You agree that, if any portion of this Policy is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion will be construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect.

LCSCentral.net provides a variety of Internet services (the Services) to residences and businesses (the Customer).

1.0 Introduction
1.1 This Acceptable Use Policy is designed to foster an online environment of and mutual respect in which everyone is able to enjoy the benefits of LCSCentral.net Internet. We believe that the restrictions set out in this Acceptable Use Policy represents a fair balance between the freedom of the individual and the need for some basic rules to ensure that LCSCentral.net Internet’s Internet access is not used in an abusive or illegal way.

1.2 LCSCentral.net Internet users are responsible for ensuring that their accounts are used in accordance with this Acceptable Use Policy. If LCSCentral.net has reason to suspect that a user, or anyone using a user’s account, is violating this Policy, then the account in question may be suspended pending an investigation. If, after an investigation, LCSCentral.net determines that an account has been used in violation of this Policy, LCSCentral.net may, in its discretion, terminate the user account.

If you do not agree to abide by this Acceptable Use Policy please notify LCSCentral.net Customer Service immediately at cs@lcscentral.net

1.3 LCSCentral.net does not actively monitor its user’s use of its services. We rely on our users to govern themselves and to protect the integrity of the network by reporting any violations of this Acceptable Use Policy to cs@lcscentral.net

1.4 LCSCentral.net has the right, but not the obligation, to investigate any violation or alleged violation of this Acceptable Use Policy, including the right to examine any information or material on LCSCentral.net Internet’s servers.

1.5 LCSCentral.net has the right, but not the obligation, to remove any content that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of any part of this Acceptable Use Policy.

1.6 LCSCentral.net has the right, but not the obligation, to take any steps it deems necessary to prevent violations of this Acceptable Use Policy from occurring.

1.7 The failure of LCSCentral.net to enforce this Policy, for whatever reason, shall not be construed as a waiver of any right to do so at any time.

2.0 Illegal Activities
LCSCentral.net Internet users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to encourage, facilitate or engage in any illegal activities, including, without limitation:

• defamation: posting or transmitting any material which is defamatory under any applicable law;
• fraud: posting or transmitting any information that you know or ought to know is false, and that you intend others to rely on;
• unlawful material: posting or disseminating unlawful material
• false advertising: posting or transmitting any advertising or promotional materials that contain false, deceptive or misleading statements, claims or representations;
• Copyright violation: posting or transmitting any information, software, photograph, video, graphic, music, sound and other material in violation of another person’s copyright; and
• trade-mark violation: posting, transmitting, displaying or using any words or symbols that violate any other person’s rights in its trade-mark or trade-name.

3.0 Electronic Mail
3.1 LCSCentral.net Internet users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet e-mail to:

• send unsolicited bulk e-mail (so-called “Spam”);
• send, or cause to be sent, large volumes of unsolicited e-mail to a single or multiple people or entities (so-called “E-Mail Bombing”);
• repeatedly send e-mail to any person or entity who does not wish to receive it. If a recipient asks to stop receiving e-mail from a LCSCentral.net Internet user, then that LCSCentral.net Internet user must not send that person further e-mail; and
• subscribe to any e-mail list or service on behalf of a third party without that third party’s consent.

3.2 LCSCentral.net Internet users must not engage in any of the activities described in paragraph 3.1 from another provider’s e-mail service and use a LCSCentral.net Internet account as an e-mail return address or “drop” for responses.

3.3 LCSCentral.net Internet Users must not forge, alter or remove any e-mail header.

Any e-mail address at the lcscentral.net domain is property of LCSCentral.net Internet and may be terminated or re-assigned without notice.

4.0 Security, Privacy and “Hacking”
The Customer is responsible for any misuse of the Services that originate from their account, even activities committed by any friend, family, co-worker, employee, guest or anyone with access to the account. Customers must ensure that others not gain unauthorized access to the Services.

4.1 LCSCentral.net Internet users must not:

• disrupt or interfere with the normal operation of LCSCentral.net systems, networks, or activities in any way that adversely affects the ability of other people, or systems to use LCSCentral.net Internet services or the Internet, including, but not limited to:

  • denial of service attacks;
  • flooding of networks;
  • attempts to overload a service; and
  • attempts to cause system crashes,

  or attempt to do so; or
• use any unauthorized program to connect the user to any LCSCentral.net Internet Internet Relay Chat (“IRC”) server, including, but not limited to, IRC bots or clonebots;
• gain access or attempt to gain access to the private systems or data of LCSCentral.net, without the prior consent of LCSCentral.net.

4.2 LCSCentral.net Internet users must not use their LCSCentral.net Internet accounts to:

• circumvent or attempt to circumvent security or authentication systems on any host, network hardware, or user accounts, including, but not limited to, logging into any server, account or network without authorization and electronically probing the security of any system or network; or
• disrupt or interfere with the normal operation of any system or network operated by any third party, or attempt to do so.
• gain access or attempt to gain access to the private systems or data of LCSCentral.net, or any third party without the prior consent of LCSCentral.net or the third party.

5.0 Usenet Newsgroups
5.1 LCSCentral.net Internet users must not:

• post a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of newsgroups, or cross-post to an excessive number of newsgroups;
• post articles on a newsgroup which are off-topic according to the newsgroup charter;
• post binary or encoded binary files to newsgroups not specifically designated for that purpose;
• post commercial messages on a non-commercial LCSCentral.net Internet newsgroup without prior approval from LCSCentral.net;
• engage in any of (a), (b), (c) or (d) from a provider other than LCSCentral.net and use an account on LCSCentral.net Internet as an e-mail return address or “drop” for responses, or
• engage in any of (a), (b), (c) or (d) from a provider other than LCSCentral.net for the purpose of drawing attention to a service hosted by or on LCSCentral.net Internet’s network.

LCSCentral.net reserves the right to discontinue access to any Usenet newsgroup at any time and for any reason.

6.0 Censorship and Adult Materials
LCSCentral.net believes in freedom of expression and the right of individuals to decide for themselves what they want to see and listen to. We do not believe it is the place of an ISP to censor or regulate the Internet. However, users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to transmit or post any information or image that is criminally obscene or otherwise prohibited under any applicable law.

LCSCentral.net Internet assumes NO responsibility for Internet content available through the Services. Customers are responsible for restricting access to sexually explicit material on the Internet, by purchasing the appropriate filtering software, or by monitoring Internet use. Content questions or complaints should be addressed to the content provider.

7.0 Miscellaneous
7.1 False Pretences. Users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to impersonate any person or use a fictitious user name with any of LCSCentral.net Internet’s services, including in any e-mail, Usenet posting, or Internet Relay Chat (“IRC”) site. This restriction does not preclude the use of nicknames in IRC, the use of anonymous remailer services, or postings to any site that permits pseudonyms.

7.2 Unsolicited Advertising. Users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to post or transmit any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials or other forms of solicitation to any person except in those areas and on those websites that are designated for such a purpose.

7.3 Harassment, Threats and Abuse. Users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to harass, threaten, or abuse any person or group of people by any means.

7.4 Crude or Offensive Postings. Users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to post offensive or crude messages or images on publicly accessible pages or sites, except where such messages or images are appropriate having regard to the nature of the site. LCSCentral.net has the right, but not the obligation, to remove messages or images that LCSCentral.net, in its sole discretion, determines are offensive.

7.5 Multiple access. Users must not maintain more than one simultaneous connection to LCSCentral.net Internet or any LCSCentral.net Internet service, IRC Chat group, or newsgroup.

7.6 Disruptive Conduct. Users must not use LCSCentral.net Internet to disrupt the normal flow of online dialogue, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users, individuals or entities.

8.0 Bandwidth/Network Traffic and Other Limitations
You must comply with the current bandwidth/network traffic, data storage and other limitations on the Services.

Users must ensure that their activity does not improperly restrict, inhibit or degrade any other customer’'s use of the Services, nor represent (in the sole judgment of LCSCentral.net) an unusually large burden on the network itself. The guidelines for Bandwidth/Network Traffic Usage/month for each service package are the following: Residential - totaling 10 Gigabytes, or 6 Gigabytes download/4 Gigabytes upload; Home Office - totaling 15 Gigabytes, or 10 Gigabytes download/5 Gigabytes upload; Small Office - totaling 25 Gigabytes, or 18 Gigabytes download/7 Gigabytes upload; Professional Office - totaling 60 Gigabytes, or 40 Gigabytes download/20 Gigabyte upload. Users exceeding the Bandwidth/Network Traffic amounts specified for their Service Package may be charged $10.00 for each Gigabyte used in excess of their specified amount. In addition, users must ensure that their activity does not improperly restrict, disrupt, inhibit, degrade or impede LCSCentral.net’s ability to deliver the Services and monitor the Services, backbone, network nodes, and/or other network services.

Customers may not resell, share, or otherwise distribute the Services or any portion thereof to any third party without the written consent of LCSCentral.net. For example, you cannot provide Internet access to others through a wireless or dial-up connection, host shell accounts over the Internet, provide email or news service, or send a news feed unless express permission is granted by the customer agreement.

You may not provide network services to others via the LCSCentral.net’s Internet Access.

9.0 Updates
This Acceptable Use Policy is subject to change without notice. The current version of the Acceptable Use Policy is always available at www.lcscentral.net/policy/.

10.0 Questions and Complaints
Please direct any questions you may have regarding this Acceptable Use policy and complaints regarding violations of this Policy by other LCSCentral.net Internet users to cs@lcscentral.net