Lyons Communications general policy is to
act as a neutral provider of hosting services to the global
Internet. Lyons Communications reserves the right to suspend or
cancel a customer's access to any or all services provided by Lyons
Communications when Lyons Communications decides that the account
has been inappropriately used. Your use of Lyons Communication
services is your agreement to these terms of service. If you do not
agree to these terms then do not use our services.
Lawful Purpose:
Lyons Communications reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
Customers may only use Lyons Communications machines and network for
lawful purpose. Transmission of any material in violation of any
Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but
is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally judged to
be threatening or obscene and material protected by trade secrets.
The designation of any materials as such described above is left
entirely to the discretion of Lyons Communications management.
Lyons Communications will strongly react to any use or attempted use
of an Internet account or computer without the owner's
authorization. Such attempts include "social engineering" (tricking
other people into releasing their passwords), password cracking,
security hole scanning etc. Any unauthorized use of accounts or
computers by a Lyons Communications customer, whether or not the
attacked account or computer belongs to Lyons Communications, will
result in action against the attacker. Possible actions include
warnings, account suspension or cancellation, and civil or criminal
legal action, according to the seriousness of the attack.
Server Use:
Lyons Communications Web sites are to be used by the primary owner
only. Customers are not permitted to sub host including reselling,
storing, or giving away web hosting services off of their web site
to other parties. Sub hosting is defined as allowing a separate,
third party to host content on the owner's web site. Exceptions
include ad banners, classified ads, and personal ads. Lyons
Communications expressly forbids any server use for distribution,
storing, processing, linking to or otherwise handling in any way the
following: Lyons Communications enforces a strict anti-spam policy,
clients found to be spamming can have their account cancelled
without question. Spam is defined as any unsolicited emailing. This
includes discs sold on the web as mailing lists which are nothing
more than harvested names.
Illegal Material - This includes
copyrighted works, commercial audio, video, or music files, and any
material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation.
Adult Material - Includes all
pornography, erotic images, or otherwise lewd or obscene content.
The designation of "adult material" is left entirely to the
discretion of Lyons Communications.
Warez, et. al. - Includes
pirated software, ROMS, emulators, phreaking, hacking, password
cracking. IP spoofing, etc., and encrypting of any of the above.
Also includes any sites which provide "links to" or "how to"
information about such material.
All content on Lyons Communications servers must be related directly
to and linkable from your web site. Lyons Communications disk space
is not to be used for storage or backups of any kind. Archiving
software and/or creating backup web sites on Lyons Communications
servers is not permitted.
Payment Policy:
All accounts are set up on a prepaid basis. Setup fees are charged
for all new accounts and major accounts changes and are
non-refundable. All pricing is guaranteed for the term of
prepayment. Bandwidth usage in excess to the account limitation will
be billed in the following month and will be due by the end of the
month billed in. Lyons Communications reserves the right to change
prices at any time. Any cancellations or modifications in services
included in a Special invalidate the Special price. Payment is due
each anniversary month or period following the date the account was
established. Any account not brought current within a week of email
notice or exceeding this time frame in any way is subject to
suspension. Service fees will accrue during any period of
suspension. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the
account from the time it was established to the time that the
customer notifies Lyons Communications in writing of a request for
termination of services. Checks returned unpaid (NSF) will be
assessed a $50 charge. All payments are in U.S. currency. If there
are any billing discrepancies, it is the responsibility of the
client to bring them to the attention of Lyons Communications.
Cancellation:
Lyons Communications reserves the right to cancel service at any
time. All fees paid in advance of cancellation will be prorated and
paid by Lyons Communications if Lyons Communications institutes its
right of cancellation. If cancellation is caused by customers’
violation of these policies, then no refund is due. Customers can
cancel service any time upon 30 day advanced notification via email
or postal mail. The customer is responsible for all money owed on
the account including excess bandwidth usage from the time it was
established to the time that the customer receives confirmation by
email that their cancellation request by letter, fax or via online
form, has been received and processed. If an account is in
arrearage, Lyons Communications reserves the right to claim any and
all files as well as any and all domain names, as their own
property, until the time such arrearage is paid in full. Once any
arrearage is paid in full, Lyons Communications will release said
property.
Disclaimer:
Lyons Communications will not be responsible for any damages
customers or their enterprises may suffer. Lyons Communications
makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services
we provide. Lyons Communications disclaims any warranty or
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The includes
loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery,
and any and all service interruptions caused by Lyons Communications
and its employees. Lyons Communications reserves the right to revise
its policies at any time.