ACCEPTABLE USAGE POLICY

IP Allocation
Company administers an Internet network on which multiple Customer servers reside. Customers shall NOT use IP addresses that were not assigned to them by the NOC staff or network administrators. Any server utilizing IP addresses outside of the assigned range will be suspended from network access until such time as the IP addresses overlap can be corrected. Use of an unauthorized IP address will result in a charge of $20 per IP. Use of an unauthorized IP address creating a third party Customer outage will result in a $100 charge and termination of service until the IP allocation is resolved.

IRC Policy

Company allows stand alone IRC servers which are not connected to global IRC networks such as Undernet, EFnet, DALnet and other IRC networks. IRC servers which establish and maintain connections to global IRC networks such as Undernet, EFnet, DALnet and others will be considered to be in violation of the Acceptable Use Policy.

Company does not allow IRC plug-ins, scripts, add-ons, clones or other software that has the intent or effect of disrupting or denying service to other users. Harassing, disrupting or denying service to other users is expressly prohibited, and may result in the immediate suspension or cancellation of Customer account(s).

If IRC servers attract DoS or DDoS attacks that disrupts or denies service to other Customers, Company will null-route, ACL or otherwise suspend service to maintain quality of service for other Customers on our network.

Company allows the limited use of stand-alone IRC “bots”. Company prohibits the use of “botnets”. Customer IRC server may run a “bot”, but Customer may not join a “botnet”. The use of IRC BNC’s or other proxy and re-direction software is expressly prohibited.

For the purposes of policy enforcement, any malicious activity observed to originate from a Customer’s server may result in the immediate suspension of service to the offending Customer’s server without prior notice. Frequently compromised servers may be reviewed for account termination on a case-by-case basis. The purpose of this case-by-case review is to deter AUP prohibited activity from occurring under the blanket excuse of a “compromised server.”

Harassing, abusive and aggressive IRC activity is prohibited. This includes ‘flooding’ (rapid transmission of information with the intent to harass or deny service), ‘hijacking’ (taking improper or unauthorized control of channel or server operator privileges), sending messages to users who do not want them, attempting to circumvent a channel or server ban, impersonating other IRC users and other abusive IRC behavior as determined by Company.

Company reserves the right to modify or amend the IRC policy at any time.

Reseller Policy
Resellers are responsible for the conduct of their Customers and by agreeing with this AUP, agree that their Customers will adhere to the AUP. Resellers should make their perspective Customers aware of the AUP and the consequences for violation.

Usenet Policy

E Usenet posts must conform to standards established by the Internet community. Prohibited acts include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Posting of articles and/or URLs for commercial purposes, except where permissible by the charter or FAQ of that particular group and adhering to the topic of said group.
• Posting of binary files to groups who do not allow for binary posts in the charter of by the name of the group.
• Excessive cross-posting and/or excessive multi-posting, considered to be the equivalent of Usenet spamming. Company reserves sole authority of determining posts constituting excessive cross- or multi-posted.
• Canceling of posts other than Customers own posts.
• Using auto-responders or cancel-bots.
• Unauthorized creation, cancellation, or removal of newsgroups.