POLICY
AND SERVICE GUIDELINES
The Web Hosting Internet Co. provides web hosting
to many clients, and we have a responsibility to protect each
client and to provide the best services available. The following
guidelines were designed to ensure these obligations are met.
These Policies, Guidelines, and Disclaimer are intended
for all domains residing on The Web Hosting Internet Co. servers,
including regular hosting clients, resellers, and their clients.
We ask that all clients reselling our hosting services in
any way, including those providing non-virtual hosting services,
implement these same Policies, Guidelines, and Disclaimer
into their own web sites to ensure that the same Policies,
Guidelines, and Disclaimer are understood and met by their
clients.
Content:
All services provided by The Web Hosting Internet Co. 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, or material
protected by trade secret and other statute. The subscriber
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless The Web Hosting Internet
Co. from any claims resulting from the use of the service
which damages the subscriber or any other party.
Pornography and sex-related merchandising is prohibited
on all The Web Hosting Internet Co. servers. This includes
sites that may infer sexual content, or links to adult content
elsewhere. The Web Hosting Internet Co. will be the sole arbiter
in determining violations of this provision.
Also prohibited are sites that promote any illegal
activity or present content that may be damaging to The Web
Hosting Internet Co. servers or any other server on the internet.
Links to such materials are also prohibited.
Examples of unacceptable content or links:
- Pirated software
- Hacker programs or archives
- Warez sites
The Web Hosting Internet Co. will be the sole arbiter
as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
Traffic Usage:
All account plans come with a predetermined amount of
traffic allowance. We monitor all accounts and bill $20.00
for each gig of traffic exceeded. This amount is not prorated,
this meaning that 1 mb - 1 gig will be treated and billed
as the same.
Commercial Advertising - Email:
Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from an
Web Hosting Internet Co. server or using an email address
or domain that is maintained on an Web Hosting Internet Co.
machine as reference is STRICTLY prohibited. The Web Hosting
Internet Co. will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes
a violation of this provision.
Chat Rooms, Bulletin Board and Banner Referral
Sites
We do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms
or bulletin board systems. These tend to be a large
drain on system resources. Sites for the sole purpose of banner
or lead generation and referal of clients to other websites
are not prohibited. The Web Hosting Internet Co. will be the
sole arbiter in the case of a violation of this provision.
Background Running Programs
We may allow programs to run continually in the background.
These are considered on a case-by-case basis and an extra
charge will be incurred based on system resources used and
operational maintenance needed.
IRC
We currently do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated
on our servers.
Server Abuse:
Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or
customer, of The Web Hosting Internet Co. is strictly prohibited.
Refusal of Service:
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service
at our sole discretion.
All Sub-Networks, distributive hosting sites and
dedicated servers of The Web Hosting Internet Co. must adhere
to the above policies.
BILLING:
Recurring Billing:
We DO NOT send out invoices. All credit cards are billed automatically
monthly. It is the clients responsibility to ensure that they
have sufficient credit to cover this transaction. In the event
that there is insufficient credit, as a courtesy we will send
an email notification at which point we will need to be provided
with another credit card within 24 hours. If we do not receive
a response within 24 hours the account will be deactivated
and any accounts under that account plan.
Account Termination:
Account terminations must be made in writing (snail mail or
email) before the term of service subscribed to by the client
has ended. Fees for services rendered and not paid for at
the time of termination will become due and payable at that
time. We DO NOT refund partial fees for terms of service paid
for and not utilized due to account termination.
Account Deactivations:
Any account deactivated due to nonpayment will be deactivated
and we require a reactivation fee of $50.00 to be paid prior
to reactivating the account.
Reseller's deactivated due to nonpayment will also
result in the deactivation of all accounts under their reseller
plan. Prior to reactivating the accounts we require a reactivation
fee of $50.00 to be paid prior to reactivating the accounts.
30 Day Money Back Guarantee/Refunds:
Regular Hosting Clients - Should you become unsatisfied
with our services within the first 30 days of your account
activation, The Web Hosting Internet Co. will refund your
hosting fee.
Cancellation Refunds:
We DO NOT refund partial fees to accounts canceling after
their 30 day initial account activation period.
REFUSAL OF SERVICE:
We reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service
at our sole discretion.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
EbuyMe shall not be
responsible for any claimed damages, including incidental
and consequential damages, which may arise from The Web Hosting
Internet Co. servers going off-line or being unavailable for
any reason whatsoever. Furthermore, The Web Hosting Internet
Co. shall not be responsible for any claimed damages, including
incidental or consequential damages, resulting from the corruption
or deletion of any web site from one of The Web Hosting Internet
Co. servers. All damages shall be limited to the immediate
termination of service
Violations of these Acceptable Uses Policies should
be referred to
information@WebHostingCo.com
All complaints will be investigated promptly.
Failure to follow any term or condition will be grounds for
immediate
account deactivation.
DISCLAIMER:
The Web Hosting Internet Co. cannot be held liable for system
downtime, crashes, or data loss. We cannot be held liable
for any predicted estimate of profits in which a client would
have gained if their site was functioning. Certain services
provided by The Web Hosting Internet Co. are resold. Thus,
certain equipment, routing, software, and programming used
by The Web Hosting Internet Co. are not directly owned or
written by The Web Hosting Internet Co.. Moreover, The Web
Hosting Internet Co. holds no responsibility for the use of
our clients accounts. If any terms or conditions are failed
to be followed, the account in question will be automatically
deactivated. We reserve the right to remove any account without
advanced notice for any reason without restitution as The
Web Hosting Internet Co. sees fit.
ACCOUNT ACTIVATION:
By activating your account with The Web Hosting Internet Co.,
you agree to the above policies and disclaimer. Upon requesting
an account activation, you are required to accept these policies,
guidelines, and disclaimer and a copy of your acceptance is
forwarded along with your activation request to be maintained
within your account information.
NOTICE: If you sign up for an account and do not
follow our terms. No refunds will be given. We will however
let you know by email or phone before any action is taken
and you will have a chance to solve the matter.
FURTHERMORE, The Web Hosting Internet Co. retains
the right to change any or all of the above Policies, Guidelines,
and Disclaimer without notification. We also retain the right
to increase any pricing, and make changes to our account plans
without notification.