DIAL-UP INTERNET:
All
Butler-Bremer Communications 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.
Butler-Bremer
Communications sets forth an Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP) with the intent of protecting our service,
our customers, and other users of the Internet from
potentially abusive actions taken by Butler-Bremer
Communications customers. The following policy is
non-exclusive; any action about which there is doubt
should be referred to Butler-Bremer Communications
for evaluation. Butler-Bremer Communications may
alter this policy from time to time as need dictates.
Statement
of Responsibility:
Each Butler-Bremer
Communications Dial-up Internet account has a username/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 username/password and to
ensure that Butler-Bremer Communications AUP are
honored. Butler-Bremer Communications will hold
the account owner responsible for any violations
of the AUP.
Butler-Bremer
Communications enforces these policies with respect
to Butler-Bremer Communications 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 Butler-Bremer Communications network
facilities does NOT include:· Attempting to circumvent
user authentication or security of any host, network,
or account on Butler-Bremer Communications systems
or the Internet at large ("cracking"). This includes
scanning or probing ports without the consent of
the owner of the machine being scanned.
Use of Butler-Bremer
Communications 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 Butler-Bremer Communications or other systems
and networks ("denial of service" attack).
Activities
which violate local, state, or federal statutes.
Acceptable
Use: Shell/Telnet Access:
Acceptable
use of shell/telnet access does NOT include: Unauthorized
access.
Running background processes after you have logged
out.
Compiling and running foreign binaries without express
written consent of Butler-Bremer Communications,
Inc.
Activities which violate local, state, or federal
statutes.
Acceptable
Use: Domain Names:
Butler-Bremer
Communications provides domain name service for
customers. Keeping registry information updated
and accurate is the responsibility of the domain
holder and not Butler-Bremer Communications. Acceptable
use of the Butler-Bremer Communications 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 which violate local, state, or federal
statutes.
Acceptable
Use: Usenet:
Acceptable
use of Butler-Bremer Communications Usenet News
service does NOT include:
Posting unsolicited messages to a large number of
Usenet newsgroups either by cross-posting or posting
to individual groups ("spamming").
Attempting to cancel, supersede, or otherwise interfere
with Usenet posts other than one's own.
Blatant posting of articles which violate the named
charter for specific newsgroups.
Publishing someone's real-world data (such as phone
number, address, social security number, etc.) in
such a way as to cause the person trouble or to
incite others to do so.
Forging Usenet header information to obscure the
true originator of the message.
Activities that violate local, state, or federal
statutes.
Acceptable
Use: Dial-up Access:
Dial-up connections
to Butler-Bremer Communications that are idle for
20 minutes or longer, or connected for more than
24 hours continuously, will be disconnected. 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 Butler-Bremer Communications
dial-up account are prohibited.
While our
service is unlimited, it is not a dedicated modem
connection. Use of Butler-Bremer Communications
dial-up service as a dedicated modem connection
through use of redialers and idle-time traffic generators
is prohibited.
Dialup accounts
with only 1-800 number access are considered abandoned
if unaccessed for three consecutive months. Butler-Bremer
Communications will remove abandoned accounts on
the first of the month without notice unless you
make special arrangements in advance.
Activities
which violate local, state, or federal statutes.
Acceptable
Use: Web/FTP Sites:
Acceptable
use of Butler-Bremer Communications web/FTP space
does NOT include:
Distribution
of pornographic or otherwise indecent or offending
materials.
Distribution of restricted software or materials
in violation of copyrights or distribution licenses.
Distribution of materials which violates local,
state, or federal statutes. Butler-Bremer Communications
reserves the right to restrict or terminate service
without refund in the event of an AUP violation.
Butler-Bremer Communications also reserves the right
to take action on abuse which is not specifically
named in this AUP at the sole discretion of Butler-Bremer
Communications. Use of the Butler-Bremer Communications
systems and network constitutes understanding and
agreement of this policy.
netINS:
Acceptable Use Policy:
Butler-Bremer
Communications uses netINS as the portal to the
Internet, as such all users of Butler-Bremer Communications
Internet services are also subject to the netINS
Acceptable Use Policy. This policy can be viewed
at http://support.netins.net/ts/AU/AUP.htm
Last updated
April, 2003. Copyright 2004.
