Terms of Service (TOS)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: All Payments To NMS Hosting Are Non-Refundable
Past Your 14-Day Money-Back Guarantee Period.
NMS Hosting ("The Company" or "NMS Hosting") agrees to furnish services to the
Subscriber, subject to the following TOS (Terms of Service).
Use of NMS Hosting Service constitutes acceptance and agreement to NMS Hosting's AUP as
well as NMS Hosting's TOS (Terms of Service).
All provisions of this contract are subject to the TOS (Terms of Service) of
NMS Hosting 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 province of British Columbia, applicable to contracts
enforceable
in
that province. Venue will be British Columbia, Canada.
Note: Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited on any NMS Hosting
server EXCEPT those on servers that have clearly stated that such content is
allowed upon signing up. This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or
links to adult content elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote any
illegal activity or content that may be damaging to NMS Hosting servers or any
other server on the internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited. All
IRC (Internet-Relay-Chat) related activities are strictly prohibited and can
be
cause
for
immediate
account termination!
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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
NMS Hosting shall have the right to terminate all service
set forth in this Agreement.
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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 (if any) is contingent upon Company achieving and maintaining
its cost of service goals including but not limited to rates
charged to Company by its suppliers.
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Payment:
Establishment of this service is contingent upon receipt of payment from Customer
to NMS Hosting. Subsequent payments are prorated to consolidate the billing
which is due on the 3rd of each month. Any additional services relative to a
primary hosting account will be prorated to the primary hosting account's monthly
recurring billing date, along the following guidelines of prorating methodology:
(total monthly fees/ 30) * number of days to monthly recurring billing cycle.
Any setup fees will be charged full setup fee pricing, and are applied at time
of initial request of such services.
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Payments and
Fees: Credit cards that are declined for any reason
are subject to a $5.00 declination fee. Service will be
interrupted on accounts that reach 10 days past due. Service
interrupted for nonpayment is subject to a $10.00 reconnect
charge. Accounts not paid by due date are subject to a
$5.00 late fee. Accounts that are not collectable by NMS
Hosting 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 $20 nor more than $150. If you desire
to cancel your account, please follow the proper procedure
to do this as outlined in this TOS.
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Refund and Disputes: All
payments to NMS Hosting are non refundable. This includes
the one time setup fee (if any) 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 NMS Hosting's
sole discretion, is a valid charge under the provisions of
the TOS and/or AUP, you agree to pay
NMS Hosting an "Administrative
Fee" of not less than $20 and not more than $150.
- Money Back Guarantee: We
provide a 14 day money back guarantee on all our hosting
plans.
If a Subscriber cancels during the initial 14 days, and
before they have consumed 3 GB of data transfer, the client
will receive a full refund of all hosting charges. We
cannot, under any circumstances, provide refunds on domain
name purchases as they are purchased through
a third party and registered with the purchaser. There
are
no refunds for clients after the initial 14 days or
3GB transfer. We do not provide pro-rata refunds. Any set-up
fees are not refundable.
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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.
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Account Cancellation: Request
for termination of user accounts can be made through the
NMS Hosting Support Help Desk. Termination requests
received will take effect immediately.
If termination request is received after the fee charged
in that month, which is not refundable, starting
from the following month you'll not be charged the web hosting
fee. Subscription fees for additional services such as added
space and bandwidth transfer will be charged for the entire
month regardless of whether the request for their termination
is received prior to the start of the said services.
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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.
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New Domains: Payment
made for domain registration will not be refundable in all
cases, including those that involve mistakes committed by
any persons, NMS Hosting staff or not, at any stage of the
domain registration process. A confirmation e-mail will be
sent to registrants within 24 hours of the submission of
the domain name purchase order.
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Transfer of Domains: New
webhosting accounts which involve the transfer of a domain
from another provider to NMS Hosting 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.
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Support Boundaries: NMS
Hosting provides 24 x 7 technical support to our subscribers
(except for a few holidays) We limit
our technical support to our area of expertise. The following
is our guidelines when providing support: NMS Hosting provides
support related to your services or virtual site physical
functioning. NMS Hosting does not offer tech support for
application specific issues such as cgi programming, html
or any other such issue. NMS Hosting does not provide technical
support for YOUR customers.
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SPAM and Unsolicited
Commercial Email (UCE): NMS Hosting 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 NMS Hosting may not use or permit others
to use our network to transact in UCE. Customers of NMS
Hosting 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.
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Violation of
NMS Hosting's SPAM policy will result in severe penalties.
Upon notification of an alleged violation of our SPAM
policy, NMS Hosting will initiate an immediate investigation
(within 48 hours of notification). During the investigation,
NMS Hosting may restrict customer access to the network
to prevent further violations. If a customer is found
to be in violation of our SPAM policy, NMS Hosting may,
at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend or terminate
customer's account. Further, NMS Hosting reserves the
right to pursue civil remedies for any costs associated
with the investigation of a substantiated policy violation.
NMS Hosting will notify law enforcement officials if
the violation is believed to be a criminal offense.
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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 $175 per hour that NMS Hosting personnel
must spend to investigate the matter. PLEASE, DO NOT
SPAM from your account.
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Network
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IP Address
Ownership: If NMS Hosting assigns Customer an Internet
Protocol address for Customer's use, the right to use
that Internet Protocol address shall belong only to
NMS Hosting, and Customer shall have no right to use
that Internet Protocol address except as permitted
by NMS Hosting in its sole discretion in connection
with the Services, during the term of this Agreement.
NMS Hosting shall maintain and control ownership of
all Internet Protocol numbers and addresses that may
be assigned to Customer by NMS Hosting, and NMS Hosting
reserves the right to change or remove any and all
such Internet Protocol numbers and addresses, in its
sole and absolute discretion.
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IP Address
Usage: Any customer caught using an IP address
that has not been assigned to them agrees to pay a
$25 fee. The domain caught using the offending IP address
can be disabled or deleted at the discretion of NMS
Hosting.
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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"). NMS Hosting will monitor
Customer's bandwidth and disk usage. NMS Hosting 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 NMS Hosting's sole and absolute
discretion. If NMS Hosting 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, NMS Hosting may, at its sole discretion,
collect a deposit, in an amount determined by NMS Hosting,
against customer's credit card on file with NMS Hosting.
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System and
Network Security: Users are prohibited from violating
or attempting to violate the security of the NMS Hosting
Network. Violations of system or network security may
result in civil or criminal liability. NMS Hosting
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:
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Accessing
data not intended for such User or logging into a
server or account, which such User is not authorized
to access.
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Attempting
to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system
or network or to breach security or authentication
measures without proper authorization.
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Attempting
to interfere with service to any user, host or network,
including, without limitation, via means of overloading, "flooding", "mail
bombing" or "crashing".
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Forging
any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header
information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
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Taking any
action in order to obtain services to which such
User is not entitled.
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Notification
of Violation:
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NMS Hosting
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.
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First violation:
Any User, which NMS Hosting 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 NMS Hosting's
discretion to a temporary suspension pending a User's
agreement in writing, to refrain from any further violations.
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Second Violation:
Users that NMS Hosting 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.
- Suspension
of Service or Cancellation: NMS Hosting reserves the
right to suspend network access to any customer if in the
judgment of the NMS Hosting network administrators the
customer's account is the source or target of the violation
of any of the other terms of the AUP or
for any other reason which NMS Hosting 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 account was suspended. The customer will
also not be credited for any fees if their account has
been terminated.
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NMS Hosting reserves the right to amend
its policies at any time. All resellers of NMS Hosting 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.
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Indemnification: NMS Hosting
wishes to emphasize that in agreeing to the NMS Hosting Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (ToS), customer indemnifies
NMS Hosting for any violation of the Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) and Terms of Service (ToS) that results
in loss to NMS Hosting or the bringing of any claim against NMS
Hosting by any third-party. This means that if NMS Hosting is
sued because of a customer's or a customer of a customer's activity,
the customer will pay any damages awarded against NMS Hosting,
plus all costs and attorney's fees.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NMS Hosting
takes no responsibility for any material input by others
and not posted to the NMS Hosting Network by NMS Hosting.
NMS Hosting is not responsible for the content of any
other websites linked to the NMS Hosting Network; links
are provided as Internet navigation tools only. NMS Hosting
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.
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NMS Hosting
is not responsible for any damages your business may
suffer. NMS Hosting does not make implied or written
warranties for any of our services. NMS Hosting 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
including equipment failure.
- Responsibility
for Content: You, as NMS Hosting's customer, are solely
responsible for the content stored on and served by your
account.
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