TERMS
OF SERVICE
Please
read our TOS and AUP below ::
Terms of Service -- Acceptable Use Policy:
The Velzone Terms of Service ("TOS")
Agreement describes the proper kinds of conduct on our
servers and network. Velzone reserves the right to modify
this TOS at any time, effective upon 72 hours prior notification
to current clients. By ordering services and using your
account, and thereby accepting the terms and conditions
of this TOS, you agree to abide by the conditions outlined
as modified when needed. Any violation of the TOS may
result in termination of services or any action Velzone
sees as being appropriate.
Our Servers:
Personal accounts are to be used by the primary owner
only or authorized users only. Personal account holders
are not permitted to resell, store or give away web hosting,
or any Internet solutions to other parties. Web hosting
services are defined as allowing a separate, third party
to host content on the owner's web site. Exceptions to
this include ad banners, classified ads, and personal
ads.
Velzone reserves the right to refuse service and or access
to its servers to anyone.
Spam (Unsolicited Email):
Unsolicited commercial or personal advertisements ("spam")
is not allowed in e-mail, and will likely result in account
cancellation. Velzone has a no tolerance policy when it
comes to spam originating from our servers or for spam
advertising for domains hosted on our servers.
If any of the following occur, your account may be suspended
or terminated: unsolicited bulk or commercial messages,
forging, altering or removing electronic mail headers,
mail bombing, spamming newsgroups, harassment or intimidation
of others, and providing spamware.
Velzone reserves the right to refuse service and or access
to its servers to anyone.
Content Restrictions:
Velzone does not allow any of the following content to
be stored on our servers:
Illegal Material - Includes copyrighted works, commercial
audio, warez, video, or music files, audio streaming ,"file
dumping" and any material in violation of any Federal,
State or Local regulation.
Adult Material is also not acceptable - Includes
all pornography, erotic images, or otherwise lewd or obscene
content. The designation of "adult material"
is left entirely to the discretion of Velzone.
Warez - Includes pirated software, ROMS, 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 or any unacceptable material(s).
Abuse Policy:
Use(s) are defined as bandwidth and/or processor utilization.
Velzone may implement the following policy to its sole
discretion:
When a website is found to be monopolizing the resources
available, Velzone reserves the right to suspend that
site immediately. This policy is only implemented in extreme
circumstances and is intended to prevent the misuse of
our servers.
Payment Policies:
All accounts are set up on a prepay basis. Although Velzone
reserves the right to change prices of accounts or services
at any time, all pricing is guaranteed for the period
of prepayment. Payment is due each anniversary year or
month following the date the account was established.
Customers will automatically be charged again at the end
of there prepay period unless closure notification has
already been given.
In situations where payment is not made Velzone will immediately
suspend the facility to purchase services on-line until
the outstanding charge is processed successfully. In addition,
Velzone reserves the right to suspend other services until
the outstanding debt is cleared. The customer is responsible
for all money owed on the account from the time it was
established to the time that the customer sends a written
cancellation request. If the account is suspended, the
customer may be responsible for relaying his/her applicable
FTP files back to his/her server.
No bills or invoices will be sent by regular mail. All
invoices will be sent directly to customers via email
shortly after the online purchase has been made. Customers
can make payments for hosting services via the Velzone
Customer Management Center located at http://billing.velzone.com.
Payment Options: Credit / Debit Cards / Check Via
PayPal:
Velzone accepts Visa and MasterCard via Paypal.
You do NOT need a Paypal Account to pay with a credit/Debit
card.
Check Payment:
Customers may pay by check or money order by which is
to be received by the sixth (6) day of the recurring month,
for the account not to be canceled. A credit card number
will still be required if customers require the facility
to purchase domains and other services online. Velzone
cannot guarantee that a service will be provided until
after any received checks have been cleared.
Money Back Guarantee:
the thirty-day (30) money back guarantee starts from the
date of the purchase as reflected on your receipt/invoice.
In no circumstances will refunds for service be given
after the 30-day mark. Refunds requested before the 30
day mark will be refunded via a Velzone check within 60
days after cancellation takes place.
Refunds:
Velzone reserves the right to cancel service at any time.
In this event customers will be entitled to a refund based
upon the remaining period of membership. If a customer
contravenes Velzone's terms of service a refund will not
be issued in the event of a cancellation.
Any incentives offered to customers when opening the account
will also be cancelled. Customers may be given the option
to purchase services which were offered as start-up incentives
in the result of a cancellation.
Indemnification:
Customer agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save
and hold Velzone harmless from any and all demands, liabilities,
losses, costs and claims, including reasonable attorney's
fees asserted against Velzone, its agents, its customers,
officers and employees, that may arise or result from
any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed
or any product sold by customer, its agents, employees
or assigns. Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold
harmless Velzone against liabilities arising out of; (1)
any injury to person or property caused by any products
sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Velzone's
server; (2) any material supplied by customer infringing
or allegedly infringing on the proprietary rights of a
third party; (3) copyright infringement and (4) any defective
products sold to customer from Velzone's server.
Disclaimer:
Velzone will not be responsible for any damages your business
may suffer. Velzone makes no warranties of any kind, expressed
or implied for services we provide. Velzone 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 Velzone and its employees. Velzone
reserves the right to revise its policies at any time.
In the event of a charge back by a credit card company
or non-payment of fees owed to us, in connection with
the payments of the registration fee for your domain name
registration, you agree and acknowledge that the domain
name registration shall be transferred to Velzone.com
as the paying entity for that registration to the registry.
We will reinstate your domain name registration solely
at our discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial
registration or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement
fee, currently set at US$100.
All clients of Velzone agree when events occur that deem
loss of service to our clients or in the event that a
server severely malfunctions and is unable to function;
Velzone has the right to move clients to a new server.
If this occurs, clients should backup their files, as
Velzone does not guarantee the transfer of files, and
files may have to be re-uploaded via FTP.
VELZONE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES YOUR BUSINESS
MAY SUFFER. VELZONE MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED FOR ANY SERVICES WE PROVIDE. VELZONE DISCLAIMS
ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THIS INLUCDES LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS,
NON-DELIVERIES, WRONG DELIVERY, AND ANY AND ALL SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY VELZONE AND ITS EMPLOYEES. VELZONE
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE IT POLICIES AT ANY TIME.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW ANY TERM OR CONDITION WILL BE GROUNDS
FOR IMMEDIATE ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION.