UnifiedNet BASIC POLICY & SERVICE GUIDELINES (AUP)
 
   
UnifiedNet; provides services to clients all around the world. UnifiedNet; has the responsibility to protect each client and provide them with the best services available. The following guidelines were designed to insure these services
Content:

All services provided by UnifiedNet; may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, unlicensed software or files, or material protected by trade secret and other statue. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless UnifiedNet; from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.

Note: Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited on any UnifiedNet. This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or links to adult content elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote any illegal activity or content that may be damaging to UnifiedNet; servers or any other server on the internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited. Viewing/downloading of such information/data by UnifiedNet; Internet Access customers is not governed by UnifiedNet; policy, and is at your own discretion/free-will, and may be governed by your state/federal government.

 
Examples of non-acceptable content or links
Pirated software
"Illegal MP3's"
Hackers programs or archives
Warez Sites
Child Pornography
UnifiedNet; will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Unlimited Traffic/Hits & Server Resource Usage:
UnifiedNet; is pleased to offer our Managed Virtual Hosting clients unlimited traffic/hits, and server usage. Unlimited Traffic/Hits refers to the number of visitors to your website, NOT the amount of bandwidth/data transfer. Your account is still limited to the allotted bandwidth/data transfer included with your selected package. To maintain the integrity of our service the following traffic/usage limitations apply to Managed Virtual Hosting accounts.


Sites with banners, graphics or cgi's running from their domain being used on other domains.
Sites with immense graphic archives or galleries.
Sites offering immense download archives, such as .zip, .tar, .ra and .GZ.
Sites running large chat room gatherings.
Sites using more than 20% of system resources
If you do not qualify for unlimited traffic/hits, your account may be required to be upgraded, or,
UnifiedNet; may move your site to a different server, to reduce the load on the server you are currently residing... UnifiedNet; will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of usage limitations. Bandwidth/data transfer will go unmonitored until you reach your account limit, then normal over-usage data transfer costs will apply. At any time UnifiedNet; may move your site to a different server, to reduce the load on the server you are currently residing...

 
Chat Rooms
UnifiedNet; does allow Managed Virtual Hosting clients to install their own chat rooms. However, these tend to be large system hogs and may fall into the usage limitations clause. We do provide a html based cgi chat room that runs without hindering the performance of the machine for others. You are free to run your own chat script, as long as it does not hinder server performance.
 
Background Processes/Programs
UnifiedNet; may allow Managed Virtual Hosting client's programs to run continually in the background, these are considered on a one to one basis and a extra charge may be incurred based on system resources used and operational maintenance needed.
 
Cron Jobs:
UnifiedNet; does allow Cron Jobs to be conducted on our Managed Virtual Hosting servers.
 
IRC
UnifiedNet; currently does not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.
 
Idle Timeouts
UnifiedNet; may disconnect any idle connection to the network.
Average timeouts are:
FTP - 300 seconds
Telnet - 2 hours
 
Commercial Advertising - Email
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from a UnifiedNet; server or using an email address that is maintained on a UnifiedNet; machine is STRICTLY prohibited. For general reference, we consider spam any email that is sent to more than 10 people at a time that did not ask for it to be sent to them.
UnifiedNet; will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Opt-In email is acceptable, as long as Opt-Out/Removal request are fully honored. Please make an effort to limit outgoing mail on your account to no more than 1000 pieces per hour. Large mailings are preferred to be sent from the hours of 12AM - 8AM EST
 
Server Abuse
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a UnifiedNet; server or customer of UnifiedNet; is strictly prohibited. UnifiedNet; will pursue legal action to the fullest extent for all abuse of the UnifiedNet; Network.
 
Suspension/De-Activation
If any terms or conditions are failed to be followed it will result in grounds for account suspension or de-activation. UnifiedNet; reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice. If UnifiedNet; deactivates your account(s) for violating policy, your will forfeit your rights to a refund...and none will be given. No refunds for advance payments, on de-activated accounts. Normal policy is a warning first, and account de-activation the second offense. Serious offenses may cause immediate de-activation