Terms & Conditions of Service

Our Hosting Service Provider 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. 

Content:

All services provided by Obantec.net may be used for lawful  purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data  or material in violation of any or United States Federal, State or City, or any International laws 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 Obantec.net 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 Obantec.net  servers. This includes equally sites that links to such content.

If you are unsure whether or not your site falls into this category feel free to contact us with a description before signing up  for an account or publish material as an existing customer.

Obantec.net 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 Obantec.net servers or any other server on the  internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.

Examples of unacceptable content or links:

  • Pirated software.
  • Pornography and sex-related merchandising.
  • Violations of Copyrights.
  • Hacker programs or archives.
  • Warez sites.
  • Hate propaganda.

Spam is a direct violation and will get the site deleted without notice or refund. Selling of software and or bulk email addresses is not acceptable on our  servers.

MP3 and other types of sites designed for downloading of material by a mass user group. This includes but is not limited to, Music, video, audio, Software  or Freeware or Shareware, Free Images and backgrounds, and anything else that  makes it an excessively high bandwidth site with the sole purpose to distribute freely products for download.

Obantec.net will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

All accounts

We have found most our customers to stay within "reasonable limits" However, to maintain the integrity of our service, we must state the following  restrictions:

To all our accounts applies the following restrictions:

  • Multiple hosts resolving at an IP or domain name that we provide.
  • Sites with cgi's running from their domain used on other domains.
  • Sites using more than 20% of system resources.
  • Obantec.net will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

Commercial Advertising - Email:

Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from an Obantec.net server or using an email address or domain that is maintained on an Obantec.net machine as reference is STRICTLY prohibited. As delegated by our backbone  provider, any sites using spam or selling of spam related software or bulk email  content will be closed.

Obantec.net will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. 

Spamming WILL get your account terminated.

Chat Rooms

We do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms. These tend to be a large drain on system resources and we cannot allow it as an account option.

Billing


Recurring Billing: We DO NOT send out invoices except to those customers who pay by cheque. 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 Deactivations: Any account deactivated due to non-payment will be deactivated and we require a reactivation fee of £30.00 to be paid prior to reactivating the account.
 

Background Running Programs

CRON JOBs:

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  Obantec.net is strictly prohibited. Offenders will be prosecuted to the  fullest extent of the law.

Refusal of Service:

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

Sub-domains:

Obantec.net reserves the right to transfer any sub-domain in domains of its possession to an alternative domain. 

Limitation of liability:

Your use of Obantec.net's services are at your sole risk.  Obantec.net services are provided on an "AS IS" basis WITHOUT  WARRANTIES OF ANY  KIND, EITHER EXPRESS,IMPLIED, CONSTRUCTIVE, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING,WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,  NON INFRINGEMENT OR  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion  of implied warranties, so this exclusion may not apply to you in full.

Obantec.net makes no guarantee of availability of service and reserves the right to change, withdraw, suspend, or discontinue any  functionality or feature  of the Obantec.net service.

IN NO EVENT WILL Obantec.net  BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING,  WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,  OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR 
INABILITY TO USE Obantec.net's  SERVICES OR ANY
CONTENT THEREON. THIS DISCLAIMER APPLIES,  WITHOUT 
LIMITATION, TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY, WHETHER FOR
BREACH OF  CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, CAUSED BY
ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE; ERROR; OMISSION; 
INTERRUPTION; DELETION; DEFECT; DELAY IN OPERATION OR
TRANSMISSION; COMPUTER VIRUS; FILE CORRUPTION; 
COMMUNICATION-LINE FAILURE; NETWORK OR SYSTEM 
OUTAGE; OR THEFT, DESTRUCTION, UNAUTHORIZED  ACCESS 
TO,  ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF ANY RECORD.

The formation, construction and interpretation of this agreement shall be controlled by  the laws of the United Kingdom. The U.N. Convention of Contracts  for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded from any  interpretation of this Agreement.

Obantec.net reserves the right to change or amend these Terms of Service giving 30 days notice
The New Terms of Service will be emailed to you and made available online to View.
You may terminate your Account before the 30 days are up should you not agree with any of the changes in the New Terms of Service. Any outstanding Credit will be refunded.
By submitting your order to Obantec.net, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Service.

If you do not agree to these Terms, then please don't submit an  order!
 

Violations of these Acceptable Uses Policies and Terms of Service should be  referred to  abuse@obantec.net

All complaints will be investigated promptly.

Serious violations of terms or conditions can be ground for  immediate account deactivation without refund. 

Errors & Omissions Excepted 

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