Peer to Peer. P2P or FILE SHARING traffic such as Bitorrent, Kazaa, Aries, ZeroPaid, WinMX and others can be extremely disruptive to the community performance on a network and may be illegal depending upon the content being shared. AZCI.net users shall not engage in file sharing over AZCI.net.

Pornography. AZCI.net reserves the right to edit any web site hosted on its servers. A User's default home page, such as default.htm, default.html, index.htm, index.html, home.htm, home.html, cannot contain any pornographic materials or links to such materials. Any page which contains such materials must conform to all applicable federal, state and local law.

Online System Backup. Online System Backup Services, such as Swapdrive, Carbonite and others, upload the contents of your computer's hard disk drive(s) in a continuous stream that puts excessive pressure on the upload capability of an ISPs network.  Therefore, AZCI.net, requires the users of such services to schedule the service to run between the hours of 12midnight and 6am in the morning.  Failure to observe this schedule may result in the suspension of your service until you confirm that you have rescheduled the backup process.

Harm to Minors. Users are prohibited from using the Services to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way.

Threats. Users are prohibited from using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading, posting, or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.

Harassment. Users are prohibited from using the Services to transmit any material that harasses another person or party.

Fraudulent Activities. Users are prohibited from using the Services to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy products, items, or services or to advance any type of financial scam such as "pyramid schemes," "Ponzi schemes," and "chain letters."

Forgery or Impersonation. Users are prohibited from impersonating other parties online via email, IRC (Internet Relay Chat) or any other forum. Impersonation includes, without limitation, using someone else's Internet address, username, or legal name. Remaining anonymous and the use of anonymous re-mailers are acceptable. Adding, removing or modifying identifying network header information in an effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited. Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged headers or other identifying information is prohibited. Using deliberately misleading headers in news postings in order to avoid spam email address collectors is allowed.

Viruses, Trojan Horses and Worms. Software or other content downloaded from the Services may contain viruses and it is the User’s sole responsibility to take appropriate precautions to protect the User’s computer from damage to its software, files and data. Users are prohibited from posting, transmitting or disseminating any information or software that contains a virus, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful program or that generates levels of traffic sufficient to impede others' ability to send or retrieve information. Prohibited conduct of this type includes denial of service attacks or similarly disruptive transmissions, as well as transmissions containing other harmful or malicious features.

Spamming, Unsolicited Commercial or Bulk Email. Spamming is strictly prohibited. For the purposes of this User Agreement, “spamming” is defined as using the Services to transmit or facilitate the transmission of mass unsolicited commercial or bulk email, posting 20 or more copies of a single article to a USENet newsgroup, or cross posting to more than 20 newsgroups, or repetitive posting of off-topic articles to any newsgroup.

Unauthorized Access. Users are prohibited from using the Services to access, or to attempt to access, the accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of AZCI.net Communications or another entity's computer software or hardware, electronic communications system, or telecommunications system, whether or not the intrusion results in the corruption or loss of data.

Copyright or Trademark Infringement. Users are prohibited from using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading, posting, or otherwise) that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary rights of any third party, including, but not limited to, the unauthorized copying of copyrighted material, the digitization and distribution of photographs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and the unauthorized transmittal of copyrighted software.

Collection of Personal Data. Users are prohibited from using the Services to collect, or attempt to collect, personal information about third parties without their knowledge and consent.

Reselling AZCI.net Services. Reselling the Services without the express written authorization of AZCI.net is prohibited.

Network Disruption. Users are prohibited from using the Services for any activity which adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use AZCI.net services or the Internet. This includes "denial of service" attacks against AZCI.net, another network host or individual user. Interference with or disruption of other network users, network services or network equipment is prohibited, including using peer to peer services in excess of 32kbps. It is the User's responsibility to ensure that their network is configured in a secure manner. A User may not, through action or inaction, allow others to use their network for illegal or inappropriate actions. A User may not permit their network, through action or inaction, to be configured in such a way that gives a third party the capability to use their network in an illegal or inappropriate manner.

Commercial Use. Commercial activities on AZCI.net systems are prohibited on non-business accounts. The home and personal Services are intended for periodic, active use of email, newsgroups, file transfers, Internet chat, games, and browsing the World Wide web. Users may stay connected so long as they are actively using the connection for the specified purposes. User may not use the home and personal Services on a standby or inactive basis in order to maintain a connection. Only one concurrent connection per dialup account is allowed. AZCI.net maintains the right to terminate any User’s connection following an extended period of inactivity, as determined by AZCI.net. If the User persistently violates these provisions, AZCI.net may require account termination or conversion to a dedicated account. AZCI.net offers special business oriented accounts; to inquire contact AZCI.net Sales at 1-866-701-FAST for details.

Exceeding web Site Size and Traffic Limitations: AZCI.net supports both personal and business web sites. Each site is allowed a specified amount of disk usage and external throughput from the site per month. As needed, Users may use more than their allotted disk space. If an account's average (polled over the course of one month) disk usage exceeds their allotment, an additional fee will be assessed on a per megabyte basis. Similarly, if the total throughput generated from hits to a web site from outside AZCI.net network exceeds the allotted throughput, a fee will also be assessed on a per quarter gigabyte basis. Current limits and rates can be viewed in the hosting section of the AZCI.net web site.

Servers: Users may not operate, or allow others to operate, servers of any type or any other device, equipment, and/or software providing server like functionality in connection with the Services, unless expressly authorized by AZCI.net.

Misuse of Service: Users are responsible for any misuse of the Services that occurs through the User’s account. User must therefore take steps to ensure that others do not AZCI.net unauthorized access or misuse the Services.

REVISIONS TO THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

AZCI.net reserves the right to amend or modify this Use Policy at any time and in any manner, at its sole discretion, and the most current version will be made available to User at User's request.

REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE USE POLICY TO AZCI.net

For any questions regarding this Use Policy, complaints of violations, or cancellation notices, please contact AZCI.net at: abuse@AZCI.net or 1-866-701-FAST. If available, please provide any evidence you may have of the alleged violation, along with any technical data including IP addresses, domain names, and/or log data and the date and time of the alleged violation.