Acceptable Use Policy for Burton Hosting using the DV2 Network.
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       This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all persons and entities

       (collectively, "customers") using the products and services of BH

        including Internet service. The policy

       is designed to protect the security, integrity, reliability, and privacy of

       both the BH network and the products and services BH offers

       to its customers. BH reserves the right to modify this policy at any

       time, effective immediately upon posting of the modification. Your use

       of BH’s products and services constitutes your acceptance of the

       Acceptable Use Policy in effect at the time of your use. You are solely

       responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur during or

       relating to your use of the service, and you agree not to engage in any

       unacceptable use of the service. 
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       What Uses are Prohibited?
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       Unacceptable use includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

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          1.Posting, transmission, re-transmission, or storing material on

            or through any of BH’s products or services, if in the sole

            judgment of BH such posting, transmission,

            re-transmission or storage is: (a) in violation of any local, state,

            federal, or non-United States law or regulation (including rights

            protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual

            property or similar laws or regulations); (b) threatening or

            abusive; (c) obscene; (d) indecent; or (e) defamatory. Each

            customer shall be responsible for determining what laws or

            regulations are applicable to his or her use of the products and

            services.
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          2.Installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software

            products that are not appropriately licensed for use by

            customer.

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          3.Resale of BH’s products and services without the express

            prior written consent of BH(unless you are an authorized

            wholesaler).

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          4.Deceptive marketing practices.

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          5.Actions that restrict or inhibit anyone - whether a customer of

            BH or otherwise - in his or her use or enjoyment of

            BH’s products and services, or that generate excessive

            network traffic through the use of automated or manual

            routines that are not related to ordinary personal or business

            use of Internet services.
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          6.Introduction of malicious programs into the BH network or

            servers or other products and services of BH(e.g., viruses,

            trojan horses and worms).
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          7.Causing or attempting to cause security breaches or

            disruptions of Internet communications. Examples of security

            breaches include but are not limited to accessing data of

            which the customer is not an intended recipient, or logging into

            a server or account that the customer is not expressly

            authorized to access. Examples of disruptions include but are

            not limited to port scans, flood pings, packet spoofing and

            forged routing information.

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          8.Executing any form of network monitoring that will intercept

            data not intended for the customer.

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          9.Circumventing user authentication or security of any host,

            network or account.
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         10.Interfering with or denying service to any user other than the

            customer's host (e.g., denial of service attack).

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         11.Using any program/script/command, or sending messages of

            any kind, designed to interfere with, or to disable a user's

            terminal session.

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         12.Failing to comply with BH’s procedures relating to the

            activities of customers on Cogent-owned facilities.
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         13.Furnishing false or incorrect data on the order form contract

            (electronic or paper) including fraudulent use of credit card

            numbers or attempting to circumvent or alter the processes or

            procedures to measure time, bandwidth utilization or other

            methods to document "use" of BH’s products or services.

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         14.Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of

            "junk mail" or other advertising material to individuals who did

            not specifically request such material, who were not previous

            customers of the customer or with whom the customer does

            not have an existing business relationship (e.g., E-mail

            "spam").
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         15.Harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of

            messages.
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         16.Unauthorized use or forging of mail header information.
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         17.Solicitations of mail or any other E-mail address other than that

            of the poster's account or service, with the intent to harass or

            collect replies.

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         18.Creating or forwarding "chain letters" or other "pyramid

            schemes" of any type.
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         19.Use of unsolicited E-mail originating from within the Cogent

            network or networks of other Internet Service Providers on

            behalf of or to advertise any service hosted by BH or

            connected via the BH network.
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         20.Exporting, re-exporting, or permitting downloads of any content

            in violation of the export or import laws of the United States or

            without all required approvals, licenses and exemptions.
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       No failure or delay in exercising or enforcing this policy shall constitute

       a waiver of the policy or of any other right or remedy. If any provision of

       this policy is deemed unenforceable due to law or change in law, such

       a provision shall be disregarded and the balance of the policy shall

       remain in effect.

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       Abusable Resources

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       Upon notification of the existence of an abusable resource (e.g., open

       news server, unsecured mail relay, or smurf amplifier), the customer

       shall immediately take all necessary steps to avoid any further abuse

       of such resource. Any abuse of an open resource that occurs after the

       customer has received such notification shall be considered a

       violation of this policy and enforced as such.

 
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       Enforcement

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       BH may immediately suspend and/or terminate the customer's

       service for violation of any provision of this policy upon verbal or written

       notice, which notice may be provided by voicemail or E-mail. Prior to

       suspension or termination, BH attempts to work with our

       customers to cure violations of this policy and ensure that there is no

       re-occurrence; however, BH reserves the right to suspend or

       terminate based on a first offense
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       Electronic Communications Privacy Act Notice

 
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       BH makes no guarantee of confidentiality or privacy of any

       information transmitted through or stored upon BH technology,

       and makes no guarantee that any other entity or group of users will be

       included or excluded from BH’s network. In addition, BH may

       periodically monitor transmissions over its network for maintenance,

       service quality assurance or any other purpose permitted by the

       Electronic Communications Privacy Act, P.L. No. 99-508, as amended

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       Questions?

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       If you are unsure of whether any contemplated use or action is

       permitted, please contact BH at abuse@burtonhosting.com