Terms of Service
Fuzion Host provides Internet
World Wide Web page hosting, Marketing, and Development.
Fuzion Host has certain legal and ethical responsibilities
consisting with the use of its server and equipment
involved in these services.
Fuzion Host general policy is to act as a provider of Internet presence. Fuzion
Host reserves the right to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or
all services provided by Fuzion Host when we decide that the account has been
inappropriately used.
Server Abuse
Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of Fuzion
Host is strictly prohibited.
Unauthorized use of other people's accounts or computers Fuzion Host will strongly
react to any use or attempted use of an Internet account or computer without
the owner's authorization. Such attempts include "Internet scamming" (tricking
other people into releasing their passwords), password robbery, security hole
scanning etc.
Any unauthorized use of accounts or computers by a Fuzion Host customer, whether
or not the attacked account or computer belongs to Fuzion Host, will result
in action against the attacker. Possible actions include warnings, account
suspension or cancellation, and civil or criminal legal action, depending on
the seriousness of the attack.
IMPORTANT NOTE - Fuzion Host has the right to discontinue
service, or deny access to anyone who violates our Policies or the terms and
conditions shown below WITHOUT WARNING OR PRIOR NOTICE. No
refunds of fees paid will be made if account termination is due to violation
of the terms outlined below.
Customers may not run IRC, bots or clients on shared servers. Unacceptable
uses also include, but are NOT limited to: Bulk emailing, unsolicited emailings,
newsgroup spamming, pornographic content, illegal content, copyright infringement,
trademark infringement, warez, cracks, software serial numbers, and/or anything
else determined by Fuzion Host to be unacceptable use of Fuzion Host's services
including abuse of server resources.
Shared hosting accounts may be terminated that include the following content
or which have links to the following content:
- Providing material that
is grossly offensive to the Web community including
blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred,
or profanity
- Promoting or providing
instructional information about illegal activities,
or promoting physical harm or injury against
any group or individual
- Displaying material
containing obscene nudity or pornographic material.
- Displaying material
that exploits children under 18 years of age
- Acts of copyright infringement
including offering pirated computer programs
or links to such programs, information used to
circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect
devices, including serial or registration numbers
for software programs, or any type of cracker
utilities
Unsolicited Email (Spam)
Unsolicited commercial advertisements (spam) are not allowed in e-mail, and
will likely result in account cancellation.
Fuzion Host takes a zero-tolerance approach to spam originating from our servers
or for spam advertising of domains hosted on our servers.
The following activities are not allowed:
- Unsolicited bulk
or commercial messages ("spam"). This includes,
but is not limited to, bulk mailing of
commercial advertising, informational announcements,
charity requests, petitions for signatures,
and political or religious tracts. Such
messages may only be sent to those who
have explicitly requested it from your
domain.
- Forging, altering or
removing electronic mail headers is prohibited.
Any domain sending stealth spam will be terminated
without warning and without refund.
- Sending numerous
copies of the same or substantially similar
message with the intent to disrupt a server
or account ("mail bombing").
- Spamming Newsgroups:
Commercial advertisements are unwelcome
in most Usenet discussion groups and on
most e-mail mailing lists. Inappropriate
posting may result in account cancellation.
See the newsgroup or mailing list's charter
for whether advertising is allowed or not. "Spamming," or
sending a message to many different off-topic
newsgroups, is particularly unethical and
will be treated as such.
- Mail may not be used to harass
or intimidate others. Harassment, whether through
language, frequency of messages, or size of messages,
is prohibited. Sending a single unwelcome message
may be considered harassment. If a recipient
asks to stop receiving e-mail, you must not send
that person any further messages.
Note: If you use the services of another provider to promote a web site hosted
by or through Fuzion Host (spamvertising), then the provisions of the above
Policy shall apply as if the spam were sent through our servers.
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
(1.) Coverage
This 99.9% uptime guarantee applies to any Fuzion Host client in good financial
standing with Fuzion Host at the time of a service outage.
(2.) Service Level Agreement & Specifications
Fuzion Host endeavors to have the content of your web site available for http
access by any party in the world 99.9% of the time. Network downtime (unavailability)
is defined as 100% packet loss from Fuzion Host to its backbone providers.
Downtime is measured past 10 minutes after notification of network failure
via Fuzion Host's online ticketing system. If the ticketing system itself is
unreachable, the ticket must be started by calling the Fuzion Host NOC. Fuzion
Host's administrators will determine the end of the downtime by a traceroute
to the customer's machine from outside the Fuzion Host network.
(3.) Credits
a. Shared Hosting - In the event that your web site is not available for more
than 99.9%, Fuzion Host will credit the following month's service fee as follows.
For any shared hosting client, such credit shall be retroactive and shall be
as calculated below and as measured 24 hours a day in a calendar month, with
the maximum credit not to exceed fifty (50) percent of the monthly service
charge for the affected month.
| Monthly Uptime |
Credit |
| 95% to 99.8% |
10% |
| 90% to 94.9% |
20% |
| 89.9% or below |
50% |
b. Managed Dedicated Servers - For managed dedicated server customers if the
uptime is between 98.9% and 99.9% for any particular month the credit shall
be retroactive and equivalent to the difference between the guaranteed level
of availability of the customer's services during the month and the calculated
actual level of availability of the customer's services, multiplied by the
actual charges incurred by the customer for the services during that month
period. In addition, for managed dedicated server, customers may be entitled
to additional credits as calculated below and as measured 24-hours a day in
a calendar month, with the maximum credit not to exceed twenty-five percent
(25%) of the monthly service charge for the affected month.
| Minutes of continuous
downtime |
Credit |
| 60 |
10% |
| 5+ 60 minute intervals |
25% |
In order for you to receive a credit on your account, you must request such
credit within seven (7) days after you experienced the down time. You must
request credit by sending an electronic mail message to billing@FuzionHost.com .
For security, the body of this message must contain your account number,
the dates and times of the unavailability of your website, and such other
customer identification requested by Fuzion Host. Credits will usually be
applied within sixty (60) days of your credit request. Credit to your account
shall be your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of an outage.
(4.) Restrictions
Credits shall not be provided to you in the event that you have any outage
resulting from (1.) scheduled maintenance as posted from time to time at
Fuzion Host, (2.) your behavior or the performance or failure of your equipment,
facilities or applications, or (3.) circumstances beyond Fuzion Host's
reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental
body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other
labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability
of interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services,
including DNS propagation, domain name registration / transfer, failure
of third party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials,
supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of your web
site, or (4.) a client breaking any item in Fuzion Host's "terms
of conditions and acceptable use policy" causing a machine to fail as a
result.
Abuse of SMTP Mail Server
We do not allow clients to send more than 2000 pieces of e-mail per day from
a shared hosting account. If you do send more than 2000 pieces of e-mail per
day, your account will be placed on hold for Network Abuse. If you are sending
legitimate e-mails and they total more than 2000 per day your account will
be moved to a special server that is specifically designed to handle high volumes
of e-mail. You will be charged $50.00/month in addition to your regular hosting
charges if your account is moved to this server. Please contact noc@Fuzion
Host.com to have your domain moved.
Background Running Programs
We may allow programs to run continually in the background. These are considered
on a one-to-one basis and an extra charge will be incurred based on system
resources used and operational maintenance needed. (this section does not apply
to managed dedicated servers)
IRC
We currently do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers. You
can however, install IRC clients on managed dedicated servers. IRC servers
are not permitted on our network.
Disk Overages
All Fuzion Host accounts come with metered disk space. Should you use more
than your alloted disk space you will be charged $.25 per megabyte per month.
Payment Policies
All accounts are set up on a pre-pay basis. Setup fees are NOT charged for
all new accounts.Major account changes and are non-refundable. All pricing
is guaranteed for the term of pre-payment. Fuzion Host reserves the right
to change prices at any time, unless other terms have been agreed upon. Any
account not brought current within a week (7 days) of e-mail notice or exceeding
this time frame in any way is subject to 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 Fuzion Host, via it's cancellation procedures,
to request for termination of services. All payment is in U.S. currency.
Fuzion Host will bill each client $25.00 per returned check, per wire transfer
received and per credit card chargeback received. All Fuzion Host accounts
are setup on anniversary billing cycles. Your particular billing cycle corresponds
to the contract length that was initially chosen at setup. Your account will
automatically renew at this length. There is no fee to change to a shorter
billing cycle at the end of the current cycle. However, if you wish to change
to a shorter billing cycle, during a current cycle, there will be a $10.00
fee. Please contact the billing department at billing@Fuzion Host.com should
you wish to change your anniversay billing cycle. Any account that is not
brought current prior to deactivation will be charged a $15.00 reactivation
fee as well as a $15.00 late charge, per domain deactivated. In addition,
if your credit card declines for any reason Fuzion Host will charge your
account an additional $1.00 service charge every time your card is declined.
Cancellation
Fuzion Host reserves the right to cancel service at any time. All fees paid
in advance of cancellation will be pro-rated and paid by Fuzion Host if Fuzion
Host institutes it's right of cancellation. Any violation of policies which
results in extra costs will be billed to the customer (i.e. transfer, space
etc.)
All of Fuzion Host's web hosting plans are backed by a 30 day money back guarantee.
If you are not completely satisfied with our services or support within the
first 30 days of your contract, you will be given a full refund of the contract
amount excluding setup fees, domain registration fees, add-on/upgrade fees
and overages. Setup fees are refundable only if the account order is canceled
prior to account activation. For web hosting contracts of 3 months or less,
the full contract amount less any setup fees and overages will be refunded
if Fuzion Host is notified within the first 30 days following activation. No
refund is available after the 30th day. For web hosting contracts longer than
3 months, a refund equal to one half of the contract amount less any setup
fees and overages will be given if Fuzion Host is notified prior to the first
day of the third month of the contract term. If you cancel prior to the end
of your contract term and you received special pre-pay rates, your hosting
fees will be adjusted so that you pay the regular, non-discounted monthly fees.
No refunds for any reason will be given once the third month of the contract
term has begun. This policy does not apply to any additional services such
as overages, referrer logs, real audio/video, additional disk space, additional
pop accounts, etc. Due to security concerns, all account cancellations must
be done via email by following our cancellation
instructions . Phone requests will not constitute acceptance of any cancellation.
Refunds will be made by company check or issued back to your credit card within
30 days of receipt of cancellation, at maximum.
Intellectual Property Rights
Material accessible to you through Fuzion Host's services may be subject to
protection under the United States or other copyright laws, or laws protecting
trademarks, trade secrets or proprietary information. Except when expressly
permitted by the owner of such rights, you must not use Fuzion Host or its
servers and network in a manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate
any such rights, with respect to any material, which you access or receive
through the Fuzion Host network. If you use a domain name in connection with
Fuzion Host or similar service, you must not use that domain name in violation
of any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.
Network Security
Customers may not use the Fuzion Host network with an attempt to circumvent
user authentication or security of any host, network, or account. This includes,
but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the customer, logging
into a server or account the customer is not expressly authorized to access,
password cracking, probing the security of other networks in search of weakness,
or violation of any other organization's security policy. Customers may not
attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host, or network. This includes,
but is not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate attempts
to overload or crash a host or network. Fuzion Host will cooperate fully with
investigations of violations of systems or network security at other sites,
including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation
of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate system or network security
may incur criminal or civil liability.
Electronic Commerce
You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance
of your online store and products and all contents and materials appearing
online or on your products, including without limitation (a) the accuracy and
appropriateness of content and materials appearing within the store or related
to your products, (b) ensuring that the content and materials appearing within
the store or related to your products do not violate or infringe upon the rights
of any third party, and (c) ensuring that the content and materials appearing
within the store or related to your products are not libelous or otherwise
illegal. You will be solely responsible for the final calculation and application
of shipping and sales tax. You will also be solely responsible for accepting,
processing, and filling any customer orders, and for handling any customer
inquiries or complaints arising therefrom.
You are also responsible for the security of any customer credit card numbers
and related customer information you may access as a result of conducting electronic
commerce transactions through your Web Site. You will keep all such information
confidential and will use the same degree of care and security as you use with
your confidential information.
Static / Dynamic Content Caching
You expressly (i) grant to Fuzion Host a license to cache the entirety of your
Web Site, including content supplied by third parties, hosted by Fuzion Host
under this Agreement and (ii) agree that such caching is not an infringement
of any of your intellectual property rights or any third party's intellectual
property rights.
IP Address Ownership
Fuzion Host shall maintain and control ownership of all IP numbers and addresses
that may be assigned to you by Fuzion Host and Fuzion Host reserves, in its
sole discretion, the right to change or remove any and all such IP numbers
and addresses.
Domain Name Registration
Customer agrees to pay Fuzion Host prior to the effectiveness of the desired
domain name registration, the then-current amounts set forth in the Fuzion
Host price schedule for the initial registration of the domain name and, should
Customer choose to renew the registration, subsequent renewals of the registration.
All fees are non-refundable, in whole or in part, even if Customer's domain
name registration is suspended, cancelled or transferred prior to the end of
Customer's then current registration term. Fuzion Host reserves the right to
change fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time,
for any reason, at its sole discretion. Customer's requested domain name will
not be registered unless and until we receive actual payment of the registration
fee, and have confirmed Customer's registration in an email from Fuzion Host
to the email address indicated in Customer's registration application. In the
event of a chargeback by a credit card company (or similar action by another
payment provider allowed by Fuzion Host) in connection with the payments of
the registration fee for Customer's domain name registration, Customer agrees
and acknowledges that the domain name registration shall be transferred to
Fuzion Host as the paying entity for that registration to the registry and
that we reserve all rights regarding such domain name including, without limitation,
the right to make the domain name available to other parties for purchase.
Fuzion Host will reinstate Customer's domain name registration solely at Fuzion
Host's discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial registration or
renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee.
Lawful Purpose
Fuzion Host reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. Customers may only
use Fuzion Host server 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 Fuzion
Host management. Regardless of the place of signing this agreement, the client
agrees that for purposes of venue this contract was entered into in Tarrant
County, Texas, and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Tarrant County,
Texas. Defendants further waive all objections to venue and acknowledge that
venue in any such litigation will be held in Tarrant County courts. IN NO EVENT
SHALL Fuzion Host'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS.
Indemnification
CUSTOMER AGREES THAT IT SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, SAVE AND HOLD Fuzion Host
HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL DEMANDS, LIABILITIES, LOSSES, COSTS AND CLAIMS, INCLUDING
REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES ASSERTED AGAINST Fuzion Host, ITS AGENTS, ITS CUSTOMERS,
OFFICERS AND EMPLO YEES, THAT MAY ARISE OR RESULT FROM ANY SERVICE PROVIDED
OR PERFORMED OR AGREED TO BE PERFORMED OR ANY PRODUCT SOLD BY CUSTOMER, IT'S
AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR ASSIGNS. CUSTOMER AGREES TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD
HARMLESS Fuzion Host AGAINST LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF; (1) ANY INJURY TO
PERSON OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY ANY PRODUCTS SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED IN
CONNECTION WITH Fuzion Host'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 Fuzion Host'S SERVER.
Privacy Policy
All info collected by Fuzion
Host shall not be sold or traded inany way.We
maintain the full privacy of our customers.
Disclaimer
Fuzion Host WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES YOUR BUSINESS MAY SUFFER.
Fuzion Host MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR SERVICES
WE PROVIDE. Fuzion Host DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS INCLUDES LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS,
NON-DELIVERIES, WRONG DELIVERY, AND ANY AND ALL SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED
BY Fuzion Host AND ITS EMPLOYEES. Fuzion Host RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE
ITS POLICIES AT ANY TIME.
ALL
SUB-NETWORKS, RESELLERS AND DEDICATED SERVERS
OF Fuzion Host MUST ADHERE TO THE ABOVE POLICIES.
FAILURE
TO FOLLOW ANY TERM OR CONDITION WILL BE GROUNDS
FOR IMMEDIATE ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION. |