I am
new to all of this huge and exciting online market. Just wanted to really thank
you John, for being so very patient with me over the last 4 months. And even with
all my silly questions, John has always been helpful and courteous to me.
Eddie T.
February, 2008
Hi
John, Just wanted to drop you a few lines and really thank you and the rest of
your SPC guy's, for all the help and support ya guy's given me. Keep up the good
work John. Kevin D.
Terms
Of Service
1.
Content.
All
services provided by SPC HOSTING may only be used for lawful purposes only. This
includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be
threatening or obscene, pornography or material protected by trade secret and
other statute. Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless SPC HOSTING from
any claims resulting from the use of the service that damages the subscriber or
any other party.
Examples of unacceptable content or links:
Pirated Software
Warezs sites
IRC Bots
Hate Sites
Hack Programs and archives
SPC HOSTING will act as the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of
these conditions. SPC HOSTING will fully co-operate with the law enforcement in
dealing with unlawful activities performed on our network.
2. Price change.
SPC
HOSTING reserve the right to change the price of any services at any time. Contract
pricing customers will not be affected by any price change throughout the contract
period.
3. Hardware Maintenance.
SPC
HOSTING is responsible for Hardware failure in our dedicated server. We will replace
your malfunctioning hardware as soon as possible. Custom hardware replacement
may take longer to replace.
4. Customer/Technical Support.
We
encourage you to contact our technical support team through email. Phone support
is also available during standard business hours. Please fill out our call-back
form to request for tech support.
5. CGI Script.
You
have full access to cgi bin. However, we reserve the right to audit the content
of your script to ensure no hacking or any kind of security issues are compromised
that may cause harm to SPC HOSTING Network.
6. Back-up.
As
the servers are connected to the Internet constantly, the content in the servers
are exposed to hacker’s attacks, viruses and other adverse effects. For these
and many other reasons customer may loose the whole content of his/her server(s).
We back-up our servers on a daily basis. SPC HOSTING will not be liable for lost
data even if backups were created.
7. Bandwidth/Traffic Usage.
All
plans have a set allotment of Bandwidth available for use. Any bandwidth usage
that is over the the limit of the monthly allotment will be charged according
to the terms that is set forth in the order form. Unused bandwidth may not be
carried over to the following month.
8. Email Spamming.
Email
Spamming and mail bombing is strictly prohibited. Any customer who use their e-mail
for spamming will have their account terminated immediately. All fees and prepaid
services will not be refunded. SPC HOSTING, will act as the sole arbiter as to
what constitutes a violation of this condition.
9. Server Abuse.
Any
customers found to abuse our servers will have their account immediately suspended.
Any account that excessively uses the server resources may be temporarily stopped
in order to provide optimal server resources for other users. If an account is
found to be affecting server performance at a continued duration of time, it may
be disabled. We recommend moving such sites to a dedicated hosting solution.
10.
Uptime. SPC HOSTING
does
not guarantee 100% uptime. We will do everything we can to provide the best uptime
within our capabilities. Customers are thus advised that their service may be
down (cease functioning) for many reasons. We highly recommend that customers
purchase our complex hosting solution if they have critical applications that
cannot tolerate any down-time. SPC HOSTING does not guarantee minimal downtime,
nor will be responsible for any damages/losses caused by the server being down.
11. Network Security.
Violation
of Network System such as, but not limited to unauthorized access, trying to breach
the network security is prohibited. Anytime a security breach is detected, the
involved Server will be immediately shut down. and our technicians will immediately
investigate the situation.
12. Billing information updates.
Customers are responsible for updating their information. That is, billing info,
address change, credit card change, etc.
13. Recurring Billing.
We will only send out invoices and monthly statements by request. A small fee
might apply for monthly invoice. We will send e-mail when we have successfully
billed your credit card. All credit cards are billed automatically every month.
If for any reason your credit card charges are denied, we will notify you of the
denied charges. It is the customer’s duty to ensure that their credit card information
is up-to-date and in good standing. Any accounts that is past due after 30 days
will be deactivated
14. Fees.
Customer
agrees to pay according to what has been ordered via order form submission.
15.
Payments.
All fees are due in advance. We will not activate any account that is not yet
paid in advance. Customer support fees are billed on an hourly rate and should
be prepaid.
16. Payment Methods.
SPC HOSTING accepts Visa (Preferred), MasterCardand PayPal.
17. Cancellation.
If for any reason you are not satisfied with SPC HOSTING's service, you may cancel
your account at anytime by emailing to billing@spchosting.com There is
no reimbursement and no pro-rate if customer decides to terminate services before
the end of a prepaid term, regardless of the reason for the termination. SPC HOSTING
can terminate this agreement at the end of a billing period. SPC HOSTING will
not refund the setup fee for the cancellation of any account. Cancellation of
contract payments are subject to one month fee of contract agreement.
18.
Refusal of Service.
We
reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.
19. Resellers.
This Acceptable Usage Policy binds all resellers as well as their CLIENTS. Resellers
should not make policy or any kind of agreement for their clients that would contradict
to our policy.
All resellers are independent contractors that has no tie with SPC HOSTING. No
relationship other than to allow reseller to sell SPC HOSTING service is intended.
Customer agrees that customer shall not hold SPC HOSTING liable of any claims,
liabilities, losses, costs, damages, expenses, including attorneys' fees and court
costs that arise from any judgments directly or indirectly created by the services
of SPC HOSTING to the customer.
SPC HOSTING shall not be liable under any circumstances for any damages the customer’s
business may suffer for any reason, even if SPC HOSTING has been advised of the
possibility of such damages. If a problem occurs that is within SPC HOSTING's
control, we will issue credits based on the length of downtime according to the
customer’s service plan. As the Internet is unpredictable, customers are aware
that Network availability is not guaranteed to be 100%. SPC HOSTING shall not
be liable for any claims resulting from the corruption or deletion, of any website
or data in SPC HOSTING's servers.
SPC HOSTING shall not be responsible for any delay resulting directly or indirectly
from natural disaster such as fire, shortages of facilities, acts of civil or
military authority, catastrophes, or any other circumstances beyond SPC HOSTING’s
reasonable control. In case this happens, the customer will have to make arrangements
with SPC HOSTING to defer services to a mutually agreed date and time.
All
complaints will be investigated promptly. In the case that an account is being
investigated, SPC HOSTING reserves the right to suspend, restrict or terminate
the account (s) in question. We will deactivate customer’s account (s) if SPC
HOSTING's policies are not followed.
Please report violations to: abuse@spchosting.com
SPC HOSTING reserve the right to make changes to our Acceptable Usage Policy at
any time without any notification. Changes to our Acceptable Usage Policy takes
effect immediately upon being posted on our website.
This Agreement supersedes all prior and current, oral or written understandings
and agreements between SPC HOSTING and the customer involved. Any prior statements
that are not written in this agreement, even if they are promised orally or written
are deemed void. Customers hereby acknowledge and will abide by all the rules
set forth in this agreement.
*Termination/terminate: To fully discontinue
all service (s)