Acceptable Use Policy

Acceptable Use Policy

General Use of Global USA Online (herein referred to as “the Company”) resources for unauthorized use of any kind, including but not limited to any illegal activity, forging header information or user identification information, piracy of any copyrighted material, inappropriately contacting other equipment on the Internet, or spamming is prohibited. The advertisement of products or services for sale on personal web pages is prohibited.

Usenet newsgroups:

Currently, the company does not support newsgroups.

Email:

Sending harassing or mass unsolicited email (SPAM), and/or viruses of any type or the forging header information or identity information in email is prohibited.

Internet Relay Chat:

Use of IRC bots or storing them on Company servers is prohibited. Impersonating other users by forging one's email address is prohibited. Flooding, cloning, spoofing, harassment, or otherwise hindering the ability of others to properly use IRC's is prohibited.

The World Wide Web:

Use of company assets or resources for advertising or business purposes requires a Business Account. Reselling of web space, selling advertising on a web site, and sites taking credit card orders require a Commerce Account. The Company reserves the right to require an upgrade of any account based on resource usage. Sites that receive extremely high traffic may be required to move from the user web server to a dedicated web server. For information about charges that may apply to high-traffic web sites, see the Company's information about home pages. Customer agrees that any material that is served from a company resource will not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory, common law or proprietary rights of others. Company servers will not be used to host adult oriented material, or links to other sites, which contain adult-oriented material. Any site that violates these rules will be shut down immediately.

Public FTP sites:

Use of Company FTP server for advertising purposes requires a Company Web Publishing or Business account. Reselling FTP space is prohibited. Files containing pornography or nude images may not be stored on Company FTP server. Using Company FTP server for the exchange of any pirated material designed to facilitate copyright infringement, unauthorized use of computer systems, credit card fraud, or other illegal activity is prohibited. See paragraph 8 of the user agreement for more information.

Storage and transferring of files:

Storing, transferring, or allowing to be transferred (this includes FTP and the Web) any internal Company file that is not located in the user's own directory structure and owned by the user is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to sending via FTP, allowing outside access to, mailing, or otherwise giving access to any file that is not owned by the user.

Hacking or cracking software, utilities, and files:

Any program, utility, or file that can be used to allow unauthorized access or gain unauthorized information about a computer, network, file, user, company, etc. is prohibited.

Global USA Online Internet Access Agreement

Global USA Online, LLC, hereafter referred to as ("the Company") agrees to provide services to its customers hereafter referred to as ("the Customer") according to the following terms and conditions:

1. The benefits or rights conferred by this agreement are nontransferable. Use of accounts on Company machines are limited to the individual or business whose name appears on the account. Personal accounts may also be used by dependents of Customer living at the same address.

2. The Customer agrees to use all the Company services in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws. In the event that services are not used in accordance with all applicable laws including but not limited to local, state, and federal laws, the Company reserves the right to cooperate with any and all law enforcement agencies.

3. If the Customer is less than 18 years of age, a copy of this Agreement must be signed by a parent or legal guardian, who will be responsible for all charges related to the Company services used by the Customer.

4. Use of the Company services for advertising or promotion of commercial products or services requires a business account. Resale of the Company services without a written agreement is prohibited.

5. The Customer is responsible for all use of the Customer's accounts on Company machines and confidentiality of passwords. The Company will suspend or change access to the Customer's accounts immediately upon notification by the Customer that his or her password has been lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised. The Company is not liable for any usage or charges prior to the Company making the necessary account alteration(s).

6. The Company is not responsible for the Customer's personal files residing on the Company machines. The Customer is responsible for independent backup of his or her data stored on the Company machines.

7. The Customer agrees not to publish or distribute any information through the Company services which violates or infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory or common law, or proprietary rights of others, or which contains anything obscene or libelous. Software intended to facilitate any such violations or infringements may not be stored on the Company machines.

8. The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to delete or restrict access to any information entered into Company machines by the Customer.

9. The Company, at its sole judgment, may terminate this Agreement immediately or suspend the Customer's access to Company services upon any breach of this Agreement by the Customer, including, but not limited to, refusal or failure to pay for services provided, or by sole judgment of the Company that the Customer may be performing activities harmful to the Company or its customers, employees, vendors, business relationships, or any other users of the Internet.

10. The Customer agrees to pay the Company all charges relating to the use of Company services according to rates and prices at the time service commences, including but not limited to a one-time signup fee, early termination fee, late fees, processing fees and reactivation fee.

11. The Customer is responsible for charges at the time the service is rendered and the Company may apply the amount due to the Customer's credit card at any time.

12. Failure to use the Company services does not relieve the Customer of payment obligations.

13. The Customer must pay charges in a timely manner to maintain services. Payments that are more than 15 days late will be assessed a $2.00 late payment fee and a $2.00 processing fee for each month.

14. If the Customer is paying by check, and the check is returned for any reason, the customer will be required to tender in cash or money order, the amount of the returned check, a $25.00 returned check fee, a $5.00 reactivation fee plus the next month's service.

15. The Customer is responsible for all local and long-distance telephone charges when using the Company services.

16. In the event the Customer defaults on this Agreement, the Company may suspend or revoke the Customer's service and the Customer may have to resume service at the price the Company is charging to new Customers. The Customer agrees to pay the Company reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, where permitted, in collecting the amount remaining in the Customer's contract as stated in the sales order.

17. The Company may assign this Agreement, its rights here under and its ownership of said service and commitment at any time without notice.

18. In addition to any price specified herein, the Customer shall pay the gross amount of any present or future sales, use, excise, value added or other similar taxes applicable to the price, sales or delivery of any products or services furnished here under or to their use by Customer.

19. The Company may offer a trial period during which the Customer may cancel service without incurring any costs. It is the responsibility of the Customer to contact the Company to cancel during the trial period and receive verification that cancellation has occurred. Failure to use the Company services does not constitute cancellation.

20. The Company may offer credits to Customers who refer additional users who sign up for and keep Company accounts through at least three months, provided that the new users signing up mention at the time of signup the login name or accounting ID number of the Customer who referred them.

21. In the event of cancellation of service, the Customer is responsible for the full current month's charges unless cancellation is received by Company by the end of the 25th of the previous month. A Cancellation notice must be submitted by U.S. mail, email to support@gusaol.com or faxed to 704 730-0148. If the Customer is submitting cancellation via U.S. mail, "ATTENTION: CANCELLATION" must be written on the envelope.

22. The Company services are provided on an "as is, as available" basis. No warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, those of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are made with respect to the Company or any information or software therein.

23. Neither the Company nor its information providers are responsible for any damages arising from the Customer's use of Company services or by the Customer's inability to use Company services.

24. The Company reserves the right to change, without notice Company services, including, but not limited to, access procedures, hours of operation, menu structures, commands, documentation, vendors, and services offered. The Company reserves the right to change prices on 30 days notice published online.

25. The following violations of "netiquette" are grounds for immediate suspension of service pending investigation by the Company and will result in termination of the account(s) if the investigation determines to have originated or transmitted these types of traffic.

a. Posting a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of newsgroups (i.e., 20 or more) or continued posting of articles which are off-topic (e.g., off-topic according to the newsgroup charter or the article provokes complaints from the regular readers of the newsgroup for being off-topic).

b. Sending unsolicited mass mailings (i.e., to more than 10 users), which provoke complaints from the recipients.

c. Engaging in either (a) or (b) from a provider other than Company to advertise services hosted by Company, using a Company account as a mail drop for responses, or using a domain hosted by Company or which has a Company account as a contact address.

d. Continued harassment of other individuals on the Internet after being asked to stop by those individuals and/or by the Company.

e. Impersonating another user or otherwise falsifying one's user name in email, Usenet postings, on IRC, or with any other Internet service. (This does not preclude the use of nicknames in IRC or the use of anonymous re-mailer services.)

f. Use of IRC "bots" on Company assets, whether on our IRC server or any other. Such software may not be stored on Company assets.

26. Customers whose accounts are terminated for any of the above infractions are also responsible for the cost of labor associated with the removal or repair messages, program files, virus files, data files, operating systems, or any other repairs needed. This includes time required to respond to complaints received by the company

27. The Company reserves the right to terminate or change priority of any process, program, service, or action started by Customer on any Company machine.

28. The Company reserves the right to collect compensation for any damage to company's assets or resources caused by any customer action. This shall include, but is not limited to, the actual cost of replacement or reconfiguration of software, hardware, communications devices or property as well as compensation for the labor involved in such repairs.

29. The Company unlimited interactive usage dialup connections are not intended to be full-time dedicated connections. The Customer agrees not to use any automatic method to avoid disconnection; in this case an additional usage fee will apply beyond 310 hours per month at a rate of $1.00 per hour. The Customer further agrees to keep the connection active only when Customer is actively using it, and not to provide public information services over the connection, including but not limited to web and FTP servers. The Company reserves the right to impose restrictions on accounts it deems to be in violation of these conditions.

30. The Customer is in default of this Agreement if:

a. The Customer fails to abide by any present or future Company term of service

b. The Company does not receive a monthly payment on or before its due date

c. Any material statement or information given by the Customer to the Company is false.

31. This Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State of North Carolina.

32. The Company may modify these terms and conditions upon notice published online. The Customer's use of Company services after such notice shall constitute the Customer's acceptance of the modifications to this Agreement.

33. Non-enforcement of any section of this Agreement does not constitute consent and the Company reserves the right to enforce this Agreement at its sole discretion.

34. This Agreement is a contract between the Company and the Customer, and grants no rights to any third parties.

35. Each provision set forth in this Agreement is independent from the others, and no restriction will be rendered unenforceable by virtue of the fact that, for any reason, any other is not enforced in whole or in part.

36. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof, except where this Agreement is an amendment to a separate written Master Service Agreement.