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Introduction qcislands net ltd's Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP")
for qcislands net ltd's products and services is designed to help protect
qcislands net ltd, qcislands net ltd's customers, and the Internet community
in general from fraud, abuse of resources, and irresponsible or illegal
activities.
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qcislands net ltd makes no guarantee regarding, and assumes no liability for
the security and integrity of, any data or information a User transmits via
the Service or over the Internet, including any data information transmitted
via any server designated as "secure."
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As an Internet Service Provider, it is not practical for qcislands net ltd to
monitor the content of information passing through its network. qcislands net
ltd exercises no control whatsoever over the content of any information passing
through its network and is not responsible for damages customers may suffer for
any reason. Any persons or organizations, including qcislands net ltd
customers, who publish material or information made accessible through
qcislands net ltd's networks are solely responsible for the content of such
material and information, and are solely responsible to know and comply with
the laws applicable to the publication of such materials and information.
qcislands net ltd will cooperate with legal authorities in the investigation
of any suspected criminal or civil infringements.
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qcislands net ltd signal quality monitoring: qcislands net ltd will
monitor signal quality and make adjustments to both the transmission equipment
(access points) and the customer's premise equipment (cpe) to the benefit
of the network. qcislands net ltd reserves the right to update the customer's
cpe to the latest firmware for the benefit of the network. qcislands net ltd
reserves the right to re-point the customer's cpe for better alignment
and/or to connect to a different access point for the benefit of the
network.
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Customer Responsibilities: qcislands net ltd's services are
intended solely for the use of the contract holder and its corporate
affiliates and/or subsidiaries that are connected by LAN, WAN or remote access
applications, and may not be re-sold to or used by any outside entity without
prior written consent from qcislands net ltd. Sharing of internet connectivity
outside of the business or residence to which it is subscribed, whether
intentional or otherwise, is strictly prohibited without prior written consent
from qcislands net ltd. Many of the inappropriate and unacceptable uses
identified below can result from a virus or spybot infected computer.
It is the Customer's responsibility to ensure their network equipment is free
from viri and spybots.
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Prohibited Conduct: qcislands net ltd services are only to be
used for lawful and appropriate purposes. Customers may not transmit,
retransmit or store material in violation of any federal or provincial laws
or regulations, including, but not limited to, obscenity, indecency,
defamation or material infringing trademarks or copyrights. qcislands net ltd
customers may not abuse or fraudulently use qcislands net ltd products and
services, nor allow nor permit such use by others. The following activities
illustrate some, but not all, prohibited uses under this AUP:
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Child Pornography: It is illegal under Federal child exploitation
statutes to possess, produce, receive, transport or distribute by any means,
including computer, visual depictions of "sexual intercourse" and/or
"sexually explicit conduct" involving children.
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Inappropriate Content: Using the services to transmit, distribute
or store material that, as reasonably determined by qcislands net ltd, is
inappropriate, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, abusive, hateful
or excessively violent.
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Denial of Service: Engaging in any activity that will interfere
or attempt to interfere with the service of any other user, host or network
on the Internet. Users are also prohibited from any activity considered a
precursor to attempted security violations, including, but not limited to,
any form of scanning, probing, or other testing or information gathering
activity, without express written consent from IP Security Manager.
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Distribution of Viruses: Intentional distribution of software
that attempts to and/or causes damage or annoyance to persons, data, and/or
computer systems.
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Forging Headers: Forging or misrepresenting any message header,
in part or whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing
through the qcislands net ltd network.
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Email Spamming or Mailbombing: The transmitting of unsolicited
Email to multiple recipients, sending large amounts of Email repeatedly to a
person to harass or threaten, or any attempt to use qcislands net ltd servers
as a mail drop or name server for SPAM. Sending unsolicited bulk Email from
another Internet service provider's network advertising or implicating any
service hosted or provided by qcislands net ltd, including without limitation
Email, web, FTP and DNS services.
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Fraudulent Activities: Fraud is an intentional misrepresentation
or misleading statement, writing or activity made with the intent that the
person receiving it will act upon it, or, obtaining or attempting to obtain
service by any means or device with intent to avoid payment.
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Unauthorized Access: Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other
Computers, Accounts, or Networks: Accessing, or attempting to access, any
computer resource belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate
security measures of other systems, whether or not the intrusion results in
corruption or loss of data.
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Network Sabotage: Any use of qcislands net ltd products and
services to interfere with the use of Internet resources or the qcislands
net ltd network by other customers or end-users.
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Pyramid Schemes: A fraudulent system of achieving financial gain,
which requires an endless stream of recruits for success.
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Unlawful Acts: Any use of qcislands net ltd products and services
to violate the law or in aid of any unlawful act.
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Usenet Spamming: Posting of messages to newsgroups that are
irrelevant, blanket posting of messages to multiple newsgroups, and the
posting of harassing and/or threatening messages.
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Facilitating a Violation of this AUP: Advertising, transmitting,
or otherwise making available any software, program, product, or service that
is designed to violate this AUP which includes, but is not limited to,
the facilitation of the means to spam, initiation of pinging, flooding,
mailbombing, denial of service attacks, and piracy of software.
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Violations and Enforcement: At qcislands net ltd's sole
discretion, violations of any element of this AUP may result in a
warning to the offender followed by suspension or termination of service if
the customer does not cease the violation. If qcislands net ltd deems it
necessary or prudent, it may immediately suspend or terminate service with or
without notice if qcislands net ltd determines that a violation of the
AUP has occurred. qcislands net ltd will enforce this AUP
according to the severity of the offense and violator's history of prior
AUP infringements. Repeated offenses will result in immediate
termination of service. qcislands net ltd is not liable for any damages of
any nature suffered by any customer, user, or any third party resulting in
whole or in part from qcislands net ltd exercising its rights under this
AUP. qcislands net ltd has no practical ability to monitor all conduct,
communications, or content that might violate this AUP prior to its
transmission over the qcislands net ltd but may do so at its discretion.
Therefore, qcislands net ltd does not assume liability for any party's
violation of the AUP or failure to terminate a customer's violation.
qcislands net ltd reserves the right to charge time and materials to resolve
customer issues that are not resolved by the customer in a timely manner.
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qcislands net ltd reserves the right to modify this AUP at any time
without prior notification to customers.
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To report a Net Abuse, please e-mail:abuse@qcislands.net
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Document Version: 2007Oct01
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