COMPANY POLICIES FOR ACENET SUBSCRIBERS

 

The following details current policies of Acenet Internet Services P/L (Acenet) for Subscriber accounts. They should be read in conjunction with the company's Subscriber Agreement form.

Acenet reserves the right to alter these policies at any time without notice to the Subscriber.

 

Standard Hourly User Accounts

 

Internet Access is provided on the following basis.

 

Dial in Access

 

a.       Internet Access is limited to 56K or 64k ISDN modems.

b.   The minimum available block of hours to purchase is 25 hours.

c.    There is no set up fee provided subscriber sets up their own computer.

d.       Multiple simultaneous connections from different locations is permissible.

e.       Multi Modem, simultaneous connections from the same computer (Multilink) is permissible.

f.        Should an account balance fall below 15 minutes, access to the Internet will be suspended.

g.       The minimum increment of access usage is one second.

h.       All blocks of internet hours have a two (2) year expiry date.

i.         Standard hourly accounts detected causing excessive flows indicative of virus, spyware or spam activity are subject to disconnection and suspension. The account will remain suspended until the problem is rectified.

 

Email

 

a.   One email account is provided for each dial in account.

b.       Maximum email size is 10 Mb per individual email.

c.       Maximum contents per individual mailbox at any one time is 50 Mb.

d.       Mail left in mailboxes for over 3 months will be deleted.

e.       Maximum amount of email messages per individual mailbox is 1000.

f.        Worldclient trash and sent items folders are cleared every 7 days.

g.       When an account becomes inactive, email will continue to be collected for 7 days. After this time incoming email will be rejected. Any email that remains in the mailbox after 7 days after the account becomes inactive, the email will be deleted.

h.       If there is no usage of the Internet access account by way of dial in for a reasonable period (currently 30 days), Acenet reserves the right to suspend email, FTP and/or Web services until usage resumes.

i.         POP session mail collection schedules/intervals to Acenet mail servers must be set to a minimum of 10 minutes. Acenet reserves the right to disconnect any email account collecting POP3 mail at an interval of less than 10 minutes.

j.        Backups of email messages, address books and/or worldclient settings are not provided.

k.       Email spam filtering is provided free and by default for each individual mailbox. Written notification must be provided to be exempt from the spam filtering service.

l.         Acenet is not responsible for any email message that is not delivered, received or appears missing.

 

Homepages

 

a.   One homepage space is provided. Maximum size is 20 Mb.

b.       Traffic to and from the homepage is limited to 20Mb per month. Traffic in excess of 20 Mb will be billed to the user at a rate of 15 cents per Mb.

c.       When an account becomes inactive, access to the homepage will be suspended. After 7 days the homepage will be removed and the contents deleted.

d.       Access to files in homepage space is provided through FTP only.

e.       Users must be connected to Acenet to use FTP to connect to their homepage.

f.        Backups of homepages are not provided.

 

Other

 

a.        Acenet will refund a subscribers’ fee provided they request this within 7 days, and have used less than 5 hours.

b.        Acenet provides setup disks and instruction sheets to configure your internet connection.  Telephone support for internet configuration may incur at $25 fee.

c.         Telephone support is for basic Internet set-up, getting connected, Browser set-up and/or Email set-up. Subscribers are expected to have followed the set-up instructions and/or run the setup disk first before requesting telephone support. Support on any other issue will not be given.

           

 

Unlimited Hours Accounts

 

Internet Access is provided on the following basis.

 

Dial in Access

 

a.       Internet access is limited to 56K or 64K ISDN modems.

b.       Internet access is provided with the services and data limits available for each account type as detailed in the Unlimited Hours Account plans.

c.       Monthly account charges are billed in advance. Extra megabyte usage is billed monthly in arrears.

d.       There is no set up fee provided Subscriber sets up their own computer.

e.       Only one connection from one location is permissible at any one time.

f.        A four (4) hour session limit applies.

g.       Data usage is calculated in megabytes, 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte.

h.       Extra megabyte usage applies to data in excess of the included data.

i.         Extra megabyte usage (download only) will be charged at 11 cents per megabyte. Extra download charges are billed monthly in arrears. Extra megabyte usage applies to data in excess of the included date.

j.        Downloads include any data received from the internet by your modem.

k.       Unlimited hours accounts detected causing excessive flows indicative of virus, spyware or spam activity are subject to disconnection and suspension. The account will remain suspended until the problem is rectified.

 

Email

 

a.   One email account is provided for each dial in account.

d.        Maximum email size is 10 Mb per individual email.

e.        Maximum contents per individual mailbox at any one time is 50 Mb.

f.          Maximum amount of email messages per individual mailbox is 1000.

g.        Mail left in mailboxes for over 3 months will be deleted.

h.        Worldclient trash and sent items folders are cleared every 7 days.

i.          When an account becomes inactive, email will continue to be collected for 7 days. After this time incoming email will be rejected. Any email that remains in the mailbox 7 days after the account becomes inactive will be deleted.

j.          POP session mail collection schedules/intervals to Acenet mail servers must be set to a minimum of 10 minutes. Acenet reserves the right to disconnect any email account collecting POP3 mail at an interval of less than 10 minutes.

k.        Backups of email messages, address books and/or worldclient settings are not provided.

l.          Acenet is not responsible for any email message that is not delivered, received or appears missing.

 

Homepages

 

a.       One homepage space is provided. Maximum size is 20 Mb.

b.       Traffic to and from the homepage is limited to 20Mb per month. Traffic in excess of 20 Mb will be billed to the user at a rate of 15 cents per Mb.

c.       When an account becomes inactive, access to the homepage will be suspended. After 7 days the homepage will be removed and the contents deleted.

d.       Access to files in homepage space is provided through FTP only.

e.       Users must be connected to Acenet to use FTP to connect to their homepage.

f.        Backups of homepages are not provided.

 

Other

 

a.       A minimum six (6) month contract period applies. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

b.       Termination of the account, after the minimum period, must be given in writing with 30 days notice. Accounts terminated without notice will continue to incur fees until 30 days after written notice is received.

c.       Acenet provides setup disks and instruction sheets to configure your internet connection. Telephone support for internet configuration may incur at $25 fee.

d.       Telephone support is for basic Internet set-up, getting connected, Browser set-up and/or Email set-up. Subscribers are expected to have followed the set-up instructions and/or run the setup disk first before requesting telephone support. Support on any other issue will not be given.

 

Permanent Connection Accounts

 

Internet Access is provided on the following basis.

 

a.       Internet Access is limited to 56K, 64K or 128K ISDN modems depending on account type.

b.       Internet access is provided with the services and data limits available for each account type as detailed in the Unlimited Hours Account plans.

c.       Account charges are monthly, in advance. Extra traffic charges are billed monthly in arrears.

c.       There is no mailbox or homepage space provided.

d.       A set up fee applies, depending on connection type.

e.       If payment is not received within 7 days from date of invoice, the account will be suspended.

f.        Multi-Modem (Multilink) is available on request at additional charge.

g.       Fixed Ip addresses and routable subnets are available on request at additional charge.

h.       A minimum twelve (12) month contract period applies. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

i.         Extra megabyte usage applies to data in excess of the included data.

j.        Extra megabyte usage (download only) is billed at 11c/mb. Downloads include any data received from the internet by your modem.

k.       Permanent connection accounts detected causing excessive flows indicative of virus, spyware or spam activity are subject to disconnection and suspension. The account will remain suspended until the problem is rectified.

 

ADSL Home User Accounts.

 

Internet Access Policies

 

a.        Extra megabyte usage (download only) is billed at 11c/mb.

b.        Downloads include any data received from the internet by your ADSL modem.

c.         Extra megabyte usage applies to data in excess of the included data.

d.        Data usage is calculated in megabytes, 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte.

e.        Changes in speed or data plans incur a $55 fee.

f.          Speed capping must be requested at the time of application otherwise $55 charge will be applicable.

g.        Unlimited accounts subject to fair use policy.

h.        Dynamic IP allocation as standard.

i.          Fixed IP available for $11 per month extra.

j.          6 month minimum contract.

k.        Transfers from an existing DSL connection incur a $110 fee.

l.          No line rental is included.

m.      An existing Telstra PSTN line is required.

n.        Not suitable for Mail/Web servers or VPN use.

o.        Minimum cost for first month is New Service or Transfer Fee + Install/Modem Fee + Monthly Fee.

p.        Data transmission speeds are shown as ‘downstream/upstream’ speeds, for example 256/64 refers to a speed of 256kbps for data being downloaded to your computer and 64kbps for data uploaded from your computer. These speeds may not be achieved in some cases; for example, downloading from a site that operates at a slower speed.

q.        If you move or change phone numbers you must provide Acenet with 30 days written notice. Changes will incur a $149 fee. If within 6 months of contract start date a $99 cancellation fee applies. Your ADSL service will be unavailable for between 7-14 days until the transfer of service is complete.

r.         Payments for monthly fees made by cheque or direct deposit must be made for 3 months in advance.

s.         Acenet reserves the right to suspend services should outgoing data from the clients connection exceed three times the download limit or 20Gb, whichever is the lesser, in any billing period.

t.          ADSL Home User accounts detected causing excessive flows indicative of virus, spyware or spam activity are subject to disconnection and suspension. The account will remain suspended until the problem is rectified.

 

Application, Installation and Cancellations

 

a.       Your application will not be submitted for provisioning until first payment is received.

b.       If your application is accepted, Acenet will endeavour to provide your ADSL Home service as soon as it can, but it cannot guarantee availability or a date of commencement.

c.       If you cancel before your telephone line has been provisioned for the Acenet ADSL Home service, you will be liable for a cancellation fee of $149, in addition to any actual expense which Acenet has incurred. If you cancel at any time after that, you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the Plan Period (or the balance of the Plan Period then remaining) plus any other charges incurred up to the time of cancellation.

d.       Your computer equipment must meet minimum requirements. If you choose to use your own modem, it must be an approved model and support for configuration of the modem is not provided.

e.       In some cases, installation of hardware required for the Acenet ADSL Home service may void your warranty. You should check with your computer retailer to see if this applies to you.

f.        The original operating systems disks or CDs that came with your computer may be required during the installation process.

g.       If the original operating system’s disk or CDs are required but not supplied an Internet setup fee may apply.

h.       A minimum six (6) month contract period applies. A minimum twelve (12) month contract applies to installation payments over 6 or 12 months. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

i.         Termination of the account, after the minimum period, must be given in writing with 30 days notice. Accounts terminated without notice will continue to incur fees until 30 days after written notice is received.

 

Email

 

a.        One email account is provided for each ADSL account.

b.        Maximum email size is 10 Mb per individual email.

c.         Maximum contents per individual mailbox at any one time is 50 Mb.

d.        Maximum amount of email messages per individual mailbox is 1000.

e.        Mail left in mailboxes for over 3 months will be deleted.

f.          Worldclient trash and sent items folders are cleared every 7 days.

g.        When an account becomes inactive, email will continue to be collected for 7 days. After this time incoming email will be rejected. Any email that remains in the mailbox 7 days after the account becomes inactive will be deleted.

h.        POP session mail collection schedules/intervals to Acenet mail servers must be set to a minimum of 10 minutes. Acenet reserves the right to disconnect any email account collecting POP3 mail at an interval of less than 10 minutes.

i.          Backups of email messages, address books and/or worldclient settings are not provided.

j.          Acenet is not responsible for any email message that is not delivered, received or appears missing.

 

Homepages

 

a.   One homepage space is provided. Maximum size is 20 Mb.

b.       Traffic to and from the homepage is limited to 20Mb per month. Traffic in excess of 20 Mb will be billed to the user at a rate of 15 cents per Mb.

c.       When an account becomes inactive, access to the homepage will be suspended. After 7 days the homepage will be removed and the contents deleted.

d.       Access to files in homepage space is provided through FTP only.

e.       Users must be connected to Acenet to use FTP to connect to their homepage.

f.        Backups of homepages are not provided.

 

ADSL Business Accounts.

 

Internet Access Policies

 

a.       Extra megabyte usage (download only) 15c/mb. Downloads include any data received from the internet by your ADSL modem.

b.       Extra megabyte usage applies to data in excess of the included data.

c.       Data usage is calculated in megabytes, 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte.

d.       A static IP address is assigned and an IP subnet of 6 usable IP address is available on request.

e.       An existing Telstra PSTN line is required.

 

Application, Installation and Cancellations

a.       A minimum twelve (12) month contract period applies. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

b.       Termination of the account, after the minimum period, must be given in writing with 30 days notice. Accounts terminated without notice will continue to incur fees until 30 days after written notice is received.

c.       Your computer equipment must meet minimum requirements. If you choose to use your own modem, it must be an approved model and support for configuration of the modem is not provided.

 

Mailscan Accounts

 

Mailscan is provided on the following basis.

 

a.       Mailscan is provided with the services available for each account type as detailed on the mailscan option plans.

b.       The default storage space provided per individual mailbox at any one time is 50 Mb.

c.       The default maximum amount of email messages per individual mailbox is 1000.

d.       POP session mail collection schedules/intervals to Acenet mail servers must be set to a minimum of 10 minutes. Acenet reserves the right to disconnect any email account collecting POP3 mail at an interval of less than 10 minutes.

e.       Mail left in mailboxes for over 3 months will be deleted.

f.        Maximum email size is 10mb per individual email.

g.       Worldclient trash and sent items folders are cleared every 7 days.

h.       Backups of email messages, address books and/or worldclient settings are not provided.

i.         Acenet is not responsible for any email message that is not delivered, received or appears missing.

 

Other

 

a.       A minimum twelve (12) month contract period applies. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

b.       Termination of the account, after the minimum period, must be given in writing with 30 days notice. Accounts terminated without notice will continue to incur fees until 30 days after written notice is received.

c.       Telephone support is for basic Email set-up.

 

Email Only Accounts

 

Email only accounts are provided on the following basis.

 

a.   Maximum email size is 10 Mb per individual email.

b.       The default storage space provided per individual mailbox at any one time is 50 Mb.

c.       Mail left in mailboxes for over 3 months will be deleted.

d.       The default maximum amount of email messages per individual mailbox is 1000.

e.       Worldclient trash and sent items folders are cleared every 7 days.

f.        When an account becomes inactive, email will continue to be collected for 7 days. After this time incoming email will be rejected. Any email that remains in the mailbox after 7 days after the account becomes inactive, the email will be deleted. 

g.       POP session mail collection schedules/intervals to Acenet mail servers must be set to a minimum of 10 minutes. Acenet reserves the right to disconnect any email account collecting POP3 mail at an interval of less than 10 minutes.

h.       Customers who are not connecting to Acenet Internet Services must send mail via their current provider.

i.         Backups of email messages, address books and/or worldclient settings are not provided.

j.        Acenet is not responsible for any email message that is not delivered, received or appears missing.

 

Other

 

a.       A minimum twelve (12) month contract period applies. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

b.       Termination of the account, after the minimum period, must be given in writing with 30 days notice. Accounts terminated without notice will continue to incur fees until 30 days after written notice is received.

c.       Telephone support is for basic Email set-up only.

 

Web Hosting Accounts.

 

Web Hosting is provided on the following basis.

 

a.       Web hosting is provided with the services available for each account type as detailed on the web hosting option plans.

b.       Account charges are monthly, quarterly or yearly, in advance.

c.       A once-of set up fee of $82.50 applies. If an account becomes inactive for over 30 days, Acenet reserves the right to charge a re-connection / set up fee of $82.50.

d.       If payment is not received within 7 days from date of invoice, the account (and any FTP, Mail and/or web access) will be suspended.

e.       Traffic to and from the website is limited by the type of domain account. Traffic in excess of the specified traffic will billed to the user at a rate of 15 cents per Mb.

f.        Data usage is calculated in megabytes, 1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte.

g.       Extra traffic charges are billed monthly in arrears.

 

Email

 

a.       Email is provided with the services available for each account type as detailed on the web hosting option plans.

b.       POP session mail collection schedules/intervals to Acenet mail servers must be set to a minimum of 10 minutes. Acenet reserves the right to disconnect any email account collecting POP3 mail at an interval of less than 10 minutes.

c.       Mail left in mailboxes for over 3 months will be deleted.

d.       When an account becomes inactive, email will continue to be collected for 7 days. After this time incoming email will be rejected. Any email that remains in the mailbox after 7 days after the account becomes inactive, the email will be deleted.

e.       Maximum email size is 20mb per individual email.

f.        Worldclient trash and sent items folders are cleared every 7 days.

 

Additional FTP

 

a.       Traffic to and from additional FTP accounts is recorded as traffic to and from website.

 

Other

 

a.       A minimum twelve (12) month contract period applies. If you terminate your account before the end of contract you will be liable to pay the amount of the monthly charges for the whole of the plan period (or the balance of the plan period then remaining), in addition any actual expense which Acenet has incurred.

b.       Termination of the account, after the minimum period, must be given in writing with 30 days notice. Accounts terminated without notice will continue to incur fees until 30 days after written notice is received.

c.       Telephone support is for basic domain set-up, configuration and/or Email set-up.

d.       All domain name registrations and renewals are non-refundable.