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Earth First, Reseller Acceptable Use Policy and Service
Guidelines
Content:
All
reseller sites on Earth First, 's servers must
abide by the content guidelines as established in the
general Acceptable Use Policy. Resellers are responsible
for ensuring that their clients' sites fall within those
guidelines. Sites found to be violating content guidelines
will result in a notice being sent to the reseller for
action. Should the reseller fail to take appropriate action,
a warning will be issued to the reseller, and the offending
site's owner will be notified directly by the Earth First, Abuse Investigation department. Repeated
warnings will result in the termination of the reseller's
contract with Earth First, Repeated violation
by a site owner who is a client of the reseller will result
in the suspension or deactivation of the client site.
Reseller
accounts are for the sole purpose of reselling space allocated
by Earth First, Accounts found to be violating
this policy will be suspended immediately until such time
as the reseller corrects the issues raised. Repeated suspensions
will result in a request to the reseller to select another
hosting company. A notice period of thirty (30) days will
be given should such a request be made.
Resellers
are required to post their Acceptable Use Policy on their
site in a manner that is easily accessible to potential
and current clients. Earth First, will periodically
review resellers' sites to ensure this policy is maintained.
General:
Resellers
are responsible for acquiring and maintaining their own
merchant account(s), providing domain registration services
(if needed) for their clients (unless otherwise arranged
through Earth First, ), and providing support
services to their clients. Complaints regarding resellers
who violate these policies, or who are found to have misleading
or false advertising on their sites will be issued a warning.
Repeated violations may result in a suspension or a request
to select another hosting company.
Commercial
Advertising - Email:
Spamming,
or the sending of unsolicited email, from a Earth First,
server or using an email address or domain that is
maintained on an Earth First, machine as reference
is STRICTLY prohibited. Resellers are responsible for
investigating complaints of abuse by their clients. Complaints
received by Earth First, will be forwarded to
the reseller for action if the client in question has
been determined to be a client of the reseller. Failure
by the reseller to take appropriate action on such complaints
will result in a warning for the reseller, and in a direct
warning to the client from Earth First,
Repeated
warnings will result in suspension of the client site
without notice, and may result in warnings and/or suspension
for the reseller if the abuse complaints are found to
be valid.
Misuse
of System Resources:
System
resources will be monitored by Earth First, Resellers
are responsible for contacting their client(s) if said
client(s) is/are found to be utilizing excess system resources.
The operation of IRC servers or bots is prohibited, as
is the resale or remote operation of CGI scripts from
Earth First, servers. Additional bandwidth is charged
at $9/G.
Cancellation:
Cancellation
can be made via email to If
cancellation is made within the first 30 days of service
all hosting fees will be refunded. This does not include
fees for domain registration. Resellers are responsible
for forwarding client requests for cancellation to the
address above. Although no notice is required, to safeguard
resold accounts, resellers wishing to cancel their accounts
must take appropriate measures on resold accounts prior
to cancellation. If for any reason a reseller account
is cancelled or terminated without proper attention or
care for resold accounts being taken, Earth First, will
directly contact clients of the reseller to make appropriate
arrangements for said accounts.
Suspension:
Activity
which results in a suspension or deactivation of an account
will result in a forfeiture of fees paid. Complaints made
regarding abuses that are found to be valid after investigation
will be grounds for suspension.
Refusal
of Service:
We
reserve the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service
at our sole discretion.
Please
direct any reports of violations of the above policies
to sour service department
Failure
to follow any term or condition will be grounds for immediate
account deactivation.
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