice will constitute
sufficient notice of such changes. Customer's
continued use of the Service Package following
any notice of a change will constitute
Customer's acceptance of such change. If
Customer does not agree to any change, Customer
immediately shall stop using the Service Package
and notify AIS that it is terminating the
subscription to the Service Package.
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This Agreement shall be in effect commencing at
date of installation, unless earlier terminated
in accordance with this Section 2D (the "Initial
Term"), business closure or relocation
to a non-serviceable area. The Agreement shall
automatically renew for successive monthly (1)
terms ("Renewal Terms"). AIS
shall have the right to increase Service Charges
after the Initial Term. Either AIS or Customer
may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30)
days notice of the other party's material
breach, provided that such material breach is
not cured within such thirty (30) day notice
period. Upon the termination or expiration of
this Agreement, AIS's obligations hereunder
shall cease, and Customer shall promptly pay all
amounts due and owing to AIS including, but not
limited to, all amounts for work performed by
AIS prior to termination.
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AIS is responsible for maintaining the AIS
provided and installed devices (if any),
cabling, related splitters and other
service-related Equipment, which connects to the
AireComm Broadband Network. As part of the
Service Package, AIS will provide a telephone
number and email address for inquiries and
remote problem support for Service Package
disruption. AIS shall provide support
directly to Customer and to Customer Employees
on the Service Package provided by AIS
hereunder. The scope of inquiry and
remote support services shall be as determined
by AIS in its sole discretion from time to time.
The support provided is for Customer's use of
the Service Package by means of the Equipment
installed by or on behalf of AIS and the
Software, if any, only. In no event shall AIS be
responsible for providing such support for: (a)
Equipment not installed by AIS under this
Agreement; or (b) any other equipment or
software. AIS shall refer to Customer, for
solution by Customer at Customer's sole expense,
those network problems that are identified by
AIS as being caused by Customer or any third
party using the Service Package, including, but
not limited to, such problems arising out of the
Customer Data Network. All AIS Customer
Support shall be provided 24 X 7.
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Each Party shall designate one person to serve
as the primary contact for all communications
hereunder. Initially, such persons shall be
those listed on the Cover Sheet as such party's
"Contact". Each Party shall promptly notify the
other upon the replacement of such contact.
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CHARGES / AUDIT
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Customer agrees to pay AIS the fees set forth in
the Cover Sheet. AIS shall have the right to
increase the fees set forth in Cover Sheet after
the Initial Term. A $5.00 per month service
charge shall be assessed on all amounts not paid
within thirty (30) days of their due date.
Service Charges for the Service Package will be
billed monthly in advance in
accordance with AIS's regular billing schedule
and are payable on the due date specified in the
bill. Additional fees may be payable under each
Subscriber Agreement.
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AIS encourages all of its Customers to authorize
automated electronic payments. In the event that
Customer elects to receive a written invoice or
to make payments at an AIS office, AIS shall add
a surcharge of $3.00 to each invoice printed and
mailed and to each payment received.
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An administrative late charge may be charged on
accounts that are past due. There will only be
one (1) such administrative charge for each
month's charges not paid when due. Payment for
the Service Package must be received by AIS on
or before the due date stated on the monthly
bill. Customer agrees that each individual
non-payment causes AIS to suffer damages in an
amount that is difficult to ascertain with
certainty. AIS has made a reasonable estimate to
determine the damages caused by late payments
generally and has used this estimate to set a
liquidated damages late fee amount. The current
late fee is listed in 3.A. AIS reserves the
right to change the late fee amount at any time
in the future upon notice to Customer of the new
amount. AIS may charge a service fee for all
returned checks and bankcard and charge card
chargebacks. In addition to the foregoing, and
all other available remedies, AIS may: (i)
discontinue Customer's access to all or portions
of the Service Package in whole or in part,
until such charges, together with interest, are
paid; and (ii) delete the Customer Content and
all other information residing on any AIS
provided facility. None of the AIS Parties shall
have any responsibility or liability for any
discontinued access to the Service Package (or
portion thereof) or information deleted pursuant
to this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything set
forth herein to the contrary, the Parties agree
that AIS shall have the right to cancel or
suspend, in AIS's sole discretion, the Service
Package of an end user if such end user has
payments outstanding to AIS for Broadband
Service. AIS may charge a reasonable
deinstallation charge for any end user account
that is terminated pursuant to this Agreement.
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If Customer access to a Service Package is
discontinued in whole or in part, and AIS agrees
to resume access to the Service Package (or
portion thereof), AIS may require a reconnect
charge or trip charge (in addition to payment of
all overdue balances) before resumption of such
access. Customer will be responsible for all
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
incurred by AIS in collecting any amounts due
and unpaid by Customer.
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In addition, AIS shall have the right, upon
reasonable prior notice and during Customer's
normal business hours, and subject to any
reasonable security requirements to audit
Customer's use of the Service Package, to ensure
Customer's compliance with this Agreement. In
the event that AIS's audit reveals that
Customer's usage of the Service Package exceeds
Customer's rights hereunder, Customer shall, pay
AIS an amount equal to one and a half times the
Service Charges that would have been due for
such excessive usage as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty. In addition, Customer shall
either discontinue any excess usage or
thereafter continue to pay AIS's then-current
fees for such additional usage.
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EQUIPMENT / SOFTWARE
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As between AIS and Customer, the Equipment is
and at all times shall remain the sole and
exclusive property of AIS, and Customer shall
acquire no interest therein by virtue of the
payments provided for herein or the attachment
of any portion of the Equipment to the
Customers' premises or otherwise. Customer will
not open, alter, misuse, tamper with or remove
the Equipment as and where installed by AIS (or
a AIS Affiliate), and will not remove any
markings or labels from the Equipment indicating
AIS (or its suppliers) ownership or serial or
identity numbers. Upon termination of the
Service Package, for whatever reason, Customer
acknowledges that his/her right to possess and
use the Equipment shall likewise terminate. In
such event, the Equipment shall be returned to
AIS in the same condition as when received,
ordinary wear and tear excepted. The Customer
will be billed by AIS for any charges relating
to damages exceeding ordinary wear and tear.
Customer will safeguard the Equipment from loss
or damage of any kind, and (except for any self
installation procedures approved by AIS) will
not permit anyone other than an authorized
representative of AIS to perform any work on the
Equipment.
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AIS shall have the right to upgrade, modify,
enhance and replace the Equipment and the
Software, through "downloads" from the AireComm
Broadband Network or otherwise. AIS may employ
such means to limit the throughput available
through individual equipment whether or not
provided by AIS and may require Customer to
conform its equipment, including, but not
limited to, Antennas, Routers, and its software,
including, but not limited to, its Customer Data
Network, and proxy Server, to AIS's then-current
network specifications and System Requirements.
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If the Equipment is damaged, destroyed, lost or
stolen while in Customer's possession, Customer
shall be liable for the cost of repair or
replacement of such Equipment. If the Equipment
is not returned to AIS as described in
Section 4.A
upon termination of the Service Package,
Customer will pay AIS the amount specified in
the then-current price list for the replacement
cost of the Equipment without any deduction for
depreciation, wear and tear or the physical
condition of such Equipment. AIS may apply any
security deposit to any such obligation of
Customer, and collect any remaining balance from
Customer. In the event any amount is deducted
from the security deposit (other than upon
termination of the Service Package), Customer
must immediately replace the amount so deducted.
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If Software is provided to Customer, AIS grants
to the Customer a limited, non-exclusive license
to use the Software, in object code form only,
solely for the purpose of connecting to the
AireComm Broadband Service the number of
Computers specified on the accompanying Work
Order. This license will permit such use by
Customer and any Customer Employee or branch
office authorized to use the Service Package
hereunder, under any password or screen name,
provided that Customer shall be responsible for
all use of the Service Package as described in
Section 7. This license will commence upon
acceptance of Customer's subscription for the
AireComm Broadband Service and will terminate
immediately upon termination of the AireComm
Broadband Service to Customer for any reason.
AIS and/or its licensors retain all rights and
interests in and to the Software.
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If Software is provided to Customer, Customer is
permitted to make a single copy of the Software
solely for back-up purposes, provided that such
copy contains the same copyright notices and
proprietary markings as the original Software.
Customer will not engage in, and will not
permit, any other copying, or any translation,
reverse engineering or reverse compiling,
disassembly or modification of or preparation of
any derivative works based on the Software, all
of which are prohibited. Customer will destroy
all Software and any related written material
together with any copies promptly upon
termination of the AireComm Broadband Service to
Customer for any reason and will certify that
such actions have been taken to AIS in writing.
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CUSTOMER CONTENT / PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
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Customer Content. Customer assumes sole
responsibility for the Customer Data Network and
Customer Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
AIS reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to exclude or remove any hypertext links to
third party web sites and any Customer Content
which, in AIS's sole discretion, may violate or
infringe any law or third-party rights or which
otherwise exposes or potentially exposes AIS to
civil or criminal liability.
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License /Proprietary Rights of Customer.
Customer hereby grants to AIS a nonexclusive,
worldwide, royalty-free license for the Term to
modify, publish, reproduce, distribute, perform,
and otherwise use any material posted on the
public areas of the AireComm Broadband Service
via Customer's Service Package, but only for
purposes consistent with the operation of the
AireComm Broadband Service available through use
of the Service Package provided hereunder. As
between Customer and AIS and without limiting
AIS's rights under this Agreement, e-mail
messages (if any) and Customer Content shall
remain the sole and exclusive property of
Customer, including, but not limited to, all
copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets,
and any other proprietary rights therein
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Proprietary Rights of AIS. All materials,
including, but not limited to, any computer
software (in object code and source code form),
data or information developed or provided by
AIS, any identifiers or passwords used to access
any portion of the Service Package or otherwise
provided by AIS, and any know-how,
methodologies, equipment, or processes
including, but not limited to, all copyrights,
trademarks, patents, trade secrets, any other
proprietary rights inherent therein and
appurtenant thereto, used by AIS to provide the
Service Package to Customer (collectively
"AIS Materials") shall remain the sole
and exclusive property of AIS or its suppliers.
AIS's Confidential Information, as defined
herein, shall be held confidential by the
Customer, and in no event shall Customer
disclose any such Confidential Information to
any third party.
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MAINTENANCE / REPAIRS
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AIS will use reasonable efforts to: repair
damage to Equipment installed by AIS and AIS
furnished network facilities, modify Software,
and otherwise attempt to correct any disruption
of the Service Package due to technical
malfunction of the AireComm Broadband Network
not caused by Customer or any third party using
the Service Package. AIS, in its discretion, may
charge to Customer its cost to perform
modification or recovery of the Service Package
or to repair Equipment or network facilities if
AIS determines that such modification, recovery
or repair was necessitated by Customer's
negligent or wrongful action or failure to act.
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AIS may provide a minimum service credit to
Customer in the event of a failure of the
AireComm Broadband Network as follows: In the
event of a complete failure of the Service
Package hereunder due to technical malfunction
of the AireComm Broadband Network operated by
AIS for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours or
more, Customer will be entitled to a pro-rated
credit upon request, such credit equal to
one-thirtieth (1/30) of the monthly recurring
charges for each consecutive twenty-four (24)
hour period of each such failure of such
services. To qualify for an adjustment, Customer
must request a credit from AIS within thirty
(30) days after such failure. In no event shall
credits awarded for any month of service exceed
the monthly recurring charges received by AIS
for such month of service.
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The obligation set forth in this Section 6
shall constitute AIS's sole obligation and
liability and Customer's exclusive remedy in the
event of any failure of the Service Package.
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AIS shall have no liability, including as set
forth in this Section 6, for disruption
of the Service Package due to circumstances
beyond its control, including, but not limited
to, acts of God, flood, natural disaster,
regulation or governmental acts, fire, civil
disturbance, strike, weather, unauthorized
access to or destruction to or modification of
the Service Package or the AireComm Broadband
Network, in whole or in part, or act or failure
to act by Customer or any third party using the
Service Package.
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CUSTOMER'S OBLIGATIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES
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CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE IN ALL RESPECTS FOR ALL
USE OF CUSTOMER'S SERVICE PACKAGE, INCLUDING
UNDER ANY SCREEN NAME OR PASSWORD BY ANY PERSON,
AND ALL USE BY OTHERS OF CUSTOMER'S SERVICE
PACKAGE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS HEREOF. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT, ALL USE OF THE
SERVICE PACKAGE, WHETHER OR NOT AUTHORIZED BY
CUSTOMER, SHALL BE DEEMED CUSTOMER'S USE.
CUSTOMER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF CUSTOMER'S PASSWORDS.
CUSTOMER MAY ACCESS VIA THE AIRECOMM BROADBAND
SERVICE CERTAIN CONTENT, MERCHANDISE AND
SERVICES FOR WHICH THERE ARE CHARGES PAYABLE TO
THIRD PARTIES (WHICH MAY INCLUDE AIS). CUSTOMER
AGREES THAT ALL SUCH CHARGES WILL BE CUSTOMER'S,
AND NOT AIS'S, SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE RESPONSIBILITY
AND AGREES TO PAY THE SAME WHEN DUE, AND SHALL
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE AIS PARTIES FOR
ALL LIABILITY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
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Customer understands that the AireComm Broadband
Service may provide Customer's employees with a
connection to the Internet that may be
unfiltered, and that the AIS Parties neither
control nor assume any responsibility for any
content on the Internet or that is posted by a
subscriber. Customer is solely responsible for
the content that is viewed by its employees, and
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold AIS
harmless from and against any claims,
liabilities, damages and expenses, including
attorney's fees, arising out of or relating to
content accessed by Customer's employees through
the AireComm Broadband Service.
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Customer shall use the AireComm Broadband
Service for lawful purposes only, and in
accordance with this Agreement and any Terms of
Use. Customer is responsible for ensuring that
Customer's Employees and branch offices that are
activated under this Agreement also use the
AireComm Broadband Service for a lawful purpose
and in accordance with this Agreement and any
Terms of Use. Customer shall ensure that each
Customer Employee Activated under this Agreement
enters into an end user Subscription Agreement
that at a minimum: (a) protects AIS's
proprietary rights in the AireComm Broadband
Services to at least the same degree as the
terms and conditions of this Agreement; (b)
requires that such Customer Employee not reverse
engineer, reverse compile or disassemble the
object code for the AireComm Broadband Services;
(c) requires the Customer Employee to comply
fully with the Terms of Use and all applicable
laws and regulations in any of its dealings with
respect to the AireComm Broadband Services; (d)
makes no representations or warranties on behalf
of AIS or any AIS Affiliates; (e) completely
limits AIS's and AIS Affiliate's liability to
the extent permissible by law; and (f) does not
grant any rights to such Customer Employee
beyond the scope of this Agreement. Customer
shall not upload, post, transmit or otherwise
make available on or via the AireComm Broadband
Service any material (including any message or
series of messages) that violates or infringes
in any way upon the rights of others, that is
unlawful, threatening, abusive, obstructive,
harassing, libelous, invasive of privacy or
publicity rights, that in the circumstances
would be obscene or indecent, that constitutes
hate speech, that is otherwise offensive or
objectionable, or that encourages conduct that
would constitute a criminal offense, give rise
to civil liability or otherwise violate any law.
AIS may remove content that in its judgment
violates these standards.
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The Service Package may contain copyrighted
material, trademarks and other proprietary
information, and the AireComm Broadband Content
in its entirety is copyrighted as a collective
work under the United States copyright laws. In
such event, except where otherwise prohibited,
AIS grants Customer the right to download
copyrighted material posted on the AireComm
Broadband Service by a AIS Party, provided such
material is downloaded solely for Customer's
internal business use. Except as granted herein
or as otherwise expressly permitted under
copyright law, no copying, redistribution,
publication or commercial exploitation of
downloaded material will be permitted without
the express prior written consent of AIS and,
where applicable, the third party copyright
owner. In the event of any permitted copying,
redistribution or publication of copyrighted
material, no changes in or deletion of author
attribution or copyright notice shall be made.
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Customer shall not upload, post, transmit or
otherwise make available on or via the AireComm
Broadband Service any material protected by
copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or
other proprietary right in a manner that
infringes or violates any such right. It is the
policy of AIS to terminate in appropriate
circumstances the AireComm Broadband Service of
any subscriber or account holder who is a repeat
infringer. AIS shall notify Customer if any
account holder is terminated for such
infringement. This policy does not affect any
other rights AIS may have under law or under any
agreement between AIS and Customer. AIS also
reserves the right to suspend or terminate
Customer's Service Package in whole or in part
for a single violation of this paragraph or any
other provision of this Agreement or other Terms
of Use.
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The Customer agrees that AIS shall have the
right to take any action that AIS deems
appropriate to protect the AireComm Broadband
Service, its facilities and the Equipment.
Customer acknowledges and agrees that AIS shall
have the right to monitor Customer's "bandwidth"
utilization (i.e. volume of data transmitted) at
any time and on an on-going basis and to limit
excessive use of bandwidth by Customer (as
determined by AIS from time to time) in order to
effectuate these provisions and other terms
hereof, and Customer acknowledges AIS's right to
audit Customer's use of the Service Package in
accordance with Section 3 above.
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In the event that Customer fails to comply with
any of its obligations hereunder, AIS may
suspend or discontinue the Service Package in
whole or in part (including physically
disconnecting the connection between the
Customer premises and the AireComm Broadband
Network) without advance notice. If AIS suspends
Customer's use of the Service Package, Customer
will not be charged for that period of suspended
time. If AIS discontinues the Service Package,
AIS will refund to Customer all pre-paid fees
(if any) less any amount due AIS under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Customer will not be entitled to any refund or
reduction of fees if Customer is prevented from
using certain, but not all, features of the
Service Package as a result of violations of
this Agreement or the Terms of Use.
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AIS and its authorized agents may enter
Customer's premises and have access to
Customer's Computer(s) (and/or those computers
of Customer's employees authorized to use the
AireComm Broadband Services if Customer executes
an Exhibit that allows such use) periodically
during the term of this Agreement and after its
termination to install, connect, inspect,
maintain, repair, replace or alter the Equipment
or associated hardware or the Software, or to
disconnect and remove the Equipment. If Customer
is not the owner of the premises upon which
Equipment and Software are to be installed,
Customer warrants that he/she has obtained the
consent of the owner of the premises for AIS
personnel and/or its agents to enter the
premises for the purposes described herein.
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WARRANTIES
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AIS. AIS warrants to Customer that AIS has the
power and authority to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
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Customer. Customer warrants to AIS: that
Customer has the power and authority to enter
into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement; the Customer Content includes only
information and materials that Customer owns or
is otherwise authorized to distribute and use
and to authorize AIS to distribute and use as
contemplated hereby, the Customer Content
conforms to all applicable federal, state, and
local laws and regulations, including but not
limited to export laws; any existing or
requested domain name Customer submits to AIS
pursuant to this Agreement and all intellectual
property rights therein are owned exclusively by
Customer, or that Customer has all necessary
rights to register such name; and neither the
Customer Content, nor the exercise by AIS and
its permitted sublicensees of the rights granted
hereunder with respect to the Customer Content,
will infringe upon or violate any copyright,
trademark, patent, trade secret or other
proprietary right of any third party. Should
Customer receive notice of a claim regarding the
Customer Content or Customer Data Network,
Customer shall promptly provide AIS with written
notice of such claim.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
CUSTOMER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICE
PACKAGE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
AIRECOMM BROADBAND NETWORK IS AT ITS SOLE RISK
AND THAT NEITHER AIS NOR THE AIS AFFILIATES
SHALL BE LIABLE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USAGE OF
THE SERVICE PACKAGE BY CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD
PARTY. NONE OF THE AIS PARTIES REPRESENT OR
WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE PACKAGE WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE
ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE
AVAILABILITY OR SCOPE OF THE SERVICE PACKAGE,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AVAILABILITY OF
THE CUSTOMER NETWORK LINK, OR RESULTS THAT MAY
BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE PACKAGE,
OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY
INFORMATION, SERVICE OR MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED,
PURCHASED OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE
PACKAGE. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE PACKAGE WILL VARY
FROM TIME TO TIME BASED ON NETWORK USAGE AND
OTHER FACTORS, AND THAT NO MINIMUM TRANSMISSION
SPEED IS GUARANTEED AT ANY TIME. NEITHER AIS NOR
THE AIS AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION, THEFT OR
DESTRUCTION OF, THE CUSTOMER DATA NETWORK,
CUSTOMER REMOTE NETWORKS, COMPUTERS, E-MAIL
MESSAGES, DATA FILES, PROGRAMS OR ANY OTHER
INFORMATION OF THE CUSTOMER, ITS USERS, OR OTHER
THIRD PARTIES THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS
OR DEVICES. NEITHER AIS NOR THE AIS AFFILIATES
ENDORSE OR WARRANT, AND NEITHER SHALL BE
RESPONSIBLE IN ANY REGARD FOR, ANY MERCHANDISE
OR SERVICES ADVERTISED BY OR ORDERED THROUGH THE
SERVICE PACKAGE FROM THIRD PARTIES OR OTHER
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH THIRD PARTIES.
EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH IN
SECTION 8.A, THE SERVICE PACKAGE, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE EQUIPMENT AND THE
SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR QUIET ENJOYMENT
OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES THAT ARE IMPLIED BY,
AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR
MODIFICATION UNDER, THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS
AGREEMENT. CUSTOMER FURTHER AGREES THAT ALL USE
OF THE AIRECOMM BROADBAND SERVICE (INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCESSING AND USE OF CONTENT,
INFORMATION AND SERVICES, THE EQUIPMENT AND
SOFTWARE, THE PURCHASE OF MERCHANDISE AND
SERVICES, THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION AND
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BY AND TO CUSTOMER AND THE
DOWNLOADING OF COMPUTER FILES) IS AT CUSTOMER'S
SOLE RISK. CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDS THAT, EXCEPT FOR
INTENTIONAL AND MALICIOUS ACTS OF INSTALLERS,
THE INSTALLATION, USE, INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE,
REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OR REMOVAL OF THE AIRECOMM
BROADBAND SERVICE, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE MAY
RESULT IN DAMAGE TO CUSTOMER'S COMPUTER(S) OR
OTHER HARDWARE, INCLUDING SOFTWARE AND DATA
FILES STORED THEREON. CUSTOMER SHALL BE SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR BACKING UP ALL EXISTING COMPUTER
FILES PRIOR TO THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING ACTIVITIES. NONE OF THE AIS PARTIES
SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY, AND EACH EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER, FOR ANY
DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY
SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, DATA OR FILES. EXCEPT FOR
THE REFUND EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN SECTION 7G
OR THE CREDITS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN SECTION
6B, IN NO EVENT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) WILL
ANY AIS PARTY OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED
IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING THE
SERVICE PACKAGE, OR ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION
SERVICES, EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE, BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED
TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE AIRECOMM
BROADBAND SERVICE, ACTION TAKEN TO PROTECT THE
AIRECOMM BROADBAND SERVICE OR THE BREACH OF ANY
WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, REGARDLESS OF THE
FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY
OR OTHERWISE. IN ANY EVENT, THE AGGREGATE
LIABILITY OF AIS AND THE AIS AFFILIATES TO
CUSTOMER FOR ANY REASON AND UPON ALL CAUSES OF
ACTION IN THE AGGREGATE RAISED UNDER ANY THEORY
OF LAW (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONTRACT,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) AND STRICT PRODUCT
LIABILITY) SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FEES PAID BY
CUSTOMER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IN THE TWELVE (12)
MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE THE CLAIM ARISES.
CUSTOMER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION 9 SHALL APPLY TO ALL
CONTENT OR INFORMATION SERVICES INCLUDED IN, OR
ACCESSIBLE THROUGH, THE SERVICE PACKAGE, AND ARE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF AIS AND THE AIS AFFILIATES.
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MONITORING
AIS retains the right, but shall not have any
obligation, to review content on public areas of
the AireComm Broadband Service, including chat
rooms, bulletin boards and forums, in order to
determine compliance with this Agreement and any
rules now or hereafter established by AIS from
time to time. AIS will have the right in its
sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, request
removal of, or remove any material submitted to
or posted on any portion of the Service Package,
including personal home pages. Without limiting
the foregoing, AIS shall have the right to
remove any material that AIS, in its sole
discretion, determines to be unacceptable or to
violate the terms of this Agreement, any AIS
bandwidth utilization limitations or other Terms
of Use. In the event any such violation or
objectionable material is found, AIS may suspend
or discontinue Customer's use of the Service
Package as more fully described in Section 7G.
Under no circumstances, however, does or will
AIS undertake any obligations to review or
determine the accuracy of any postings.
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INDEMNIFICATION
Customer, at its own expense, agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless AIS, the AIS
Affiliates and third party content and
information service providers and their
respective officers, directors, employees and
agents, from and against all claims,
liabilities, damages and expenses, including
attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to:
the use of the Service Package provided to
Customer, including, but not limited to, any
service provided or performed through the
Service Package or agreed to be performed
through the Service Package or any product sold
through the Service Package by Customer, its
agents, employees or assigns; any unauthorized
access to, or alteration, theft or destruction
of Customer or third party information; any
injury to person or property caused by any
products sold or otherwise distributed in
connection with the Customer's web site or
Customer Data Network; any material supplied by
Customer, including, but not limited to, any
domain name provided by Customer to AIS for
registration or use with the Customer's web site
or Customer Data Network, which infringes or
allegedly infringes on the proprietary rights of
a third party; intellectual property rights
infringement, including, but not limited to,
copyright infringement; any defective products
sold to anybody or any company through
Customer's web site or Customer Data Network; or
Customer's breach of its confidentiality
obligations or breach of any of its
representations or warranties.
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NOTIFICATIONS
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Customer's privacy interests, including
Customer's ability to limit disclosure of
certain information to third parties, are
addressed by, among other laws, the Federal
Cable Communications Act (the "Cable Act") and
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
Personally identifiable information that may be
collected, used or disclosed in accordance with
applicable laws, is described in the Subscriber
Privacy Notice delivered to Customer, which is
incorporated herein by reference. Customer
acknowledges receipt of the Subscriber Privacy
Notice. In addition to the foregoing, Customer
hereby acknowledges and agrees that AIS may
disclose Customer's and Customer Employees'
personally identifiable information as required
by law or regulation or by the American Registry
for Internet Numbers ("ARIN") or any similar
agency.
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In addition to actions and disclosures
specifically authorized by law or statute or
authorized elsewhere in this Agreement, AIS
shall have the right (except where prohibited by
law notwithstanding Customer's consent), but not
the obligation, to disclose any information to
protect its rights, property and/or operations,
or where circumstances suggest that individual
or public safety is in peril. Customer hereby
consents to such actions or disclosures.
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, Exhibits, Work Orders and any
operating rules for the Service Package
established by AIS now or hereafter constitute
the entire agreement of the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all
previous written or oral agreements between the
parties with respect to such subject matter.
Acceptance or use of the Service Package shall
constitute acceptance of the terms and
conditions herein. In the event of a conflict
between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and any Work Order, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall control. In
addition, in the event that AIS permits a
Customer to use its own standard Work Order
forms to order AireComm Broadband Services from
AIS hereunder, the parties hereby acknowledge
and agree that no terms or provisions that may
appear on any such Customer Work Order shall
modify the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.
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MISCELLANEOUS
In the event that any portion of this Agreement is
held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalid
or unenforceable portion shall be construed in
accordance with applicable law as nearly as
possible to reflect the original intentions of
the parties set forth herein, and the remainder
of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect. No waiver by either party of any breach
or default shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
preceding or subsequent breach or default.
Customer may not assign this Agreement without
the prior written consent of AIS, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld. AIS may assign its
rights and obligations under this Agreement in
whole or in part to any lender or third party
with whom AIS becomes affiliated with. Customer
understands and agrees that, regardless of any
such assignment, the rights and obligations of
AIS herein may accrue to, or be fulfilled by,
any AIS Affiliates as well as AIS. The Parties
to this Agreement are independent contractors.
Neither Party is an agent, representative, or
partner of the other Party and this Agreement
shall not be interpreted or construed to create
an association, agency, joint venture,
partnership, franchise, or employee relationship
between the Parties. Any notice, under this
Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be
deemed to have been given when actually received
by the other Party. Notices shall be delivered
to Customer at its address, facsimile number or
email address set forth on the Cover Sheet, or
to such other address, facsimile number or email
address as is given by Customer to AIS in
writing. Notices shall be delivered to AIS at
the address set forth on the Cover Sheet. The
provisions of Sections 2.D, 3, 4.A, 4.C, 4.E, 5,
6.B, 6.C, 7.A, 7.B., 7.D, 7.G, 7.H, 9, 11, 14,
and 15 shall survive the completion, expiration,
termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
No change, amendment or modification of any
provision of this Agreement shall be valid
unless set forth in a written instrument signed
by both Parties. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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APPLICABLE LAW AND VENUE
This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and
enforced in all respects in accordance with the
laws of the State of South Carolina except for
its conflicts of law principles.
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FORCE MAJEURE
AIS shall have no liability due to circumstances
beyond its control, including, but not limited
to, acts of God, flood, natural disaster,
regulation or governmental acts, fire, civil
disturbance, strike, weather, any unauthorized
access to or destruction or modification of the
Service Package or the AireComm Broadband
Network, in whole or in part, or act or failure
to act of Customer or any third party using the
Service Package.
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DEFINITIONS
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"Computer" means a personal
computer(s) which (i) does not provide any other
computers with access to any features of any
Service Package; and (ii) meets certain minimum
configuration requirements, which may include a
Network Interface Card ("NIC"),
as specified from time to time by AIS generally.
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"Confidential Information"
means the AIS Materials, Equipment, Software and
any other equipment and software provided or
licensed to Customer by AIS or which is
identified by AIS as confidential or would
otherwise be understood to be confidential by a
reasonable person.
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"Customer Content" means the
content contained on the Customer's web site.
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"Customer Data Network" means
Customer's data communications network,
including, but not limited to, the equipment
residing at the Customer's site which connects
such data network to the network facilities
(including, but not limited to, a switch, router
or antenna) linking such data network to a
AireComm Broadband Server.
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"Customer Employee" means an
individual who is either a full or part time
Customer employee or affiliate of Customer, who
requires access to the Customer Data Network.
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"Customer Network Link" means
the high speed point-to-point communications
circuit between a AireComm Broadband Server and
the Customer Data Network used to provide access
to the Customer Data Network from a Computer or
Computers at Customer Subscriber Sites.
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"Customer Remote Network" means
a Customer-owned LAN, which is not
geographically co-located with Customer's Data
Network.
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"Customer Subscriber" means
each Customer Employee or Customer Remote
Network, which is party to or otherwise covered
by an effective Subscriber Agreement for AIS's
Broadband Services.
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"Customer Subscriber Site"
means the location of the Customer Remote
Network or Customer Subscriber Computer, which
is connected to the AireComm Broadband Network.
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"Equipment" means the
equipment, including, but not limited to, the
cabling and related splitters, router and
antenna provided by AIS, its agents or
contractors pursuant to this Agreement
(excluding equipment purchased by Customer or
required to construct, operate and maintain a
proxy Server).
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"Party" or "Parties"
means either AIS or Customer, or AIS and
Customer, respectively.
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"AireComm Broadband Content"
means an aggregation of content and applications
provided by AIS to its AIS Affiliates.
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"AireComm Broadband Network"
means the data transmission network provided by
AIS and/or AIS Affiliates through which Customer
accesses portions of the Service Package or
Customer Subscriber accesses the Customer Data
Network.
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"AireComm Broadband Service
Specifications Guide" means the
then-current version of the document titled
"AireComm Broadband Service Specifications
Guide," which provides additional information
regarding the services and features offered
under this Agreement, and which is incorporated
herein by reference. AIS may revise this guide
from time to time without notice.
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"AireComm Broadband Services"
means AireComm Broadband Network and, if
applicable, AireComm Broadband Content.
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"Server" means a computer that
provides services (including, but not limited
to, acting as a network routing device or
gateway for access to other networks) to other
computing or terminal devices.
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"Service Charges" means the
fees set forth on the Cover Sheet which may be
modified by AIS from time to time in its
discretion, including all applicable local,
state and federal fees or taxes.
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"Service Package" means the BOC
Services as set forth in Cover Sheet, the AIS
Services as set forth in Cover Sheet, or any
other services ordered by Customer hereunder as
set forth in the Cover Sheet including, without
limitation, any related Equipment, Software,
AireComm Broadband Content, and general Internet
access (unless otherwise stipulated in writing),
offered by AireComm Broadband and subscribed to
by Customer as identified on the Cover Sheet and
any Work Order(s) and schedules to this
Agreement and any accompanying documentation and
other materials in any form.
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"Software" means all computing
software licensed by AIS to Customer hereunder.
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"Subscriber Agreement" means
the current form of subscription agreement(s)
for AireComm Broadband Services.
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"System Requirements" means
those certain minimum hardware and software
requirements specified by AIS that each Computer
will need to meet.
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"Term" means the Initial Term,
plus any Renewal Terms.
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"Terms of Use" means all rules,
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
or now or hereafter otherwise established by AIS
for the AireComm Broadband Service, as may be
modified from time to time at AIS's sole
discretion. The then-current copy of the Terms
of Use are available at
http//help.AISable.com/html/policies.html and
WWW.AIRECOMM.NET.
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"AIS Affiliate" means (i) any
operator or other entity (including AIS) that is
authorized pursuant to an effective affiliation
agreement with AIS to distribute to subscribers
a broadband delivered online service based upon
and including the AireComm Broadband Content via
the AireComm Broadband Network or (ii) any
entity under common control with AIS.
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"AIS Materials" shall have the
meaning given in Section 5.A.
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"AIS Parties" means AIS, AIS's
third-party content and service providers,
corporate parents, members, affiliates,
subsidiaries and suppliers, and the directors,
officers, employees, agents, third-party content
and service providers or licensors of any of the
foregoing.
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"AIS Service" shall have the
meaning set forth in Cover Sheet.
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"Web" or "web"
means the World Wide Web.
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"Work Order" means the written
description of Equipment, Software, ancillary
equipment, Computers, connections, installation
remarks and related Customer charges for the
installation and operation of a Service Package.
A Work Order may be submitted in writing,
verbally, or via email from an authorized
Customer representative.
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