Acceptable Use Policy

of

Stateline ISP, Inc.

Compliance With Law

Customers shall not post, transmit, re-transmit or store material on or through any of Stateline ISP, Inc.'s system services or products that: (1) is in violation of any local, state, federal or non-United States law or regulation; (2) is threatening, obscene, indecent , defamatory or that otherwise could adversely affect any individual, group or entity (collectively, "Persons"); or (3) violates the rights of any person, including rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use by customer.

AUP Statement

This Acceptable Use Policy (hereafter referred to as "AUP") sets forth the principles that govern the use by customers of the services and systems provided by Stateline ISP, Inc.. The AUP has been created to promote the privacy, security, and integrity of Stateline ISP, Inc.'s systems and networks.

Stateline ISP, Inc. may terminate or modify service immediately and may bill for any resulting support charges if the client engages in system abuse. This list is non-exclusive; any action about which there is any doubt should be referred to Stateline ISP, Inc. for evaluation.

Prohibited Use of Stateline ISP, Inc.'s Systems and Services

This AUP identifies the actions that Stateline ISP, Inc. considers to be abusive, and thus, strictly prohibited. In addition to the other requirements of this AUP, Customer may only use the Stateline ISP, Inc.'s systems and services in a manner that, in Stateline ISP, Inc.'s sole judgment, is consistent with the purposes of such systems and services. If a customer is unsure whether a contemplated use or action is permitted under the AUP, the customer should e-mail Stateline ISP, Inc. with a description of the proposed use at Sysop@Stateline-ISP.com for a determination as to whether the use is permissible under this AUP. The examples identified in the sections below are non-exclusive and are provided, in part, for guidance purposes:

• Transmitting on or through any of Stateline ISP, Inc.'s systems, services, or products any material that is, in Stateline ISP, Inc.'s sole discretion, unlawful, obscene, threatening, abusive, libelous, or hateful, or encourages conduct that may constitute a criminal offense, may give rise to civil liability, or otherwise may violate any local, state, national or international law.
• Transmission, distribution, or storage of any information, data or material in violation of United States or state regulations or law, or by the common law.
• Violations of the rights of any Person protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations.
• Actions that restrict or inhibit any person, whether a customer of Stateline ISP, Inc. or otherwise, in its use or enjoyment of any of the Stateline ISP, Inc.'s systems, services or products. This includes, but is not limited to, the customer using their equipment as a web server or unattended internet monitoring device which, in Stateline ISP, inc's opinion, prevents or unduly restricts any person, whether a customer of Stateline ISP, Inc. or otherwise, in their use or enjoyment of any of the Stateline ISP, Inc.'s systems, services or products. This could also be viewed as a "Denial of Service Attack" in the opinion of Stateline ISP, Inc.
• Resale or re-transmission of Stateline ISP, Inc.'s services and products (this would include, but not be limited to, networked configurations), without the prior written consent of Stateline ISP, Inc..
• Deceptive on-line marketing practices.
• Furnishing false data on the signup form, contract, or online application, including fraudulent use of credit card numbers (such conduct is ground for immediate termination and may subject the offender to civil or criminal liability).
• Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account ("cracking"). 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, or probing the security of other networks.
• Effecting security breaches or disruptions of Internet communications. Security breaches include, but are not limited to, accessing data of which customer is not an intended recipient or logging onto a server or account that customer is not expressly authorized to access. For purposes of this section, "disruption" includes, but is not limited to, port scans, ping floods, packet spoofing, forged routing information, deliberate attempts to overload a service, and attempts to "crash" a host.
• Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of any kind, designed to interfere with a user's terminal session, by any means, locally or by the Internet.
• Executing any form of network monitoring which will intercept data not intended for Customer.
• Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages, is prohibited.
• Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of "junk mail" or other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically request such material ("e-mail spam"). Customers are explicitly prohibited from sending unsolicited bulk mail messages. This includes, but is not limited to, bulk-mailing of commercial advertising, informational announcements, and political tracts. Such material may only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it. If a recipient asks to stop receiving e-mail, the Customer must not send that person any further e-mail.
• Creating or forwarding "chain letters" or other "pyramid schemes" of any type, whether or not the recipient wishes to receive such mailings.
• Malicious e-mail, including, but not limited to, "mailbombing" (flooding a user or site with very large or numerous pieces of e-mail).
• Unauthorized use, or forging, of mail header information.
• Using a Stateline ISP, Inc. or a customer account to collect replies to messages sent from another provider.
• Use of unsolicited e-mail originating from the Stateline ISP, Inc. network or networks of other Internet Service Providers on behalf of, or to advertise any service hosted by Stateline ISP, Inc., or connected via the Stateline ISP, Inc. network..
• Willful failure to secure open SMTP ports so as to prevent the unauthorized use of customer resources for the purposes of sending unsolicited e-mail by a third party.
• Posting the same or similar messages to large numbers of Usenet newsgroup ("Newsgroup spams or USENET spam").
• Posting chain letters of any type.
• Posting encoded binary files to newsgroups not specifically named for that purpose.
• Cancellation or superseding of posts other than your own, with the exception of official newsgroup moderators performing their duties.
• Forging of header information. This includes attempting to circumvent the approval process for posting to a moderated newsgroup.
• Solicitations of mail for any other e-mail address other than that of the poster's account or service, with intent to harass or to collect replies.
• Postings that are in violation of the written charters or FAQ's for those newsgroups.
• Posting of Usenet articles from the Stateline ISP, Inc. network or networks of other Internet Service Providers on behalf of, or to advertise any service hosted by Stateline ISP, Inc., or connected via the Stateline ISP, Inc. network.
• Failure to secure a news server so as to prevent the unauthorized use of customer resources by a third party which may result in Usenet posts which violate this policy.
• Advertisements posted in newsgroups whose charters/FAQ's explicitly prohibit them. The poster of an advertisement or other information is responsible for determining the etiquette of a given newsgroup, prior to posting to it.
• Utilizing multiple logins, except as allowed by Stateline ISP, Inc. Customer may not run programs that provide network services from their accounts, such as IRC or MUD servers.
• Attempting to circumvent the 'idle daemon' or time charges accounting, or attempts to run programs while not logged in by any method, are prohibited.
• Consuming excessive resources, including CPU time, memory, disk space, and session time. The use of resource-intensive programs which negatively impact other system users or the performance of Stateline ISP, Inc. systems or networks is prohibited, and Stateline ISP, Inc. staff may take action to limit or terminate such programs.
• As a courtesy to other customers, phone connections are limited to 3 hours per phone call, unless otherwise specified by Stateline ISP, Inc.
• Sharing of passwords or accounts with others.
• Stateline ISP, Inc. may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate a customer's service for violation of any of the AUP at any time and without warning. As a general matter, Stateline ISP, Inc. attempts to work with customers to cure violations and to ensure that there is no re-occurrence of the violation prior to terminating service.

Disclaimer

In no event will Stateline ISP, Inc. be liable to any customer or third party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for actions taken pursuant to this AUP, including, but not limited to, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs or other data, or otherwise, even if Stateline ISP, Inc. was advised of the possibility of such damages.

Stateline ISP, Inc. is not responsible for the content of any USENET posting, whether or not the posting was made by a customer of the Stateline ISP, Inc..

AUP Modification

Stateline ISP, Inc. retains the right to modify the AUP at any time and any such modification shall be automatically effective as to all customers when adopted by Stateline ISP, Inc..

AUP Applicability

The actions listed herein are also not permitted from other Internet Service Providers. Deceptive marketing, as defined by the Federal Trade commission Deception Policy Statement, is not permitted through the Stateline ISP, Inc. services or network. These rules apply to other types of Internet-based distribution mediums as well.

Price Policy

All sales of pre-paid services are final. There shall be no monetary refund for services purchased.

Appropriate ID's

Stateline ISP, Inc. retains the right to modify or refuse User ID's, account names, e-mail addresses, etc. that is deemed inappropriate for the family atmosphere of Stateline ISP, Inc. The decision of appropriateness is at the sole discretion of Stateline ISP, Inc.

Removal of Materials

At its sole discretion, Stateline ISP, Inc. reserves the right to remove materials from its servers and to terminate internet access to customers that Stateline ISP, Inc. determines have violated this AUP.

Email Policy

Stateline ISP, Inc. provides as a courtesy, a free of charge service of separate Virus and SPAM email filters, which are for the purpose of making the customers experience more safe and enjoyable. This is not to be construed as a guarantee of virus free email, nor to promise that they will never receive unsolicited email. Stateline ISP, Inc. considers this as a first line of defense and still recommends that the customer have installed on their computer, a current virus checking program setup to scan webpage content as well as email for virii.

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