Acceptable Use Policy
What is this document?
This is River Valley Internet’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which is part of your Terms of Service. By ordering a service from River Valley Internet or by using a service provided by us, you accept this policy and agree to follow the rules explained in it. This document is just as binding as the Terms of Service.
We may revise this policy at will. Changes are in force as soon as the revised document is published. “Published” means uploaded to our website. Any changes will apply instantly only to the portion of the Terms of Service contained in this document. 30 Days notice must still be given by River Valley Internet for any changes to other parts of the Terms of Service not included in this document.
Definitions
Customer, I, you, your: means a person, a company, or legal entity who subscribes to a service provided by Internet Wireless.
User: Also refers to a person, company, or legal entity who subscribes to a service provided by River Valley Internet, but also includes someone who also uses the same service.
Service: Any service provided by River Valley Internet
Equipment: Means any hardware or device provided by River Valley Internet for us by a customer.
River Valley Internet, we, us: River Valley Internet, PO Box 1, Montoursville, PA 17754.
What is an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?
Every reputable Internet or telecommunications provider has an Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP. Its purpose is to describe what kinds of behavior are acceptable while you are using the ISP’s services—or rather, to describe what kinds of behavior are not acceptable, why this is so, and what will happen if you engage in them in violation of the AUP. Some of the rules are based on the law, and some on the Internet conventions that have developed in the last two or three decades
What happens if you violate the AUP?
If you do something illegal or otherwise in violation of the guidelines given here, we will take action. If you do something blatantly illegal or directly harmful to life or property, we may immediately suspend or close your account and shut down your access to the Internet. We are required by law to report some kinds of behavior to law enforcement, including (but not limited to) child abuse and child pornography of any kind, terrorism, and certain kinds of threats. If you do something less directly harmful, River Valley Internet will send you a warning or make contact with you. If you continue to violate the AUP, River Valley Internet may close your account. You have the right to disagree with us, but the decision is River Valley Internet’s alone. If someone else uses your account to do something which violates the AUP, you are still responsible and may have your account suspended or closed. If this is done without your knowledge, you are still responsible. If you can convince us that you will control access to your account more closely in the future, we may reinstate your account without prejudice. If in any event, whether your account is suspended or closed, River Valley Internet does not owe you credit. If you lose access because of your own or your users’ behavior, you will not get a refund. Outstanding charges still apply. There may be a disconnection and/or reconnection fee that may be charged.
Basics
River Valley Internet offers access to the Internet and other telecommunications services. However, the Internet is not owned, operated, managed by, or in any way affiliated with River Valley Internet. The Internet is a separate network of computers independent of River Valley Internet. Your use of the Internet and telephone network is solely at your own risk and is subject to all applicable local laws and regulations. Your access to the Internet is dependent on numerous factors, technologies, and systems, most of which are beyond the authority and control of River Valley Internet.
Servers
Unless utilizing a business level service, which specifically allows running of servers, you are not to run a dedicated server, serving resources accessible to the Internet outside the River Valley Internet network using your River Valley Internet service. This includes HTTP, FTP, or any other major protocol based resource/service. Note that we do not mind small amounts of usage with regard to remote control applications such as RDP or VNC as well as limited personal use of such servers such as file transfers between home and work.
P2P
Any application that is usually considered peer to peer should be configured in such a fashion as to cause minimal impact to the River Valley Internet network. This including limited upload and download speeds.
Your Username and Password
You are not to give your username and password to anyone outside your household as they may use it elsewhere on the River Valley Internet network. You are liable for any activity by anyone connecting through your subscribed service, or by using your username and password.
Local Laws
All local laws must be followed when using a service provided by River Valley Internet
Unacceptable Conduct
You need to avoid certain activities when using a service provided by River Valley Internet:
Harassing anyone; violating anyone’s privacy; attempting to use River Valley Internet as a starting point for an activity that will intentionally hurt or annoy someone; participating in chain letters; harassing, threatening, or abusing River Valley Internet’s staff; excessive posting or otherwise abusing Usenet; sending bulk unsolicited emails (spam); using River Valley Internet for any spam-related purpose; making available any software, script, product, or service that will violate this AUP (this includes, but is not limited to, programs for the distribution of spam); forging or falsifying any information, including (but not limited to) TCP/IP packet headers or any part of the header information in an e-mail message or Usenet posting; email “bombing” or flooding; any attempt to overload River Valley Internet’s, or any other system; network-unfriendly activity or “hacking” that interferes with normal network operations such as contributing to or instigating Denial of Service attacks (DoS), sometimes called Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS); attempts to gain unauthorized access to (“hack into” River Valley Internet’s servers, or to access River Valley Internet data, accounts, systems or networks, or to find security holes in an River Valley Internet system, whether those attempts are electronic or otherwise; any activity which could damage, disable, overload or impair River Valley Internet’s services; intentionally leaving open SMTP ports so as to allow the sending of unsolicited email by a third party. That is, if you are running a mail server on an River Valley Internet account, you may not leave it open for email relay. Please note that River Valley Internet reserves the right to send announcements and other e-mail to its customers. That is not spam. You agree to receive such e-mail when you order an River Valley Internet service.
Unacceptable Data
“Data” means text, pictures, software, recordings, or any other form of information. In the event of complaints against your data, River Valley Internet alone will determine whether the file or information in question is unacceptable. River Valley Internet supports the uncensored flow of information and ideas over the Internet. We do not monitor what you are receiving or transmitting in the form of e-mail, web pages, or other data. We do not exercise editorial control over the content of any web site, e-mail message, Usenet posting, or other data created through or accessible via our service. However, we may remove any materials that we believe to be illegal or in some other way violate River Valley Internet’s policies, or may be subject us to liability. If you run your own web server, e-mail server, or any other kind of server, you are totally responsible for those servers and their content. Make sure you are aware of any laws regarding the material you are providing, including copyright laws. You should contact River Valley Internet to talk about running your own server as it may violate the server-specific clause above.
Do not upload, e-mail, post or otherwise distribute data which is: unlawful or illegal under the laws of the United States or Pennsylvania; threatening; abusive; harassing; libelous; defamatory; obscene; deceptive; fraudulent; invasive of another’s privacy; inaccurate, intended to victimize, harass, degrade, or intimidate a person or group on the basis of religion, gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, or any other reason; intended for us in distributing unsolicited bulk mail, “hacking”, or other proscribed activities.
More Unacceptable Activities
If you shouldn’t do it in “real life”, you shouldn’t do it on the Internet. Do not do any of these things when using the River Valley Internet service: fraud, false advertising, unsolicited advertising, copyright violations, use of trademark or service mark to which you have no rights, trade secret violations, any intentional disruption of communication. You may not use River Valley Internet to work around some other ISP’s rules or to abuse another service. You may not use any part of the River Valley Internet service to support an activity done elsewhere which violates this AUP. For instance, you can’t link to a web site hosted at River Valley Internet in unsolicited bulk e-mail even if you send it from another service.
Valid Return E-Mail Address
All e-mails sent by you must have a valid return e-mail address.
Moving/Altering River Valley Internet’s Equipment
No equipment supplied by River Valley Internet may be removed from its installed position unless you have permission of River Valley Internet. It remains property of River Valley Internet at all times and cannot be purchased by the customer. No equipment supplied by River Valley Internet may be altered in any way. For example, equipment cannot be painted nor can our logo be removed. Should it be discovered that the equipment has been altered in any way, you will be billed for it's replacement and service will be immediately terminated. You may also be blacklisted from acquiring service again.
This is River Valley Internet’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which is part of your Terms of Service. By ordering a service from River Valley Internet or by using a service provided by us, you accept this policy and agree to follow the rules explained in it. This document is just as binding as the Terms of Service.
We may revise this policy at will. Changes are in force as soon as the revised document is published. “Published” means uploaded to our website. Any changes will apply instantly only to the portion of the Terms of Service contained in this document. 30 Days notice must still be given by River Valley Internet for any changes to other parts of the Terms of Service not included in this document.
Definitions
Customer, I, you, your: means a person, a company, or legal entity who subscribes to a service provided by Internet Wireless.
User: Also refers to a person, company, or legal entity who subscribes to a service provided by River Valley Internet, but also includes someone who also uses the same service.
Service: Any service provided by River Valley Internet
Equipment: Means any hardware or device provided by River Valley Internet for us by a customer.
River Valley Internet, we, us: River Valley Internet, PO Box 1, Montoursville, PA 17754.
What is an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?
Every reputable Internet or telecommunications provider has an Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP. Its purpose is to describe what kinds of behavior are acceptable while you are using the ISP’s services—or rather, to describe what kinds of behavior are not acceptable, why this is so, and what will happen if you engage in them in violation of the AUP. Some of the rules are based on the law, and some on the Internet conventions that have developed in the last two or three decades
What happens if you violate the AUP?
If you do something illegal or otherwise in violation of the guidelines given here, we will take action. If you do something blatantly illegal or directly harmful to life or property, we may immediately suspend or close your account and shut down your access to the Internet. We are required by law to report some kinds of behavior to law enforcement, including (but not limited to) child abuse and child pornography of any kind, terrorism, and certain kinds of threats. If you do something less directly harmful, River Valley Internet will send you a warning or make contact with you. If you continue to violate the AUP, River Valley Internet may close your account. You have the right to disagree with us, but the decision is River Valley Internet’s alone. If someone else uses your account to do something which violates the AUP, you are still responsible and may have your account suspended or closed. If this is done without your knowledge, you are still responsible. If you can convince us that you will control access to your account more closely in the future, we may reinstate your account without prejudice. If in any event, whether your account is suspended or closed, River Valley Internet does not owe you credit. If you lose access because of your own or your users’ behavior, you will not get a refund. Outstanding charges still apply. There may be a disconnection and/or reconnection fee that may be charged.
Basics
River Valley Internet offers access to the Internet and other telecommunications services. However, the Internet is not owned, operated, managed by, or in any way affiliated with River Valley Internet. The Internet is a separate network of computers independent of River Valley Internet. Your use of the Internet and telephone network is solely at your own risk and is subject to all applicable local laws and regulations. Your access to the Internet is dependent on numerous factors, technologies, and systems, most of which are beyond the authority and control of River Valley Internet.
Servers
Unless utilizing a business level service, which specifically allows running of servers, you are not to run a dedicated server, serving resources accessible to the Internet outside the River Valley Internet network using your River Valley Internet service. This includes HTTP, FTP, or any other major protocol based resource/service. Note that we do not mind small amounts of usage with regard to remote control applications such as RDP or VNC as well as limited personal use of such servers such as file transfers between home and work.
P2P
Any application that is usually considered peer to peer should be configured in such a fashion as to cause minimal impact to the River Valley Internet network. This including limited upload and download speeds.
Your Username and Password
You are not to give your username and password to anyone outside your household as they may use it elsewhere on the River Valley Internet network. You are liable for any activity by anyone connecting through your subscribed service, or by using your username and password.
Local Laws
All local laws must be followed when using a service provided by River Valley Internet
Unacceptable Conduct
You need to avoid certain activities when using a service provided by River Valley Internet:
Harassing anyone; violating anyone’s privacy; attempting to use River Valley Internet as a starting point for an activity that will intentionally hurt or annoy someone; participating in chain letters; harassing, threatening, or abusing River Valley Internet’s staff; excessive posting or otherwise abusing Usenet; sending bulk unsolicited emails (spam); using River Valley Internet for any spam-related purpose; making available any software, script, product, or service that will violate this AUP (this includes, but is not limited to, programs for the distribution of spam); forging or falsifying any information, including (but not limited to) TCP/IP packet headers or any part of the header information in an e-mail message or Usenet posting; email “bombing” or flooding; any attempt to overload River Valley Internet’s, or any other system; network-unfriendly activity or “hacking” that interferes with normal network operations such as contributing to or instigating Denial of Service attacks (DoS), sometimes called Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS); attempts to gain unauthorized access to (“hack into” River Valley Internet’s servers, or to access River Valley Internet data, accounts, systems or networks, or to find security holes in an River Valley Internet system, whether those attempts are electronic or otherwise; any activity which could damage, disable, overload or impair River Valley Internet’s services; intentionally leaving open SMTP ports so as to allow the sending of unsolicited email by a third party. That is, if you are running a mail server on an River Valley Internet account, you may not leave it open for email relay. Please note that River Valley Internet reserves the right to send announcements and other e-mail to its customers. That is not spam. You agree to receive such e-mail when you order an River Valley Internet service.
Unacceptable Data
“Data” means text, pictures, software, recordings, or any other form of information. In the event of complaints against your data, River Valley Internet alone will determine whether the file or information in question is unacceptable. River Valley Internet supports the uncensored flow of information and ideas over the Internet. We do not monitor what you are receiving or transmitting in the form of e-mail, web pages, or other data. We do not exercise editorial control over the content of any web site, e-mail message, Usenet posting, or other data created through or accessible via our service. However, we may remove any materials that we believe to be illegal or in some other way violate River Valley Internet’s policies, or may be subject us to liability. If you run your own web server, e-mail server, or any other kind of server, you are totally responsible for those servers and their content. Make sure you are aware of any laws regarding the material you are providing, including copyright laws. You should contact River Valley Internet to talk about running your own server as it may violate the server-specific clause above.
Do not upload, e-mail, post or otherwise distribute data which is: unlawful or illegal under the laws of the United States or Pennsylvania; threatening; abusive; harassing; libelous; defamatory; obscene; deceptive; fraudulent; invasive of another’s privacy; inaccurate, intended to victimize, harass, degrade, or intimidate a person or group on the basis of religion, gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, or any other reason; intended for us in distributing unsolicited bulk mail, “hacking”, or other proscribed activities.
More Unacceptable Activities
If you shouldn’t do it in “real life”, you shouldn’t do it on the Internet. Do not do any of these things when using the River Valley Internet service: fraud, false advertising, unsolicited advertising, copyright violations, use of trademark or service mark to which you have no rights, trade secret violations, any intentional disruption of communication. You may not use River Valley Internet to work around some other ISP’s rules or to abuse another service. You may not use any part of the River Valley Internet service to support an activity done elsewhere which violates this AUP. For instance, you can’t link to a web site hosted at River Valley Internet in unsolicited bulk e-mail even if you send it from another service.
Valid Return E-Mail Address
All e-mails sent by you must have a valid return e-mail address.
Moving/Altering River Valley Internet’s Equipment
No equipment supplied by River Valley Internet may be removed from its installed position unless you have permission of River Valley Internet. It remains property of River Valley Internet at all times and cannot be purchased by the customer. No equipment supplied by River Valley Internet may be altered in any way. For example, equipment cannot be painted nor can our logo be removed. Should it be discovered that the equipment has been altered in any way, you will be billed for it's replacement and service will be immediately terminated. You may also be blacklisted from acquiring service again.