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Usage Agreement
This Independent Cable System of Idaho (ICS of Idaho)
Customer Agreement (" Agreement") is entered into
between ICS of Idaho, having an office at 550 E 2nd S,
Soda Springs, ID 83276, and the Customer ("Customer" or
"you"). The parties agree to the following Terms and
Conditions.
1. INSTALLATION.
1.1 You authorize ICS of Idaho or its authorized
contractors to install a customer premise unit,
software, wiring and other equipment ("Equipment"), at
the address you provide ("Premises") to receive ICS of
Idaho high speed cable Internet service ("Services").
1.2 To provide Services, ICS of Idaho is required to
complete the installation of various equipment and
wiring at your Premises. The standard Installation
includes but is not limited to the installation of the
modem and the routing of cable, as applicable by the
most direct path to your computer. Any custom
installation work that you request, including placing
cable under carpet, through cabinets, through interior
walls or inside molding, will require an additional
charge that must be paid at the time the installation
work is performed. ICS of Idaho will not be liable for
any alterations to Premises that result from the
installation or removal of Equipment, including but not
limited to, any holes in walls or cable wiring. For
Services, ICS of Idaho will also install the modem and
configure the computer IP settings. You must provide and
maintain the computer necessary to receive Services,
including a working Ethernet or USB port.
2. SERVICES.
2.1 ICS of Idaho will provide Services to you subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any
applicable tariffs.
2.2 You represent and warrant you are at least 18 years
of age, appreciate and understand the words and terms of
this agreement and verify and acknowledge that Services
are being installed with your permission in your home,
business, or designated location.
2.3 ICS of Idaho may revise, modify or discontinue any
or all aspects of Services, including but not limited to
Services and Equipment prices, any applicable tariffs,
and any terms and conditions in this Agreement.
2.4 You will install, operate, and maintain any hardware
or software not provided by ICS of Idaho
("Customer-provided"). ICS of Idaho is not responsible
for the information transmitted or received on any
hardware or software provided by you.
2.5 You will ensure that any hardware or software you
provide is compatible with Services. If this hardware or
software impairs your use of Services, you will continue
to pay ICS of Idaho for Services. If ICS of Idaho
notifies you that hardware or software provided by you
impairs or is likely to impair Services, you agree to
eliminate the impairment. ICS of Idaho may suspend
Services until the impairment is corrected. At your
request, ICS of Idaho may troubleshoot difficulties
caused by hardware or software provided by you at ICS of
Idaho’s then current standard list prices.
2.6 ICS of Idaho is not liable if any changes in the
Services cause any hardware or software provided by you
to become obsolete, require alteration, or affect
performance of the hardware or software.
2.7 To prepare for Services you will at your expense,
prepare your site(s) to comply with ICS of Idaho’s
installation and maintenance specifications; pay ICS of
Idaho any applicable charges to relocate any installed
Services; provide ICS of Idaho and its suppliers
reasonable access to Premises to perform any required
acts; and be responsible for cabling that connects
equipment not provided by ICS of Idaho to Services.
2.8 You acknowledge that you are purchasing the modem,
and in the event you terminate the Services, ICS of
Idaho will have no obligation to remove the modem from
the Premises.
3. TERM
This Agreement will have either a month to month term or
other term ("Term"), as mutually agreed.
4. PAYMENT TERMS.
4.1 You agree to pay for Services and all other charges
described in this Agreement, including the Work Order,
and to comply with all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. You will pay ICS of Idaho’ invoice(s) in
U.S. currency by the invoice due date. You will pay any
applicable sales, use, excise and like taxes and
franchise fees if applicable and as stated separately on
each invoice. If you fail to pay all valid charges for
Services when due, ICS of Idaho may charge you interest
on those charges equal to the maximum rate allowed by
ICS of Idaho tariff(s) or by law.
4.2 If you fail to pay any amounts owing to ICS of Idaho
within 30 days, ICS of Idaho will have the right to
disconnect your Services. Upon disconnection, you agree
to pay all amounts owing to ICS of Idaho.
4.3 Subject to availability, ICS of Idaho may offer to
you additional services, subject to terms and conditions
of the then current ICS of Idaho price list.
5. SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
5.1 Although ICS of Idaho will make commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain Services, you may
experience service interruptions. ICS of Idaho assumes
no responsibility or liability for interruption of
Services, whether due to (without limiting the
generality of the foregoing):
a. Failure of any part of Service for any reason,
whether related to hardware, software, wiring or any
other Equipment;
b. Interruptions due to periodic testing or system
alterations, including modifications to Equipment;
c. Power failures, riots, civil unrest, acts of war, or
acts of god, including hurricanes, floods, ice, wind,
lightning, and accidents, or
d. Regulations, orders, decisions or acts of any
lawfully constituted authority or court.
6. SERVICE AND REPAIRS
6.1 ICS of Idaho assumes no responsibility for the
operation, maintenance or repairs of your computers,
computer peripherals, or existing wiring.
7. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.
7.1 When you use Services for Internet access, you may
not:
a. restrict or inhibit any other user from using the
Internet;
b. post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive,
libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, indecent,
pornographic, profane, hateful, bigoted, or otherwise
objectionable information of any kind, including without
limitation any transmissions, constituting or
encouraging, conduct that would constitute a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise
violate any local, state, national or international law,
including without limitation U.S. export control laws
and regulations;
c. post or transmit any information or software that
contains a virus or other harmful component;
d. post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in
any way exploit any information, software or other
material obtained through Services for commercial
purposes;
e. upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or
distribute in any way, information, software or other
materials, or other proprietary right, or derivative
works without obtaining permission of the copyright
owner or right holder;
f. upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or
distribute in any way any component of the Services or
derivative works, as Services are copyrighted as a
collective work under U.S. copyright laws;
g. remove or alter copyright management information
including, without limitation, name or identification
information of the author or owner, copyright note or
terms & conditions for use of a work;
h. avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or circumvent by
any means, any process or system such as copy protection
systems that are intended to protect the rights of a
copyright owner;
i. send unsolicited e-mail that causes complaints from
the recipients of the unsolicited e-mail;
j. send large quantities of unwanted or unsolicited
e-mail to individual e-mail accounts (also known as
"spamming" or "mailbombing");
k. make any unauthorized attempt to gain access to any
account or computer resource not belonging to that user
(also known as "spoofing");
1. obtain or attempt to obtain Services by any means or
device with intent to avoid payment;
m. unauthorized access, alteration, destruction, or any
attempt, of any information of any ICS of Idaho
customers or end-users by any means or device;
n. knowingly engage in any activities that will cause a
denial of Services (e.g., synchronized number sequence
attacks) to any ICS of Idaho customers or end-users;
o. use ICS of Idaho 's products and services to
interfere with the use of the ICS of Idaho network by
other customers or authorized users;
p. violate the law or aid another in any unlawful act;
q. resell your Services or any other ICS of Idaho
service to any third parties without prior express
written consent;
r. run programs or servers that provide network services
to others through the Services ("web hosting"), which
includes, but is not limited to, operating a
web/mail/ftp/file server to serve external connections;
or
s. any other activity added to ICS of Idaho’’ acceptable
use policy, found online at www.icsofidaho.net which is
hereby incorporated by reference.
7.2 Except for information, products or services clearly
identified as being supplied by ICS of Idaho, ICS of
Idaho does not operate or control any information,
products or services on the Internet.
7.3 The Internet contains unedited materials that may be
offensive or objectionable to you. You access such these
materials at your own risk. ICS of Idaho has no control
over and accepts no responsibility for these materials.
7.4 YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE HELD LIABLE BOTH
UNDER CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW FOR INFRINGEMENTS OF THE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS. YOU MAY BE HELD
LIABLE FOR ALL ACTUAL DAMAGES AND PROFITS, ATTORNEY'S
FEES, COSTS, OR THE COURT MAY AWARD STATUTORY DAMAGES
UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT. CRIMINAL LIABILITY CAN ALSO
INCLUDE FINES AND IMPRISONMENT.
7.5 ICS of Idaho may deny you access to all or part of
the Services without notice if you engage in any conduct
or activities that ICS of Idaho in its sole discretion
believes violates any of this Agreement's terms and
conditions. If ICS of Idaho denies you access to
Services because of a violation, you will have no right
(1) to access through ICS of Idaho any materials stored
on the Internet, or (2) to access third party services,
merchandise or information on the Internet through ICS
of Idaho , and ICS of Idaho will have no responsibility
to notify any third-party providers of services,
merchandise or information nor any responsibility to any
consequences resulting from lack of notification.
7.6 ICS of Idaho has no obligation to monitor Services.
You agree that ICS of Idaho has the right to monitor
Services electronically from time to time, and you
consent to ICS of Idaho ’’ access, use and disclosure of
any information as necessary to satisfy any law,
regulation or other governmental request, to operate
Services properly, to improve Services, or to protect
itself or its customers. ICS of Idaho reserves the right
to refuse or to remove any information or materials, in
whole or in part, that in its sole discretion are
unacceptable, undesirable, or in violation of this
Agreement.
7.7 If you wish to make purchases on the Internet, you
may be asked by the merchant or service provider from
whom you are making the purchase to supply certain
information, including credit card or other payment
mechanism information. You agree that all information
you provide any merchant or information or service
provider on the Internet for the purposes of making
purchases will be accurate, complete and current. The
merchants and information and service providers offering
merchandise, information and services on the Internet
set their own prices and may change prices or institute
new prices at any time. You agree to pay all charges
incurred by users of your account and credit card or
other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when the
charges are incurred. You also will be responsible for
paying any applicable taxes relating to purchases on the
Internet.
Section 8. LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION.
8.1 ICS OF IDAHO AND ITS SUBCONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGE TO HARDWARE THAT
OCCURS DURING INSTALLATION OF OR ANY SUBSEQUENT SERVICE
PERFORMED ON YOUR COMPUTER IN SUPPORT OF ICS OF IDAHO
SERVICES. YOU AGREE THAT IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
COMPLETELY BACKUP YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE INSTALLATION. YOU
FURTHER AGREE THAT ICS OF IDAHO OR ITS SUBCONTRACTORS
ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR COMPUTER
AFTER INSTALLATION OF OR ANY SUBSEQUENT SERVICE
PERFORMED ON YOUR COMPUTER IN SUPPORT OF ICS OF IDAHO
SERVICES.
8.2 ICS of Idaho is not liable in contract or tort for
unauthorized access by a non-ICS of Idaho individual or
entity to customer's transmission facilities or customer
premise equipment, or for unauthorized access to, or
alteration, theft, or destruction of customer's data
files, programs or other information through accident,
wrongful means or any other cause.
8.3 YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL
LOSS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY CAUSE, INCLUDING ICS
OF IDAHO 'S OR ITS SUBCONTRACTOR'S NEGLIGENCE, WILL BE A
REFUND OF ANY SERVICES, CHARGES AND FEES PAID TO ICS OF
IDAHO UP TO THE TIME THE DAMAGE IS DISCOVERED. NEITHER
ICS OF IDAHO NOR ITS SUBCONTRACTORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY, DAMAGES
TO PROPERTY, OR LOSS OF BUSINESS.
8.4 THE SERVICES ARE "BEST EFFORT" AND ARE PROVIDED ON
AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND. ANY WARRANTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE
EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES,
EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FINES
FOR USE FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF WARRANTIES OF
NON-INFRINGEMENT. NO ICS OF IDAHO ADVICE OR INFORMATION
GIVEN WILL CREATE A WARRANTY. NEITHER ICS OF IDAHO NOR
ITS AFFILIATES WARRANT THAT SERVICES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE ON SERVICES ARE
FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
8.5 IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND USEFULNESS OF ALL OPINIONS,
ADVICE, SERVICES AND OTHER INFORMATION, AND THE QUALITY
AND MERCHANTABILITY OF ALL MERCHANDISE, PROVIDED THROUGH
SERVICES OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. ICS OF IDAHO ,
ITS AFFILIATES OR ITS SUBCONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR
INABILITY TO USE SERVICES OR TO ACCESS THE INTERNET OR
YOUR RELIANCE ON OR USE OF OFFERS, CLAIMS,
REPRESENTATIONS, PROMOTIONS AND TRANSACTIONS,
INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR
THROUGH THE INTERNET OR INTERNET SERVICES, OR THAT
RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION
OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION,
TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE.
8.6 You agree that you will properly use Services and
will not, nor will permit or assist others to, use
Services for any purpose other than their intended
purpose, fail to maintain a suitable environment
according to the manufacturer's specifications, or
tamper with Services. If you fail to comply with this
Section, you will release ICS of Idaho from all
liabilities or obligations (including any warranty or
indemnity obligation) to you under this Agreement and
you will pay ICS of Idaho all costs or damages ICS of
Idaho incurs. If any person not a party to this
Agreement makes any claim against ICS of Idaho , its
affiliates or its subcontractors, relating to Equipment
or Services that are the subjects of this Agreement, or
arising out of the use of the Equipment or Services by
you or an authorized user of your account, including the
placement or transmission of any message, information,
software or other materials on the Internet, you agree
to indemnify and hold ICS of Idaho, its affiliates and
subcontractors harmless from any and all such claims and
lawsuits, including the payment of all damages,
expenses, costs and attorney’s fees.
8.7 The limitations on liability and indemnification
provisions expressed in this Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and apply to ICS of Idaho’s parent,
subsidiary and affiliated companies, and to any
subcontractors performing work on ICS of Idaho’s behalf.
8.8 This Section 8 will survive termination of this
Agreement.
Section 9. MISCELLANEOUS.
9.1 You may agree to notify ICS of Idaho of any change
of occupancy or ownership or tenancy. If you vacate
Premises, this Agreement will be subject to termination
and ICS of Idaho will have the right to disconnect
Services.
9.2 You warrant that you own Premises to which Services
will be provided, or you have obtained the valid consent
of the owner for any necessary changes to Premises or
with Premises wiring that arise out of the installation,
maintenance, repair and removal of Equipment. Customer
agrees to hold harmless ICS of Idaho for any damages or
losses caused by your failure to secure appropriate
permission. ICS of Idaho may in its discretion, require
evidence that Customer has obtained appropriate
permission.
9.3 You agree that you will not permit or assist others
to abuse or fraudulently use Services, including, but
not limited to, unauthorized or attempted access,
alteration, or destruction of another ICS of Idaho
customer's information, or using Services that cause
interference with another customer's or authorized
user's use of the ICS of Idaho network. Illegal and
unauthorized attachments to its facilities are costly to
ICS of Idaho and may create interference and a
degradation of Services to other customers. ICS of Idaho
will be obligated to seek legal redress and assist in
the criminal prosecution in matters involving illegal
and unauthorized connections and attachments and injury
to its wiring or facilities.
9.4 ICS of Idaho 's failure to enforce strict
performance of any provision of this Agreement will not
be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.
Neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade
practice will act to modify any provision of this
Agreement.
9.5 This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the
state in which you are using services provided by ICS of
Idaho, without regard to such state's provisions on the
conflict of laws, or, as applicable, in accordance with
federal law.
9.6 ICS of Idaho may assign to you on a temporary basis
a Public or Private Internet Protocol Address from the
address spaces assigned to ICS of Idaho ("IP Address").
You acknowledge that the IP Address is the property of
ICS of Idaho, is assigned to you as a service by ICS of
Idaho, and is not portable. ICS of Idaho reserves the
right at its sole discretion to change the IP Address
assignment at any time during the Term of this Agreement
without prior notice and without liability. ICS of Idaho
will use reasonable efforts to avoid any disruption to
you resulting from any renumbering requirement by
notifying Customer via their primary email account
before to the change. You agree that the IP Address
provided by ICS of Idaho will be returned to ICS of
Idaho on the termination date of this Agreement.
9.7 With email notification, ICS of Idaho reserves the
right to charge for customer calls into technical
support or for on-site technical support.
9.8 Additional services may be offered as available and
may be subject to service specific terms and conditions
and pricing.
9.9 Subject to availability, ICS of Idaho may support
and charge for the connectivity of multiple computers to
a single connection. ICS of Idaho will not support file
and print sharing or other local area network
functionality.
9.10 In accepting this Agreement, you are not relying on
any representations or promises not in this Agreement.
When signed by the parties, the Agreement will
constitute the parties' entire understanding regarding
Equipment and Services; and supersedes all agreements or
discussions, oral or written, regarding Equipment and
Services, unless explicitly in this Agreement.
9.11 ICS of Idaho is an independent contractor under
this Agreement. The parties' relationship and this
Agreement will not constitute or create an association,
joint venture, partnership, or other form of legal
entity or business enterprise between the parties, their
agents, employees or affiliates.
9.12 If either party fails to enforce any right or
remedy under this Agreement, that failure is not a
waiver of the right or remedy for any other breach or
failure by the other party.
9.13 This Agreement's benefits do not extend to any
third party, unless expressly stated in this Agreement.
ICS of Idaho may assign this Agreement without your
prior written consent if (a) the assignment is to a
successor in interest, by merger, operation of law, or
by assignment, purchase, or otherwise of ICS of Idaho 's
entire business, or (b) the assignment is to the parent,
affiliate or subsidiary of ICS of Idaho .
9.14 Neither party will use the name, service marks,
trademarks, or trade secrets of the other party or any
of its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not
limited to, press releases, without the other party's
written consent.
9.15 The parties may modify this Agreement only by
written amendment signed by the parties' officers or
authorized designees.
9.16 Notice to you will consist of updating the Terms
and Conditions on the ICS of Idaho website or sending an
email to your primary ICS of Idaho Services.
9.17 You grant to ICS of Idaho or any appointed
subcontractors an irrevocable license to enter into or
onto your Premises during normal business hours, Monday
through Saturday, in order to install, repair, replace
or remove Equipment. This license will be effective
whether or not you are present during the service call.
This license will survive termination or cancellation of
this Agreement and will run with the land and inure to
the parties' successors and assigns.
9.18 If you change your address, you will notify ICS of
Idaho of your new address before the move and you will
remain liable for all of its obligations under this
Agreement. You agree to pay the standard ICS of Idaho
transfer charges plus any additional payments required
for installation of Equipment at Customer's new
location.
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