Interlnk Policies

July 1, 1997
updated
January 1, 2001

Interlnk subscribers are required to conform to the terms and conditions specified below when using Interlnk directly, or when accessing any other computer system via Interlnk. Failure to comply may result in termination of your account(s). No refunds will be given.

These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous agreements and represent the only set of conditions relating to usage of Interlnk services by subscriber. Interlnk reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions as necessary. Subscribers will be notified by e-mail of any changes in usage policies.

Customers will be billed in advance for all services, as soon as account is activated, If Interlnk does not receive payment by the 28th of each month, Services will be Deactivated and there will be a $10 Reactivation fee.

If you do not agree with these terms, conditions and policies please send mail to or fax us at (870) 367-7844 or call us at (870) 367-6954. Usage of the account implies that you agree with these terms and conditions.

Interlnk customers who want to cancel service MUST give 30 days notice on cancellation of services. Written notice of cancellation is also required (email, fax or letter). Your account MUST be paid in full prior to service disconnection.

A Interlnk Login account entitles the account holder to login on only one modem or TCP/IP session at a time. Multiple logins are not allowed. Subscriber is expected to maintain user id and password information in the strictest confidence and may not allow others to use the same accounts.

All server operation is considered to be a full time account and will be billed accordingly unless prior arrangements are made.

Our unlimited access policy assumes account holders to be individual users. Because it is physically impossible for a single person to actively use an account beyond a certain limit, it is our assumption that accounts which accumulate more than 400 hours of usage per month, repeatedly, must be in use by more that 1 individual or be using some type of automated keep-alive. In that case you may be asked to justify the additional usage or convert to a full-time account.

This applies to accounts with sub-nets as well. The additional charge for a sub-net is meant to compensate for multiple users and the bandwidth that they use, not for additional connect time. Usage beyond 400 hours a month, on a regular basis, is grounds to assume that the intent of our agreement is being compromised. Time used over your allowed hours, will cost 0.10 cents for each additional hour

Any misuse of Interlnk resources that disrupts the normal use of the system is strictly prohibited. Such system abuse may lead to termination of the account. Examples of system abuse include but are not limited to spawning many processes which consume resources, consuming excessive amounts of disk storage or main memory or CPU for long periods of time, etc.

If your Interlnk account is suspended, we reserve the right to delete any and all files (including email ) if the account is in violation of Interlink disk quota policies. Disk quotas are as follows: 10 MB For Users

The following violations of "netiquette" are grounds for immediate suspension of service pending investigation by Interlnk and will result in termination of the account's the investigation determines to have originated or transmitted these types of traffic.

Posting a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of news groups (i.e., more than 10) or continued posting of articles which are off-topic (e.g., off-topic according to the news group charter or the article
provokes complaints from the regular readers of the news group for being off-topic, also known as SPAMMING.)

Also sending unsolicited mass mailings (i.e., to more than 10 users) which provoke complaints from recipients.

Engaging in SPAMMING from a provider other than Interlnk and using an account on Interlnk as a mail drop for responses.

Users whose accounts are terminated for any infractions are also responsible for the cost of labor to cleanup and respond to complaints incurred by Interlnk .

Use of ‘IRC Bots’ is prohibited.

Compilation and/or use of compiled code other than what is provided by Interlnk is prohibited. This does not apply to Interlnk accounts compiling/and or using code on dedicated Web server machines.

News groups in the Interlnk structure are meant for discussions by Interlnk subscribers only, and advertising of goods and services offered by other service providers is strictly prohibited. Interlnk reserves the right to delete inappropriate articles from these groups.

Any attempts to penetrate Interlnk security or to access another persons account of files will result in the termination of the account holder’s account without notice.

Interlnk exercises no control whatsoever over the content of the information passing though it. Period.

Interlnk does not provide any assurance that data stored on Interlnk computer systems will be maintained. Files may be deleted at any time. In the event of a system failure that results in files being lost, Interlnk may choose not to restore these files. The subscriber understands this and agrees to take precautions to back up information on some other computer system, or in some other manner. Interlnk makes available utilities for moving data from /to our computer system. Subscriber is solely responsible for determining the
accuracy of any files transferred using these utilities. Interlnk is NOT responsible for your data.

Interlnk makes no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, regarding the quality, accuracy, or validity of the data and/or information residing on computer systems accessed through Interlnk.

Interlnk makes no representations regarding system availability. Interlnk reserves the right to discontinue service periodically for maintenance, particularly during non-peak periods such as nights and weekends. Subscribers should plan accordingly. Interlnk will attempt to provide 24 hour a day 7 day per week service, but we cannot guarantee any specific level of service.

Interlnk will NOT be held responsible for consequential damages resulting from use or non-use of Interlnk.

Services provided by Interlnk are used by subscriber at subscribers sole risk, and we do not guarantee any specific level of service.

Account holder agrees to use Interlnk only for lawful purposes. Transmission of any material in violation of any U.S. or state statute or regulation is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, or unauthorized transmission of material protected by a trade secret.

Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Interlnk from any claims resulting from subscriber’s use of the service which causes direct or indirect damage to the subscriber’s use of the services provided by Interlnk.

Account holder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Interlnk from any and all lawsuits, judgments, decrees, costs and expenses, any attorney fees arising from the subscriber’s use of the services provided by Interlnk.

Subscriber understands that Interlnk receives all USENET discussion groups and that some of the discussion groups contain language and subjects that are appropriate only for adult audiences. If the subscriber is less than 18 years of age, the account setup request form must be signed by a legal guardian.