The following constitute violations of this AUP:
a. Illegal use. Using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading,
posting, or otherwise) that, intentionally or unintentionally, violates any applicable
local, state, national or international law, or any rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder.
b. Harm to minors. Using the Services to harm, or attempt to harm, minors in any way.
c. Threats. Using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading, posting,
or otherwise) that threatens or encourages bodily harm or destruction of property.
d. Harassment. Using the Services to transmit any material (by email, uploading,
posting, or otherwise) that harasses another.
e. Fraudulent activity. Using the Services to make fraudulent offers to sell or buy
products, items, or services or to advance any type of financial scam such as
"pyramid schemes," "Ponzi schemes," and "chain letters."
f. Forgery or impersonation. Adding, removing or modifying identifying network header
information in an effort to deceive or mislead is prohibited. Attempting to impersonate
any person by using forged headers or other identifying information is prohibited. The use
of anonymous remailers or nicknames does not constitute impersonation. Using deliberately
misleading headers ("munging" headers) in news postings in order to avoid spam
email address collectors is allowed.
g. Unsolicited commercial email/Unsolicited bulk email. Using the Services to transmit
any unsolicited commercial email or unsolicited bulk email. Activities that have the
effect of facilitating unsolicited commercial email or unsolicited bulk email whether or
not that email is commercial in nature, are prohibited.
h. Unauthorized access. Using the Services to access, or to attempt to access, the
accounts of others, or to penetrate, or attempt to penetrate, security measures of Access
Technology's or another entity's computer software or hardware, electronic communications
system, or telecommunications system, whether or not the intrusion results in the
corruption or loss of data.
i. Copyright or trademark infringement. Using the Services to transmit any material (by
email, uploading, posting, or otherwise) that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent,
trade secret, or other proprietary rights of any third party, including, but not limited
to, the unauthorized copying of copyrighted material, the digitization and distribution of
photographs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and the unauthorized
transmittal of copyrighted software. Access Technology is registered under the Digital
Millenium Copyright Act of 1998.
j. Collection of personal data. Using the Services to collect, or attempt to collect,
personal information about third parties without their knowledge or consent.
k. Reselling the services. Reselling the Services without Access Technology's
authorization.
l. Network disruptions and unfriendly activity. Using the Services for any activity
which adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use Access Technology
Services or the Internet. This includes "denial of service" (DoS) attacks
against another network host or individual user. Interference with or disruption of other
network users, network services or network equipment is prohibited. It is the Member's
responsibility to ensure that their network is configured in a secure manner. A Member may
not, through action or inaction, allow others to use their network for illegal or
inappropriate actions. A Member may not permit their network, through action or inaction,
to be configured in such a way that gives a third party the capability to use their
network in an illegal or inappropriate manner.
m. News. Access Technology Members should use their best judgment when posting to any
newsgroup. Many groups have charters, published guidelines, FAQs, or "community
standards" describing what is and is not considered appropriate. Usenet can be a
valuable resource if used properly. The continued posting of off-topic articles is
prohibited. Commercial advertisements are off-topic in most newsgroups, especially
regional groups not specifically named for such. The presence of such articles in a group
is not indicative of the group's "intended" use. Please familiarize yourself
with basic Usenet netiquette before posting to a newsgroup.
Access Technology considers "multiposting" to 10 or more groups within a two
week sliding window to be excessive. Access Technology servers currently limit the number
of allowable "cross-posts" to 9.
Access Technology Members may not cancel messages other than their own messages. A
Member may cancel posts forged in that Member's name. We may cancel any postings which
violate this AUP.
n. Long Connections and Multiple Logins. Using a personal account for high volume or
commercial use is prohibited. The Services are intended for periodic, active use of email,
newsgroups, file transfers, Internet chat, games, and browsing the World Wide Web. Members
may stay connected so long as they are actively using that connection for the above
purposes. Members may not use the Services on a standby or inactive basis in order to
maintain a connection. Pinging is expressly prohibited. Accordingly, Access Technology
maintains the right to terminate any member's connection following any extended period of
inactivity as determined by Access Technology.
o. Exceeding Web Site Size and Traffic Limitations: All Access Technology Members
receive 6MB free webspace for use with their Access Technology Internet access account.
Each member’s free webspace is allocated 750MB of traffic per month (traffic is
calculated on a formula multiplying the number of hits that your site receives by the size
of your files). If a site exceeds its maximum monthly allotment of traffic, the site will
become unavailable until the beginning of the next calendar month. A site that exceeds 6MB
in size will also become unavailable. Unavailability includes but may not be limited to
the inability to access the site publicly or to publish to or modify the site's contents
via certain Web creation tools. More information about appropriate use of the free member
webspace appears under Free Webspace Community Guidelines.
Access Technology requests that anyone who believes that there is a violation of this
AUP direct the information to Director-Abuse Department, at: abuse@AccessTechnology.net
If available, please provide the following information:
The IP address used to commit the alleged violation
The date and time of the alleged violation, including the time zone or offset from GMT
Evidence of the alleged violation
Email with full header information provides all of the above, as do syslog files. Other
situations will require different methods of providing the above information.
Access Technology may take any one or more of the following actions in response to
complaints:
issue warnings: written or verbal
suspend the Member's newsgroup posting privileges
suspend the Member's account
terminate the Member's account
bill the Member for administrative costs and/or reactivation charges
bring legal action to enjoin violations and/or to collect damages, if any, caused by
violations.
