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PEOPLES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNET
ACCEPTABLE
USE POLICY
All PEOPLES TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNET Customers should
read this document! Even if you don’t read it, you are
still responsible for the policy written here, and your account WILL BE
DISABLED WITHOUT WARNING if you violate it.
PEOPLES TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNET sets forth an
Acceptable Use Policy with the intent of protecting our service, our customers,
and other users of the Internet from potentially abusive actions taken by
Peoples Telecommunications customers. The following policy is
non-exclusive; any action about which there is doubt should be referred to
Peoples Telecommunications for evaluation. Peoples
Telecommunications may alter this policy from time to time, as need dictates.
Statement
of Responsibility
 | Each Peoples Telecommunications Internet account has a
password that is the key to gain access to the account. The
customer who registered the account is solely responsible for all access and
actions taken with regard to the account. It is the
account owner’s responsibility to safeguard the account password and to
ensure that Peoples Telecommunications Acceptable Use Policies are honored.
Peoples Telecommunications will hold the account owner responsible
for any violations of the Acceptable Use Policy. |
| Sites directly attached to the Peoples
Telecommunications backbone are expected to adhere to the Peoples
Telecommunications Acceptable Use Policies. The
individual who signed the contract is responsible for educating site users
on acceptable use policy. Violations of the acceptable
use policy by directly attached sites will be referred to
the contract signer for resolution. The contract signer
will be held responsible for the violations of the Acceptable Use Policy |
| Peoples Telecommunications enforces these policies with
respect to Peoples Telecommunications customers only. We
are not responsible for abusive actions which originate from other sites or
networks on the Internet. |
Acceptable
Use: Network
Acceptable use of the Peoples Telecommunications network
facilities does NOT include:
| Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security
of the host, network, or account on Peoples Telecommunications systems of
the Internet at large (“cracking”). This includes
scanning or probing ports without the consent of the owner of the machine
being scanned. |
| Use of Peoples Telecommunications systems or networks
(willfully or negligently) in a manner that encumbers disk space,
processors, bandwidth, or other system resources so as to interfere with
others’ normal use of services on Peoples Telecommunications or their
systems and networks (“denial of service” attack). |
| Activities that violate local, state or federal statutes |
Acceptable
Use: Domain Names
Peoples Telecommunications provides domain name service for
dedicated connection. Keeping registry information updated
and accurate is the responsibility of the domain holder and not Peoples
Telecommunications. Acceptable use of the Peoples
Telecommunications domain name service does NOT include:
| Falsifying or omitting valid domain contact information,
including the administrative, technical, zone, and billing contacts. |
Acceptable
Use: Email
Acceptable use of Email does NOT include:
| Sending unsolicited mass mailings of any nature,
including those with a “negative option” for continuation. The
negative option is inviting those who do not wish to receive more email to
reply to you. |
| Sending a large number of email messages, or singularly
large email messages to a single address in order to flood someone’s
mailbox. |
| Forging email headers to obscure the true originator of
the message |
| Creating or participating in pyramid schemes or chain
letters. |
| Sending harassing email, either by language, size, or
frequency. This includes sending email (or real time)
messages to a person who has asked explicitly that you do not. |
| Activities that violate local, state or federal statues. |
Acceptable Use:
Dial-up Access
| Dial-up connections to Peoples Telecommunications that
are idle or connected for more than 8 hours continuously, will be cycled
thru a release of the connection. Idle time is defined as
a period during which no input or output is sent or received across the
modem connection. |
| Multiple simultaneous logins to a single Peoples
Telecommunications dial-up account are prohibited. |
| While our service is unlimited, it is not a dedicated
modem connection. Users of Peoples Telecommunications
dial-up service as a dedicated modem connect through use of re-dialers and
idle time traffic generators is prohibited. |
| Activities that violate local, state, or federal
statues. |
Acceptable
Use: Web/FTP Sites
Acceptable use of Peoples Telecommunications web/FTP space
does not include:
| Distribution of pornographic or otherwise indecent
offending materials |
| Distribution of restricted software or materials in
violation of copyrights of distribution licenses. |
| Distribution of materials that violates local, state, or
federal statutes. |
Reporting
Abuse to Peoples Telecommunications
Peoples Telecommunications provides an email address for
use in reporting abusive activities originating from Peoples Telecommunications
customers as outlined in the Peoples Telecommunications Acceptable Use Policy.
Please note, abuse originating from non-Peoples Telecommunications
customers cannot be handled by Peoples Telecommunications. Report
those instances to the provider/site who has authority over the abusive user.
| When reporting email or abuse, include a full copy of
the message, including headers. |
| When reporting other types of abuse, include as much detail
as possible. |
| Send your report in an email message to ptl@peoplestelecom.net |
Peoples Telecommunications reserves the right to restrict
or terminate service without refund in the event of an Acceptable Use Policy
violation. Peoples Telecommunications also reserves the right
to take action on abuse, which is not specifically named in this Acceptable Use
Policy at the sole discretion of Peoples Telecommunications use of the Peoples
Telecommunications systems and network constitutes understanding and agreement
of this policy.
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