Dial-Up Access

AIS - Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
AIS and its affiliates provide to business and consumer users several information technology related services, including such services as Internet access, various electronic mail (email) packages and services, World Wide Web hosting arrangements, server co-location, server rentals and other online and Internet-related services.

AIS reserves the right to refuse service to any individual, company or corporation. In addition, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate service to a client whose activities may be deemed detrimental to our client base. As a courtesy, we will always attempt to contact our clients to determine if other AIS plans may better suit their needs.

It is contrary to AIS policy for any user of any of these services to effect or participate in any of the following activities through an AIS provided service:

To post ten (10) or more messages similar in content to Usenet or other newsgroups, forums, email mailing lists or other similar groups or lists;
To post to any Usenet or other newsgroup, forum, email mailing list or other similar group or list articles which are off-topic according to the charter or other owner-published FAQ or description of the group or list;
To send any unsolicited email;
To falsify user information provided to AIS or to other users of the service in connection with use of an AIS service; and
To engage in any of the foregoing activities by using the service of another provider, but channeling such activities through an AIS account, re-mailer, or otherwise through an AIS service or using an AIS account as a mail-drop for responses or otherwise using the services of another provider for the purpose of facilitating the foregoing activities if such use of another party's service could reasonably be expected to adversely affect an AIS service.
To use AIS services for illegal activities and activities harmful to others computers, data, software or networks including but not limited to hacker activities, virus creation and distribution, denial of services attacks, email bombs etc.
To use AIS services to post the following on the Internet

7.1. Copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property infringement, including but not limited to offering pirated computer programs or links to such programs, serial or registration numbers for software programs, copyrighted music, copyrighted images; copyrighted texts etc.

7.2. Displaying material that exploits children under 18 years of age;

7.3. Displaying material containing nudity or pornographic material of any kind

7.4. Providing material that is offensive to the online community, including but not limited to profanity, bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred, etc.

7.5. Promoting or providing information about illegal activities, promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promoting any act of cruelty to animals;

7.6. Defaming any person or group;

7.7. Promoting or soliciting for participation in multilevel marketing or pyramid schemes.

7.8. Gathering personally identifiable information for unlawful purposes.

AIS considers the above practices to constitute abuse of our service and of the recipients of such unsolicited mailings and/or postings, who often bear the expense. Therefore, these practices are prohibited by AIS's terms and conditions of service. Engaging in one or more of these practices will result in termination of the offender's account and/or access to AIS services. AIS reserves the right to redirect the homepage of any customer who uses their AIS service to send SPAM to an anti-SPAM page, until the offender stops sending unsolicited email, cancels their account or has their account terminated by AIS.

AIS understands that availability of the need for unlimited access is necessary for real time needs of access on the Internet. AIS offers non-dedicated dial-up service for it's standard dial-up packages. Dedicated dial-up is considered as usage above 300 or more hours per calendar month or 30 day cycle. AIS dose not limit the number of access, but does limit usage. Accounts with over 300 or more hours of per calendar month or 30 day cycle will be considered a dedicated connection and the account will be charge dedicated dial-up fees accordingly. Users that have exceeded the allowed usage per dial up will be charged for additional usage accounts.

In addition, AIS reserves the right, where AIS is able, to implement technical mechanisms which block multiple postings as described above before they are forwarded or otherwise sent to their intended recipients.

In addition to these activities, AIS's terms and conditions of service also prohibit other forms of abuse such as harassment and the posting of illegal or unlawful materials, and AIS will respond as appropriate to these other activities as well.

AIS is located in California and most of its equipment (including equipment used to provide mail services) is located in California as well. This is a policy on unsolicited mail advertising, among other things. At the time of writing this text California law requires adherence to such a policy in certain circumstances. California law also provides for liquidated damages, in the event that such policy is not complied with. These damages start at $25,000 per day.

Nothing contained in this policy shall be construed to limit AIS's actions or remedies in any way with respect to any of the foregoing activities, and AIS reserves the right to take any and all additional actions it may deem appropriate with respect to such activities, including without limitation taking action to recover the costs and expenses of identifying offenders and removing them from the AIS service, and levying cancellation charges to cover AIS's costs in the event of disconnection of dedicated access for the causes outlined above. In addition, AIS reserves at all times all rights and remedies available to it with respect to such activities at law or in equity.

If you have any questions regarding this Policy, please contact support@americaninternetservice.com.