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Introduction
Sytek Communications Internet Acceptable
Use Policy is to protect Sytek Communications, its subscribers
and the Internet community in general from irresponsible
or, in some cases, illegal activities. All Sytek Communications
subscribers must adhere to these guidelines. Sytek Communications
hopes and expects that common sense and good judgment will
guide our subscriber's Internet activities.
General
Policy
All information traversing the Sytek
Communications Internet backbone and its associated networks
are unrestricted unless listed as unnacceptable under this
policy
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It
is the policy of Sytek Communications Internet to provide
its subscribers, electronic access to the broadest possible
number of organizations connected to the Internet. Sytek
Communications accomplishes this through connectivity to
one or more state, regional or national backbone networks.
All traffic that exits the Sytek Communications Internet
backbone and its associated networks and traverses to numerous
other networks to which our network is directly or indirectly
connected, must conform to the acceptable use policies governing
those other networks.
Modem
Usage (Dial-up Customers Only)
Sytek Communications Internet dial
up accounts are for attended un-metered interactive usage.
Sytek Communications Internet dial-up accounts are for periodic,
active use of e-mail, newsgroups, file transfers, actively
using the connection for the above purposes up to a maximum
of 325 hours of use monthly. Subscribers may not use the
Services on a standby or inactive basis in order to maintain
a connection. Sytek Communications expressly prohibits automatically
sending packets (pinging) and does not consider this as
attended usage. Sytek Communications will terminate such
connections and repeated violations of this policy will
result in cancellation of the user's Sytek Communications
Internet account. Accordingly, Sytek Communications maintains
the right to terminate any member's connection following
any extended period of inactivity as determined by Sytek
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Sytek
Communications Internet dial-up subscribers may not have
more than one computer actively connected to a given Internet
dial-up account at the same time. To maintain availability
to all our subscribers, we maintain an acceptable user/modem
ratio; thus, all users effectively must share a modem with
other users. For this reason, Sytek Communications automatically
terminates inactive sessions after 20 minutes of idle time.
If you are connected for an extended period of time (4 or
more hours) your connection may be terminated to free up
resources for other users this is dependent upon current
system load during high demand periods. Continuous
connections over an extended time, as determined by Sytek
Communications, prevent other users from accessing their
accounts. Therefore, Sytek Communications does not permit
unattended connections over extended periods.
Sytek Communications
provides unlimited access to the Internet subject to the
325 hours per month usage restriction referenced above.
These Internet
services are not for resale without prior arrangement and
written permission from Sytek Communications
Privacy
Policy
It is the responsibility of the subscriber
or associated organization to:
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Use
the service in a manner that is consistent with ethical practice
and accepted community |
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standards. |
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Respect
the privacy of other subscribers and not to seek information
pertaining to other |
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subscribers
without their explicit permission. This includes but is not
limited to personal data, passwords, access to confidential
files, or modification of files belonging to other subscribers. |
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Unacceptable
Use Policy
It is not acceptable to use Sytek Communications
Internet services for facilities for any of the following
purposes: |
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To
violate any applicable laws or regulations. |
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To
disseminate messages or files whose content would likely be
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recipient(s) |
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To
make unauthorized entry into any computer systems, information
storage, or communication |
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devices
or resources |
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To
propagate computer worms, viruses or transmissions of any
type, which disable or otherwise |
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impede
or disrupt the recipient's facilities or equipment. |
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To
make distributions of unsolicited bulk E-mail/SPAM |
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To
cause disruption of our services or any other entities service
by any means. |
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To
operate your own e-mail, web, FTP, gaming server, or other
file transfer services or resale of |
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such
services without express written permission from Sytek Communications. |
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Email
Policy
In
addition to the e-mail terms of use stated in the section
titled Unacceptable Use Policy, the following rules
and conditions also apply |
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Check
and remove your e-mail from the server on a regular basis,
at least once a week. |
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We
reserve the right to delete any e-mail from the server at
any time but will generally only do so |
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if
the e-mail is more than two months old. |
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We
reserve the right to filter all incoming or outgoing email
for potentially destructive contents. |
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Do
not consider Internet e-mail to be a secure means of communications.
While no one other |
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than
system administrative personnel (throughout the Internet)
would normally have access to e-mail messages, the content
of a message is nothing more than plain text in readable form.
If more security is required, consider using an encryption
program to encrypt messages before sending. The recipient
of the message must decrypt the message using an agreed upon
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Do
not consider Internet e-mail to be 100% reliable. While there
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the
system, the Internet is not at all infallible. If you must
know that a message got through, request the recipient of
your message to reply to you immediately confirming that they
received your message. |
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If
any of the conditions stated in this e-mail policy are contrary
to your needs, please contact us for additional information
or to make further arrangements.
Copyright
Policy
It
is the subscriber's responsibility to respect the legal
protection provided by copyright and license to programs,
data, and other information accessible through our Internet
services.
We reserve
the right to monitor the system.
User
Responsibilities
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All
subscribers of Sytek Communications Internet Services are
responsible for publicizing this |
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Acceptable
Use Policy at their locations. |
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All
participating telephone companies and resellers are responsible
for communicating this |
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policy
to the appropriate administrative authorities at all user
sites connected to theirs via connections not directly supported
by Sytek Communications Internet Services. |
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The
ultimate responsibility for assuring the acceptability of
use according to this policy is with the |
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individual
end-user that originates the communication. |
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All
users are responsible for keeping up to date with the Acceptable
Use Policy. |
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All
users are responsible for maintaining their own system security,
through use of a firewall or |
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other
security measures. |
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Users
are responsible for maintaining their own Virus Protection.
Viruses are a very real and |
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dangerous
threat and it is a necessity for Internet user to have some
form of anti-virus protection. It is the customers responsibility
to keep their virus protection up to-date and the customer
is responsible for any damage caused by a virus. Sytek Communications
is not responsible for any damages that occur to a customers
system due to virus contamination. |
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Users
of High Speed Internet connections such as DSL are responsible
for their own computer |
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system(s)
security. Sytek Communications does not provide firewall protection
for any of its customers. It is the responsibility of the
customer to install the proper firewall protection on their
systems(s) in order to protect themselves from potential security
breaches (i.e. hackers). Because High Speed Internet connections
are an always-on service and use publicly accessible IP addressing,
the risk of someone infiltrating or compromising your computer
system(s) is much greater. In no way shall Sytek Communications
be liable to you for any damages of any kind as you assume
all inherent risk and full responsibility for the security
of your computer system(s). Sytek Communications strongly
recommends that you install and properly configure a firewall
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Enforcement
The
Sytek Communications Board of Directors or its designee
will review alleged violations of this policy on a case-by-case
basis. A violation may result in denying the user access
to the network, termination of access to all services, and
forfeiture of all fees paid.
Sytek Communications
will report evidence of illegal activities to the appropriate
law enforcement authorities.
Policy
Modifications
Sytek
Communications Internet Services reserves the right to modify
this policy at any time. Subscribers will receive prompt
notification of all changes.
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