Acceptable use policy

This policy applies to all services offered by PCS Internet Services herein after referred to as  PCS

Goals

PCS's goals are to protect network resources, preserve the privacy and security of PCS and our customers' networks, and maximize the utility of PCS and the Internet, while recognizing PCS's position in the Internet community as a whole.

Interpretation

The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not meant to be exhaustive.

Generally, conduct that violates law, regulation, or the accepted norms of the Internet community, whether or not expressly mentioned in this Policy, is prohibited. PCS reserves the right at all times to prohibit activities that damage its commercial reputation and goodwill.

Security

Any "denial of service" attack, any attempt to breach authentication or security measures, or any unauthorized attempt to gain access to any other account, host or network is prohibited, and will result in immediate service termination, which may be without notice.

E-mail and Usenet News

Using any PCS account or server to send duplicative, unsolicited e-mail messages (commercial or otherwise), or to collect the responses from unsolicited e-mail, is prohibited.

Similarly, using any PCS account or server to post advertisements or messages that violate the charter of any newsgroup or mailing list is prohibited.

PCS reserves the right to make the determination whether a given message violates the newsgroup or mailing list charter. In most cases PCS will defer to the judgment of the newsgroup or mailing list moderator or administrator.

Commercial messages that are appropriate under the charter of a newsgroup or mailing list, or that are expressly solicited by the recipients, are permitted.

Conduct in connection with e-mail or Usenet news that is an obvious nuisance (such as "mail bombing") or that would be unlawful in other contexts (for example, threats, harassment, defamation, obscenity, or software piracy) is prohibited.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

Using programs that interfere with others' use, or running an IRC robot, on any IRC server is prohibited. When logged into any IRC server, users are expected to comply with the rules and policies established by the server's administrator.

Forgery of Identity

Falsifying addressing information or otherwise modifying headers to conceal the sender's or recipient's identity, for the purpose of circumventing this Policy, is prohibited. This provision is not intended to disallow the use of aliases or anonymous remailers for any legitimate purpose.

Copyright, Privacy, and Intellectual Property

Using a PCS connection to commit, aid or abet any violation of copyright or intellectual property law is prohibited.

This prohibition includes publishing a private e-mail message to third parties, by any means, without the express prior consent of the author.

The e-mail addresses of PCS subscribers are not for sale or commercial distribution to third parties without the express prior consent of the subscriber.

Cooperation with Other Providers

Using PCS's facilities to engage in activities that violate the Terms of Service of any other network access provider is prohibited. For example, sending unsolicited commercial e-mail through PCS's facilities to the subscribers of any Internet or online service provider that disallows unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited.

Consequences of Violation

Violation of this Policy by a PCS customer may result in temporary suspension or permanent termination of service, at PCS's sole discretion.

PCS does not issue service credits for any outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy violations.

Cancellation

All accounts are satisfaction guaranteed or your money back within 30 days.  Service rates paid will be refunded if satisfaction is not achieved within 30 days,  Installation / labor charges are not refundable,  There will be no refunds past 30 days under any circumstances.

Modification

PCS reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without notice.

Please send reports of any activity in violation of this Policy to: webmaster@pcsok.com