Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications Acceptable Use Policy

 Last Updated: 11/10/01

All Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications  Customers should read this document! Even if you don’t read it, you are still responsible for the policy written here, and your account WILL BE DISABLED WITHOUT WARNING if you violate it.

 Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications sets forth an Acceptable Use Policy with the intent of protecting our service, our customers, and other users of the internet from potentially abusive actions taken by Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications customers. The following policy is non-exclusive, any action about which there is doubt should be referred to Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications for evaluation. Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications may alter this policy from time to time as need dictates.

STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY 

·       Each Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications Internet account has a password that is the key to gain access to the account. The customer who registered the account is solely responsible for all access and actions taken with regard to the account. It is the account owner’s responsibility to safeguard the account password and to ensure that Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications Acceptable Use Policies are honored. Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications will hold the account owner responsible for any violations of the AUP.

·       Sites directly attached to the Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications backbone are expected to adhere to the Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications Acceptable Use Policies. The individual who signed the contract is responsible for educating site users on acceptable use policies. Violations of the AUP by directly attached sites will be referred to the contract signer for resolution. The contract signer will be held responsible for any violations of the AUP.

·       Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications enforces these policies with respect to Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications customers only. We are not responsible for abusive actions  which originate from other sites or networks on the Internet.

ACCEPTABLE USE: NETWORK

Acceptable use of the Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications network facilities does NOT include:

·       Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account on Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications systems or the Internet at large (“hacking”).

·       Use of Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications systems or networks (willfully or negligently) in a manner that encumbers disk space, processors, bandwith, or other system resources so as to interfere with others’ normal use of services on Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications or other systems and networks (“denial of service” attack).

·       Activities which violate local, state or federal statutes.

ACCEPTABLE USE: EMAIL

 Acceptable use of Email does NOT include:

·       Sending unsolicited mass mailings of any nature, including those with a “negative option” for continuation. The negative option is inviting those who do not wish to receive more email to reply to you.

·       Sending a large number of email messages, or singularly large email messages, to a single address in order to flood someone’s mailbox.

·       Forging email headers to obscure the true originator of the message.

·       Creating or participating in pyramid schemes or chain letters.

·       Sending harassing email, either by language, size, or frequency. This includes sending email (or real time) messages to a person who has asked explicitly that you do not.

·       Activities which violate local, state, or federal statutes

ACCEPTABLE USE: USENET

 Acceptable use of Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications Usenet News service does NOT include:

·       Posting unsolicited messages to a large number of Usenet newsgroups either by cross-posting or posting to individual groups (“spamming”).

·       Attempting to cancel, supercede, or otherwise interfere with Usenet posts other than one’s own.

·       Blatant posting of articles which violate the named charter for specific newsgroups.

·       Publishing someone’s real-world data (such as phone number, address, social security number, etc.) in such a way as to cause the person trouble or to incite others to do so.

·       Forging Usenet header information to obscure the true originator of the message.

·       Activities that violate local, state, or federal statutes.

ACCEPTABLE USE: DIAL-UP ACCESS

·       Dial-up connections to Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications that are idle for 30 minutes or longer, or connected for more than 8 hours continuously, will be disconnected. Idle time is defined as a period during which no input or output is sent or received across the modem connection.

·       Multiple simultaneous logins to a single Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications dial-up account are prohibited.

·       While our service is unlimited, it is not a dedicated modem connection. Use of Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications dial-up service as a dedicated modem connection through use of redialers and idle-time traffic generators is prohibited.

ACCEPTABLE USE: WEB/FTP SITES

 Acceptable use of Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications web/FTP space does NOT include:

·       Distribution of pornographic or otherwise indecent or offending materials.

·       Distribution of restricted software or materials in violation of copyrights or distribution licenses.

·       Distribution of materials which violates local, state, or federal statutes.

Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications reserves the right to restrict or terminate service without refund in the event of an AUP violation. Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications also reserves the right to take action on abuse which is not specifically named in this AUP at the sole discretion of Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications. Use of the Mutual Telephone/Louisa Communications systems and network constitutes understanding and agreement of this policy.

Please review our security and internet disclaimer.

Louisa Communications · 28 West Division Street · PO Box 96 · Morning Sun, IA  52640
319.868.7636 · 319.527.7636 · FAX 319.868.4297 · custserv@louisacomm.net