This Service Agreement (“Agreement”)
for the services provided hereunder is made by
and between Customer (“Customer”)
and Broadband Services, Inc., (BSI)
1. SERVICE CLASSIFICATION: “Residential
service” is service installed in a home
used for residential activity. “Commercial
service” is service installed in an office
building.
2. NO CONTROL OVER CONTENT: BSI exercises
no control over, and accepts no responsibility
for, the content of the information passing through
its host computers, network hubs, and points of
presence. Use of any information obtained via BSI
is at Customer’s own risk. BSI specifically denies any responsibility for the
accuracy or quality of information obtained through
its services. BSI shall not be liable for
any delay or failure in performance due to Force
Majure, which shall include acts of God; earthquake;
weather; labor disputes; changes in law, regulation,
or government policy; riots; war; fire; epidemics;
acts or omissions of vendors or suppliers; equipment
failures; transportation difficulties; or other
occurrences that are beyond BSI’s reasonable
control.
3. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY: All use of BSI Telecommunication’s services must comply
with the then-current version of the BSI Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy"), which
is part of this Agreement and is available at
the following URL: www.broadbandservicesinc.comt.
BSI reserves the right to amend the Policy from time
to time, effective upon either posting of the
revised Policy at the URL or providing other notice
to Customer. BSI reserves the right to suspend
the service or terminate this Agreement, effective
upon notice, for a violation of the Policy. Customer
represents and warrants to BSI that Customer:
(a) will not reproduce, publish or distribute
content in connection with the service that infringes
any third party’s trademark, copyright,
patent, trade secret, publicity, privacy or other
personal or proprietary right and (b) will use
service in compliance with all laws and regulations
including, without limitation, prohibition on
the use of telecommunications facilities to transmit
illegal, obscene, threatening, libelous, harassing,
other offensive messages, or otherwise unlawful
material. Customer agrees to indemnify BSI,
its affiliates, their officers, directors, employees
and agents from and against any liability and
costs incurred in connection with any claim arising
out of any breach by Customer of the representations
and warranties contained herein. BSI may
participate in the defense at its expense. Customer
agrees to indemnify BSI and hold it harmless
from any losses, damages, costs, or expenses resulting
from any third party claim or allegation ("Claim")
arising out of or relating to use of the service,
including any Claim that, if true, would constitute
a violation of the Policy.
4. TERM: Contract Date; Contract Year. The "Term"
of this Agreement will begin on installation,
Customer acceptance, or first use, whichever occurs
first (“Contract Date”) twelve (12)
months following the Contract Date (“End
Date”). Following the first 12 month term
service will be provided on a month-to-month basis.
Any equipment leases or maintenance agreements
or any other agreements are separate from the
Contract Term.
5. PAYMENT TERMS: Payment for the Installation
and first month of service is due immediately
upon Contract Date. All Customers must provide
the following credit card information which will
be utilized for the payment of all BSI charges;
(a) Type of credit card [only Visa, Master Card,
and American Express are accepted]; (b) Name on
the credit card account; (c) Credit card number;
(d) Expiration date of credit card; and if requested,
the card batch security code. The Customer agrees
to keep the required information up-to-date. Accounts
are in default if payment is not honored by the
designated credit card company when submitted
by BSI, and may subject Customer to a BSI reactivation charge of $25. Accounts unpaid for
5 days may have service interrupted or terminated.
Such interruption or termination does not relieve
Customer of the obligation to pay the Monthly
Charge during the initial 12 month contract term.
Only a written request or notice to terminate
Customer’s service pursuant to Section 4
relieves Customer of the obligation to pay the
Monthly Charge during the initial Contract Term.
6. ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION COSTS: There is a
standard installation cost for all customers as
set forth which includes mounting an antenna directly
to the existing structure and running 75-feet
of interconnecting cable routed directly on the
exterior of the structure. Grounding is a separate
line item at additional cost. Interconnecting
cable penetration point drilled through wood or
gypsum exterior and wall board interior, caulked,
and wall plug installed on the interior. One PC,
customer supplied router or PC card will be configured
to demonstrate Internet connectivity. Operating
system to be Windows 98 or later Mac OS 8.3 or
later. Valid operating system or recovery disk
shall be available at start of installation. Customer
shall ensure that the Customer System is operationally
and technologically compatible with the BSI Speed’s equipment, as determined by
BSI in its sole discretion. Customer shall be responsible
for preparing and maintaining the site for the
Services, including, but not limited to, providing
power and necessary environmental requirements,
wiring, communications lines, and configuration
of Customer System networks and protocols. Customer's
failure to prepare and maintain the site shall
suspend BSI’s obligation to perform
under this Agreement. Any custom installation
work that you request, including placing cable
under carpet, inside molding, through cabinets,
attics, interior walls or crawl spaces may require
additional charges. BSI will not be liable
for any alterations damage to the premises that
result from installation or removal of the equipment
or subsequent Acts of God including, but not limited
to; holes in roofs and walls, cable wiring, power
cabling, antenna mounting brackets, wind or lightning.
The Customer will additionally provide BSI with code-compliant 110 VAC, 0.25-0.45 Amps (30-54
Watts) electrical service. Additional costs for
will be assessed and disclosed to customer before
installation. , Payment of this installation cost
is due upon contract date.
7. EQUIPMENT: In order to receive service, it
will be necessary for customer to purchase or
lease certain reception equipment consisting of
an antenna, router/modem which can interoperate
with existing BSI network hardware. Equipment
Leasing terms and conditions are with a separate
Company and are separate from any agreements with
BSI. BSI offers a 30-day Satisfaction
Guarantee - Subscriber can terminate service for
any reason and not be liable for the balance of
the remaining months in the Service Order, less
installation charges (If cancelled with in the
30 day Guarantee period). Subscriber hereby acknowledges
that additional hardware purchased by subscriber
including wireless and wired LAN hardware (e.g.
routers, wireless access points, PCs, etc.) belongs
solely to the customer, is customer's responsibility,
and is not supported by BSI. BSI shall
not be held responsible for hardware damaged by
Lightning. UBC requires the protection of my indoor
equipment with grounding at the cable entrance
with an appropriate grounding system. If you choose
not to accept the grounding system, liability
and replacement is customer's sole responsibility.
Only standard manufacturers’ warranties
apply for any subscriber purchased equipment.
8. LEASED EQUIPMENT: If you decide to lease your
equipment from BSI, such Equipment shall
at all times remain the sole and exclusive property
of the Leasing Company and they will have the
right, to remove the equipment upon Termination
of services or the Lease Agreement. You shall
not have the right to pledge, sell, mortgage,
give away or remove, relocate, alter or tamper
with the equipment at any time. You shall notify
us promptly of any defect in, damage to, or accident
involving the equipment.
9. PREMATURE TERMINATION: If a customer terminates
this agreement before the initial 12 month Contract,
customer shall be liable for a termination penalty
as follows:
a) $150.00 termination fee
10. WAIVER OF TERMINATION PENALTY: If a customer
moves his service location out of the BSI coverage area to another area that has no
BSI coverage and furnishes BSI with proof of
said move, BSI will accept the premature
termination. Customer is responsible for returning
BSI equipment to the company in good working
order within 10 days of the date of termination
or for making an appointment with BSI for
its technicians to come to the service location
and remove the equipment. We charge $100 for disconnection
of a prematurely terminated account with waiver.
Failure to return the equipment may result in
a charge of $250 to the customer’s account.
11. RELOCATION: If customer moves within our
service area and wishes to relocate service, a
relocation fee of $100 will be charged.
12. PAYMENT: Customer agrees to pay the Installation
Fees set forth on the Telecommunications Service
Order Form upon completion of the Installation
Services. Customer further agrees to pay upon
completion of the Installation Services, a pro-rata
portion of the monthly service fees listed in
this and any other applicable agreement, for the
remaining part of the month during which the Installation
Services are completed and the last month’s
service fee for a full month. Customer shall pay
all applicable sales taxes.
13. LATE CHARGES AND RECONNECTION CHARGES: Customer
shall pay a late payment charge of 5 percent of
the amount due, or the maximum rate permitted
by applicable law, whichever is less, on any unpaid
amount for each calendar month or fraction thereof
that any payments to BSI are in arrears.
Customer shall also be subject to a $15 per occurrence
fee for each and any time a billing to a credit
card is rejected or declined. Customer agrees
to pay BSI its reasonable expenses, including
attorney and collection-agency fees, incurred
in enforcing its rights, should BSI prevail,
under these Terms and Conditions. If BSI disconnects the service for non-payment, customer
will be subject to a reconnection fee of $25.
14. RIGHT OF ENTRY: Customer grants BSI the right of entry onto customer’s premises
to install maintain and remove BSI’s
equipment. BSI will use its best efforts
to notify the customer that BSI intends to
enter the property prior to doing so. BSI will not attempt to enter locked premises without
being granted access by owner. Unless otherwise
agreed to by the customer, BSI will conduct
it service and possible entrance between the hours
of 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday.
15. REMEDY: If BSI causes an error, delay,
defect, breakdown or failure in service, which
is defined as lasting for more than 4 hours during
any calendar month (Service Interruption), an
out-of-service credit will be calculated based
on a ½ daily prorated credit (1/60) of
any monthly service charge Customer paid for service
during the period of Service Interruption, provided
Service Interruption lasts for more than four
(4) consecutive hours after BSI receives
notice of the interruption from Customer. The
maximum credit allowed shall not exceed the Monthly
Charge for the service interrupted. No credit
shall be available for difficulties such as Customer
equipment failure, slow dial tone, busy circuits,
any local telephone company or long distance company
network failures, or other causes beyond BSI’s
reasonable control. The above prorated credit
provides Customer’s sole remedy for any
claim relating to this service or BSI. BSI’s
records and data shall be the sole basis for all
calculations and determinations.
16. SERVICE UP TIME: BSI warrants that service
will be provided with an uptime of at least 95%
during a calendar month. In the event of an error,
delay, defect, breakdown, or Service Interruption,
BSI’s obligation shall be limited to
the use of reasonable diligence under the circumstances
to restore service. Customer’s sole and
exclusive remedy in the event of an error, delay,
defect, breakdown, or Service Interruption, shall
be limited to the daily pro-rated credit set forth
in Section 11. BSI shall have no obligation
to retrieve or reconstruct lost messages or data.
BSI makes no warranty of compatibility with
any hardware or software. A BSI internet
connection does not create an agreement for repair
or maintenance of the Customer’s existing
system, hardware, or software. All hardware provided
to Customer in connection with providing BSI service, including, without limitation, the antenna,
mounting hardware, wiring, and equipment attached
to Customer’s computer(s) or network shall
at all times remain the property of BSI,
and shall be returned to, or permitted to be retrieved
by, BSI promptly upon termination of service
for any reason. BSI shall be under no obligation
to restore Customer’s hardware, software,
real or personal property to its condition prior
to the installation of BSI software, hardware,
or equipment.
17. TERMINATION OF SERVICE: Customer shall have
the right to terminate BSI service without
penalty if BSI fails to deliver service within
the standards defined in Section 15 for a period
of 10 consecutive days or more.
18. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION: Neither party may
use the other party’s name, trademark, trade
names, or other proprietary identifying symbols
without the prior written approval of the other
party. Customer may not assign or transfer any
of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior express, written consent of BSI, provided that Customer may assign or
transfer this Agreement to any affiliate of Customer
upon advance written notice to BSI. Customer
may not sell service to others. Resale of service
by Customer shall be cause for BSI to terminate
this Agreement without a refund of the Customer’s
advanced payment. No failure or delay on the part
of either party to exercise any right or remedy
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right
or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or remedy granted hereby or by law.
19. PRICES: Prices for recurring monthly service,
installation and the number of months of advanced
payment required may change without notice. The
current policy in effect is defined by the public
content of the company’s web site at
http://www.BSI.net.
CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS
STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NO OTHER WARRANTIES,
WRITTEN OR ORAL, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, APPLY.
20. UNIMPAIRMENT: If any provision of this Agreement
is held by a court to be invalid, void or unenforceable,
the remainder of this Agreement shall nevertheless
remain unimpaired and in effect.
21. ONLY AGREEMENT: These Terms and Conditions
supersede all previous representations, understandings,
or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding
any variance with terms and conditions of any
order submitted. Acceptance of this Agreement
by BSI may be subject, in BSI’s
absolute discretion, to satisfactory completion
of a credit check.
22. FEES: In the event that the Federal Communications
commission or other lawful authority determines
that BSI must contribute to support government
programs based upon revenues obtained from the
provision of service hereunder, the BSI,
without any further agreement of Customer, may
impose a fee or charge designed to recover its
required contribution, based upon revenues earned
under this Agreement.
23. TAXES: Prices are exclusive of any taxes
that may be levied or assessed upon the equipment
or services provided hereunder and any such taxes
shall be paid by Customer. If Customer is exempt
from otherwise applicable taxes, Customer must
submit its tax identification number and exemption
certificate at the same time it submits this Agreement.
Charges for BSI service will begin on the
installation date, Customer acceptance, or first
use, whichever occurs first.
24. NO MODIFICATION: No BSI employee is
authorized to make any representation, verbally
or in writing, that alters or changes or augments
this agreement in any way.
25. AUTHORIZED TO SIGN: Person signing this agreement
represents that he / she has the authority to
contract for service and commit payment.
26. LIABILITY: NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE
FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE,
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM CUSTOMER’S
OR CUSTOMER’S USERS’ USE OF BSI AND THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY SUCH DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM
DELAYS, NON-DELIVERIES, MISDELIVERIES, OR SERVICE
INTERRUPTIONS.
Customer sales questions should be directed to
Customer Service at 866-505-2326
Accepted and Agreed to_________________________________________________
Date:______________________________
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