Acceptable Usage Policy

 

 

Moxie Colo Inc is dedicated to providing top quality service at a very affordable price. The conditions which follow are necessary to ensure that we may continue to provide the best possible service to all of our customers whilst at the same time satisfying our legal and ethical responsibilities.

Failure to follow any condition will be grounds for immediate account deactivation without notice. Moxie Colo Inc will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of any of these provisions.

Activity which results in the suspension or deactivation of an account will result in a forfeiture of all fees paid. Complaints made regarding abuses of an account will be investigated and if found guilty will be grounds for immediate suspension.

To report suspected abuses or any violations of these policies, please contact abuse@moxiecolo.com

ILLEGAL USAGE
Moxie Colo Inc servers may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or distribution of any information, data or material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable content or links: Pirated software, Hackers programs archives, password sites, Warez sites, and MP3s. The subscriber to Moxie Colo Inc service agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Moxie Colo Inc from any claims resulting from the use of the service that damages the subscriber or any other party. Moxie Colo Inc will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. We do not allow the running of ANY background daemons (such as BitchX, PsyBNC, etc)

ILLEGAL CONTENT
Moxie Colo Inc does not allow background Daemons such as any program that interferes with normal server operation. No warez is allowed. Web proxies are not tolerated. This includes NPH-Proxy, and web proxy. If your site is found to hold any proxy files, your account will be suspended and the account holder will be issued a fee of $50 USD. When using an account with shell, you are not allowed to run ANY servers or services on the Moxie Colo Inc network. Servers are defined as perlbots, proxies, root exploits, DDoS scripts, etc. Running any of these will face an immediate suspension, and users will be subject to a fine no less than $50.00 USD, and no more than $100.00 USD. Moxie Colo Inc reserves the right to terminate an account for these activities also. This applies only to shared hosting accounts.

SECURITY
Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Moxie Colo Inc network. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Moxie Colo Inc will investigate occurrences, which may involve cooperation with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations. These violations include, without limitation:

1) Accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account, which such user is not authorized to access,
2) Attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization,
3) Attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, "flooding", "mail bombing" or "crashing",
4) Forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or forum posting,
5) Taking any action in order to obtain services to which such User is not entitled,
6) Attempting to couple many hosting packages together to take advantage of massive space or bandwidth allocations,
Each hosting package purchased is unique to a do main name and use - you are not allowed to purchase multiple plans to obtain combined bandwidth & space. Moxie Colo Inc will stop such transactions and label them as deceptive. We have an upgrade path for all services and we can often times work out special deals for users if they ask us for the assistance.

Violations of system or network security are prohibited, and may result in criminal and civil liability. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: Unauthorized access, use, probe, or scan of a systems security or authentication measures, data or traffic. Interference with service to any user, host or network including, without limitation, mail bombing, flooding, deliberate attempts to overload a system and broadcast attacks. Forging of any TCP-IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or a newsgroup posting.

SERVER ABUSE
Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a Moxie Colo Inc server or customer of Moxie Colo Inc is strictly prohibited. Any sub-networks of Moxie Colo Inc and dedicated servers must adhere to the above policies. The failure to meet or follow any of the above guidelines are grounds for account deactivation. We reserve the right to remove any account without prior notice.

CLIENT RESPONSIBILITY
The client is responsible for all activity originating from the account unless proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address forgery. The client is responsible for securing their username/password. The client assumes responsibility for all material on their site that may be put on by a third party (such as the usage of Free For All links pages). Use of Moxie Colo Inc service requires a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols, and software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated use and desired content of the web space by the client. The following examples are offered: Web Publishing: requires knowledge of HTML, properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Web contents, Graphics, text, sound, image mapping, etc. FrontPage web publishing: knowledge of the FrontPage tools as well as Telnet and FTP understanding and capability. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts, permissions, etc. M ail: a use of mail clients to receive and send mail, etc. The client agrees that he or she has the necessary knowledge to create and maintain their web space. Client agrees that it is not the responsibility of Moxie Colo Inc to provide this knowledge or support outside matter specific to Moxie Colo Inc servers.

DOS ATTACKS
Clients will be fully responsible for paying overage charges for DDoS attacks directed against their account. While we will try our best to nullify all attacks against servers on our networks, there are some cases where complete nullification is not possible. In a case such as that, the client will pay all overages incurred. Should DDoS attacks prove to be a frequent occurance, we reserve the right to termination the contract with the client involved at any time.

BACKUPS
Moxie Colo Inc takes extreme steps to maintain system integrity. However, Moxie Colo Inc shall not be held responsible for loss of data due to any cause. To ensure the highest level of data protection, Moxie Colo Inc recommends that ALL information be backed up on your own computer. As with any data that you hold a high importance to, it should be in more than one location at all times. All Moxie Colo Inc data backups are designed against hardware failure not customer user error.

ACTIONS TAKEN
The failure by a customer to meet or follow any of the above policies/terms is grounds for account deactivation. Moxie Colo Inc will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of the AUP. Moxie Colo Inc reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice.

When Moxie Colo Inc becomes aware of an alleged violation of its AUP, Moxie Colo Inc will initiate an investigation. During the investigation, Moxie Colo Inc may restrict a customer's access in order to prevent further potentially unauthorized activity. Depending on the severity of the violation, Moxie Colo Inc may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate a customer's web hosting account and/or pursue other civil remedies. If such violation is a criminal offense, Moxie Colo Inc will notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of such violation.

Moxie Colo Inc does not issue credits for outages incurred through service disablement resulting from AUP violations.

Moxie Colo Inc customers agree to indemnify and hold harmless Moxie Colo Inc from any claims resulting from the use of our services that damages them or any other party. The Moxie Colo Inc service is provided on an as is, as available basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Moxie Colo Inc expressly disclaims any representation or warranty that the Moxie Colo Inc service will be error-free, secure or uninterrupted. No oral advice or written information given by Moxie Colo Inc, its employees, licensors or the like, will create a warranty; nor may you rely on any such information or advice. Moxie Colo Inc and its partners and suppliers will not be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any transaction or use of the service.

MODIFICATION
Moxie Colo Inc reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this policy at any time without notice.

REFUSAL OF SERVICE
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole discretion.

                                                                                                                Terms of Service

PRIVACY
Moxie Colo Inc will not sell, distribute, reveal, or otherwise make available any customer information. We contribute our time and help to anti-spam organizations. We are involved 100% in prosecuting spammers. Should we need to contact you directly regarding your specific account or service we will do so via email only.

PAYMENTS
When you subscribe to our services, you are subscribing to a pre-paid service. All payments will be charged to an approved credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express) or debit card that is approved. Renewals are made automatically by our payment processor. Accounts 7 days past due will be disabled. Accounts 5 days past due will require a $5.00 USD fee to enable. We only accept credit cards, checks, money orders, certapay email money transfers, and western union payments which exceed a total of $250 USD. for payment of services. plans renew automatically and are charged to the most recently updated credit card on file. In the event that your charge is denied and we are unable to contact you, then the aforementioned fees to enable your account shall apply. Please address any questions regarding payment to accounting@moxiecolo.com

Moxie Colo Inc
If you wish to cancel your services, you must notify accounting@moxiecolo.com at least one (1) week in advance. If your request is not made at least one (1) week in advance, we can not be responsible for additional charges that may be made against your account.
If you cancel your account and your payments still continue for any reasons such as 1) by fault of Moxie Colo Inc staff 2) by fault of the credit card processor 3) by fault of any other payment collection company we are not responsible for any overdraft fees that are issued by your financial institution.

CHARGEBACK'S
The client agrees to try and negotiate faults with Moxie Colo Inc  staff, The client agrees to not issue a Chargeback with Pay Pal or their credit card provider unless Moxie Colo Inc to deliver the promised services. For any falsely filed chargeback's, there will be a $50.00 Chargeback fee.

SERVER PROVISIONING
We attempt to fill each order within a few hours, but some issues may arise that prevent us from doing so. Your payment may be marked as fraud by our payment processor, at which point it will undergo more tests before being either approved or denied, or we may not be able to reach you by e-mail. If the former is the case, we will be sure to notify you as soon as we know there is a problem, and keep you updated along the way. In extreme cases, servers may take multiple days, or a week, to be delivered.

OVERAGE CHARGES
Our service plans are designed to accommodate the majority of usage scenarios given the needs of our customers. However, your usage may vary and require additional allocations, specifically in the areas of storage and traffic. We will never charge your card automatically if your account requires more resources. You must notify us of any changes in your e-mail address, otherwise, if you do not contact us, the system will suspend your account should your allotments be exceed.

REFUNDS/ACCOUNT TERMINATION
If, for any reason, Moxie Colo Inc fails to deliver said services, a prorated refund will be issued this excludes dedicated and colocation  services. No refunds will be issued if abuse of our stated policies forces Moxie Colo Inc to suspend or terminate your services prematurely. In the event you request account cancellation, once your service has been cancelled your account will be suspended from use. It will then be deleted within 30 days. If for any other reason your account becomes suspended and remains suspended it will be deleted after a 30-day period. This 30-day grace period does NOT apply to dedicated servers and/or domain registration.

LATE FEES
There will be a 2% late fee applied to every late day on payment, the maximum days a payment can be late for is 5. After 5 days the account will be suspended for non-payment and there will be a $25.00 USD fee to re-enable plus any late fees which may apply.

CONTENT
Moxie Colo Inc believes in freedom of speech; however, any content (written, visual, or implied) in the following areas will not be tolerated and is grounds for immediate suspension of service (in most cases customer will be allowed a zip file of their files): racism or prejudice due to color, creed, or belief; profanity or obscene language towards anyone but yourself; any violent/malicious content. We do allow legal adult content. We prefer that you self-govern your content and are responsible as to what your website provides. We do not have the resources and time needed to govern our servers constantly which have growing and evolving content. However, if Moxie Colo Inc is made aware of any questionable content on a Moxie Colo Inc-hosted site, we will address the concerns directly with you and seek an amiable resolution. If anyone contacts us about content they have found on a Moxie Colo Inc server that copyrights their own material or that they wish to be removed, we require legal documentation on to take any further action.

REFUSAL OF PAYMENT
If for any reason the customer refuses to pay their invoice, the invoice will be forwarded to a local Collection Agency, to try and fight for the funds.

OPT-IN E-MAIL MARKETING
If you choose to engage in marketing your site and/or services via email please heed the following. The only permitted form of email marketing is that in which the list is "opt-in". By definition, opt-in is where people provide you with their email address specifically requesting to be on your email list for information about your site and/or service. If we find your account transmitting email to persons that did not authorize such activity, that is grounds to suspend and terminate your site. Note: On the flip side, the joining of an opt-in email list does not guarantee the legitimacy of such a list. Please contact us before taking any steps so that you will not be a victim of spam from second and third parties of such lists. Orders may be denied based on the projected volume of e-mails that are to be sent from your server. Please contact us before signing up with the intention to use your server for such lists. Failure to do so may result in account termination with no refund or credit.

IRC
Moxie Colo Inc does not tolerate any IRC activity to be hosted on its network, unless specified by Moxie Colo Inc NOC agreement.  Any other reported actions of such activity will result in termination of service without notice.

UCE, UBE, SPAM
Moxie Colo Inc has a zero tolerance policy regarding unsolicited commercial email (UCE) and unsolicited bulk email (UBE) also known as "spam". Spam is the act of sending unsolicited email. You will be cited with UCE/UBE abuse if you send any email to persons who have not specifically asked to receive email from you. The sending origin of such email is irrelevant. If your Moxie Colo Inc-hosted site is referenced in any way within such an email, then you will be cited for UCE/UBE. Upon confirmation of abuse, any Moxie Colo Inc customer engaging in this practice will have their service suspended and terminated immediately without refund. Not only does spam place a strain on the server that can negatively effect that server's uptime record and performance record, you subject that server to be blacklisted.

LIABILITIES
Moxie Colo Inc, makes no endorsement, claims, or promises regarding the services offered by our customers and will not be held liable for any disputes or claims against said customers. In no event shall Moxie Colo Inc be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special and exemplary damages, or any damages whatsoever, arising from the use or performance of this web site or from any information, services or products provided through your web site. We are not responsible for any content on any server in our network and will not take any action against any questionable material or action until the website in question is brought to our attention by emailing abuse@moxiecolo.com.


                                                                                            Service Level Agreement

COVERAGE
This web site availability service level agreement (SLA) applies to you if you have ordered any hosting plan ("service") and you are in good financial standing with Moxie Colo Inc.

SERVICE LEVEL
Moxie Colo Inc endeavors to have network connectivity available for http access by third parties 99% of the time ("web site availability").

CREDITS
In the event that there is no web site availability, Moxie Colo Inc will credit the monthly service charge for the service as calculated below and as measured 24 hours a day in a calendar month. The maximum credit is not to exceed the monthly service charge for the affected month:

Web site availability credit
95% to 99.4% = 25%
90% to 94.9% = 50%
89.9% or below = 100%

In order for you to receive a credit on your account, you must request such credit within seven (7) business days after you experienced no web site availability so that we may check our stats and your stats. You must request credit by sending an electronic mail message to accounting@moxiecolo.com. For security, the body of this message must contain your domain name, the dates and times of the unavailability of your web site, and such other customer identification requested by Moxie Colo Inc. Credits will usually be applied within sixty (60) days of your credit request. Credit to your account shall be your sole and exclusive remedy in the event that there is no web site availability.

RESTRICTIONS
Credits shall not be provided to you in the event that you have no web site availability resulting from (i) scheduled maintenance, (ii) your behavior or the performance or failure of your equipment, programs or applications, or (iii) circumstances beyond Moxie Colo Inc reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, acts of God, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services (including DNS propagation), failure of third party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of your Web Site.

LIMITATIONS
Online problems occur continuously. There might come a time when you cannot access your website or any other service. This is not necessarily due to Moxie Colo Inc. Perhaps your ISP is experiencing technical difficulties, or there might be a routing problem between your ISP and the data center utilized and maintained by Moxie Colo Inc, making communication difficult or impossible. We cannot bear the responsibility of such problems. Our monitoring agents determine the uptime of our service, and not any one client's experience.

DEDICATED SERVER RESTORE
Moxie Colo Inc is not responsible for the restoration of data to server. We strongly recommend that your purchase backup options for your server, and keep copies of your data off-site with you for emergency purposes. If hardware failure and data loss occur, you the client, are responsible for data restoration. Moxie Colo Inc shall not be liable for loss of data under any circumstance.

HARDWARE REPLACEMENT
Hardware replacement will occur within 1 - 8 hours of the reported problem, Moxie Colo Inc will refund 5% of the monthly fee per additional 8 hours of down time (up to 100% of customer's monthly fee). In order to reduce replacement hardware downtime, we keep a certain quantity of pre-built systems on hand to swap out hard disks so that your server can be back up in the shortest amount of time. For hard disk failures, we keep pre-installed drives with our standard partitioning for immediate deployment. In order to request a SLA hardware violation credit, you must email sales, within 10 days of reported violation at: sales@moxiecolo.com. SLA violations will be reviewed by our personnel Monday - Friday 9AM to 5PM EST. *Hardware SLA violations do not cover network violation*

                                                                                                Affiliate Program

By filling out the signup form you acknowledge that you have read the terms and conditions, understand, and agree with them.

1) Joining the program
By filling out the signup form you will automatically become an affiliate and are bound by the terms of this agreement. Your participation in the program is solely for this purpose: to legally advertise our website to receive a commission on products purchased by your referral individuals.

2) Revocation of Affiliate Status
Your affiliate application and status in the program may be suspended or terminated for any of the following reasons:
- Inappropriate advertisements (False claims, misleading hyperlinks)
- Spamming (mass email, mass newsgroup posting, etc...)
- Advertising on sites containing/promoting illegal activities
- Violation of intellectual property rights.

3) Affiliate Links
You may use graphic and text links both on your website and in emails. The site may also be advertised "offline" in classified ads, magazines, and news papers. You may use the graphics and text provided to you by us, or you may create your own as long as they are deemed appropriate according to the conditions in 2.

4) Affiliate Tracking
When a web surfer clicks through your affiliate link, a cookie is set in their browser that contains your affiliate username. Also, their IP address is tracked in the database along with your affiliate name. When this person decides to buy a product, the script will look for this cookie and/or try to match their IP address to identify the affiliate who will be awarded the commission. Visitors sent through your affiliate link may make a purchase later in time and the commission will still be awarded if the cookie is present in their browser and/or the are using the same IP address as the one logged in the database.

5) Terms of the agreement
These terms will begin upon your signup with the affiliate program and will end when your affiliate account is terminated. The terms of this agreement may be modified by us at any time. If any modification to the terms is unacceptable to you, your only choice is to terminate your affiliate account. Your continuing participation in the program will constitute your acceptance of any change.

6) Liability
We will not be liable for indirect or accidental damages (loss of revenue, commissions) due to affiliate tracking failures, loss of database files, and any results of "intents of harm" to the program or our website. We do not make any expressed or implied warranties with respect to the affiliate program and/or products sold at this site. We make no claim that the operation of the affiliate program and our website will be error-free and we will not be liable for any interruptions or errors.