Terms and Conditions of Use 

6Star.net provides Internet World Wide Web page hosting, Marketing, and Development. 6Star.net has certain legal and ethical responsibilities regarding the use of its server and equipment involved in these services.

6Star.net general policy is to act as a provider of Internet presence. 6Star.net has specific ethical concerns regarding the use of its computers detailed below. 6Star.net reserves the right to suspend or cancel a customer's access to any or all services provided by 6Star.net when we decide that the account has been inappropriately used.

Server Abuse

Any attempt to undermine or cause harm to a server, or customer, of 6Star.net is strictly prohibited.

Unauthorized use of other people's accounts or computers, 6Star.net will strongly react to any use or attempted use of an Internet account or computer without the owner's authorization. Such attempts include "Internet scamming" (tricking other people into releasing their passwords), password robbery, security hole scanning etc.

Any unauthorized use of accounts or computers by a 6Star.net customer, whether or not the attacked account or computer belongs to 6Star.net, will result in action against the attacker. Possible actions include warnings, account suspension or cancellation, and civil or criminal legal action, depending on the seriousness of the attack.

IMPORTANT NOTE - 6Star.net has the right to discontinue service, or deny access to anyone who violates our Policies or the Terms and Conditions shown below WITHOUT WARNING OR PRIOR NOTICE. No refunds of fees paid will be made if account termination is due to violation of the terms outlined below.

Customers may not run IRC, bots or clients. Unacceptable uses also include, but are NOT limited to: Bulk emailing, unsolicited emailings, newsgroup spamming, pornographic content, illegal content, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, warez, cracks, software serial numbers, and/or anything else determined by 6Star.net to be unacceptable use of 6Star.net 's services including abuse of server resources.

Accounts may be terminated that include the following content or which have links to the following content:

• Providing material that is grossly offensive to the Web community including blatant expressions of bigotry, racism, hatred, or profanity
• Promoting or providing instructional information about illegal activities, or promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual
• Displaying material containing obscene nudity or pornographic material
• Displaying material that exploits children under 18 years of age
• Acts of copyright infringement including offering pirated computer programs or links to such programs, information used to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, including serial or registration numbers for software programs, or any type of cracker utilities

Abuse of Unlimited Traffic

6Star.net 's customers are privileged to be offered unlimited traffic for their web sites. The intention of 6Star.net is to provide a large space to serve web documents, not an off site storage area for electronic files. All (90%) of your files (.GIF, .JPEG, etc.) stored on 6Star.net 's servers must be ‘linked’ with web pages (html). Web sites that are found to contain either/or no html documents, a large number of unlinked files are subject to warning, suspension or cancellation at the discretion of 6Star.net management. Any customer who violates 6Star.net 's Policies in abusing either space/site transfer will be notified and given 2 days to remedy the problem. If the problem is not resolved within the allotted period, the client will be billed for the overages.

To maintain the integrity of our service the following limitations apply:

Sites with banners, graphics or cgi scripts running from their domain used on other domains. Sites with very large picture galleries (any site where the majority of the files transferred is graphics). Sites offering download files or archives. (This is any site where 50% or more of the monthly traffic is from file downloads). Sites using more than 30% of system resources for longer than 60 seconds. Sites running multimedia files (QuickTime, Real Audio, Real Video, MP3).

For those that do not qualify for the unlimited service (Unix Gold accounts), traffic will go unmonitored until you reach 3 GB per month. Thereafter, normal data transfer cost of $20.00/1GB/month will be billed to your account. If you want to pre-pay for bandwidth overages, you will be billed $10.00/1GB/month.  If your web site is getting that much traffic, we highly recommend upgrading to the Platinum account with unlimited traffic.

You will have 7 days to visit www.overages.6star.net to pay for your overages. If you do not pay for your overages your site will be disabled within 7 days of your first notice. This does not apply to co-location clients. Co-location clients will be billed for the overages based on switch reports. Co-location clients must pay for the overages IMMEDIATELY once billing or 6Star.net has the sole decision to deactivate any and all servers.

6Star.net will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.

Unsolicited Email (Spam)

Unsolicited commercial advertisements are not allowed in e-mail, and will likely result in account suspension or cancellation. Commercial advertisements are unwelcome in most Usenet discussion groups and on most e-mail mailing lists. Inappropriate posting may result in account suspension or cancellation. See the newsgroup or mailing list's charter for whether advertising is allowed or not. "Spamming," or sending a message to many different off-topic newsgroups, is particularly unethical and will be treated as such. Sending a message, especially an advertisement, to more than five or six recipients, is by itself spamming unless the individuals have specifically requested to be added to a mailing list on that topic. E-mail is a person-to-person medium, not a broadcast medium. Upon your first Spam offense your mail will be disabled for 72 hours. Upon your second Spam offense your entire domain will be disabled for 72 hours and you will be fined $100.00 per sent Spam. Upon your third offense your account with 6Star.net will be terminated, you will be fined $200.00 per sent Spam. No refunds will be given if your account is terminated for Spam.

99.9% Uptime Guarantee

(1.) Coverage
This 99.9% uptime guarantee applies to any 6Star.net client in good financial standing with 6Star.net at the time of a service outage.

(2.) Service Level
6Star.net endeavors to have the content of your web site available for http access by any party in the world 99.9% of the time.

(3.) Credits
In the event that your web site is not available for more than 99.9%, 6Star.net will credit the following month's service fee as follows. For any shared hosting client, such credit shall be retroactive and shall be as calculated below and as measured 24 hours a day in a calendar month, with the maximum credit not to exceed the monthly service charge for the affected month.

For managed dedicated server customers if the uptime is between 98.9% and 99.9% for any particular month the credit shall be retroactive and equivalent to the difference between the guaranteed level of availability of the customer's services during the month and the calculated actual level of availability of the customer's services, multiplied by the actual charges incurred by the customer for the services during that month period. In addition, for managed dedicated server, customers may be entitled to additional credits as calculated below and as measured 24-hours a day in a calendar month, with the maximum credit not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the monthly service charge for the affected month.

In order for you to receive a credit on your account, you must request such credit within ten (10) days after you experienced the down time. You must request credit by sending an electronic mail message to refunds@6star.net. For security, the body of this message must contain your account number, the dates and times of the unavailability of your website, and such other customer identification requested by 6Star.net. Credits will usually be applied within sixty (60) days of your credit request. Credit to your account shall be your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of an outage.

(4.) Restrictions
Credits shall not be provided to you in the event that you have any outage resulting from (1.) scheduled maintenance as posted from time to time at 6Star.net, (2.) your behavior or the performance or failure of your equipment, facilities or applications, or (3.) circumstances beyond 6Star.net 's reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services, including DNS propagation, domain name registration / transfer, failure of third party software or hardware or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of your web site, or (4.) a client breaking any item in 6Star.net 's "terms of conditions and acceptable use policy" causing a machine to fail as a result.

CGI Scripts

Each account comes with its own cgi-bin. You are free to use any CGI scripts you wish, however we reserve the right to disable any CGI script that effects normal server operation without prior warning.

Chat Rooms

We do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms, without approving it with the 6Star.net Support Team. Most chat rooms tend to be large system hogs and we cannot allow it as an account option. However, we do provide a choice of Java chat rooms for a small extra charge that will more than fill your needs and run without hindering the performance of the machine for others. Note: Parachat chat rooms do not apply to this rule. They are perfectly fine to install.

Abuse of SMTP Mail Server

We do not allow clients to send more than 2000 pieces of e-mail per day. If you do send more than 2000 pieces of e-mail per day, your account will be placed on hold for Network Abuse. If you are sending legitimate e-mails and they total more than 2000 per day your account will be moved to a special server that is specifically designed to handle high volumes of e-mail. You will be charged $50.00/month in addition to your regular hosting charges if your account is moved to this server. Please contact noc@6star.net to have your domain moved.

Background Running Programs

We may allow programs to run continually in the background. These are considered on a one-to-one basis and an extra charge will be incurred based on system resources used and operational maintenance needed.

IRC

We currently do not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.

Payment Policies

All accounts are set up on a pre-pay basis. Setup fees are charged for all new accounts and major account changes and are non-refundable. All pricing is guaranteed for the term of pre-payment (i.e. 3 month or 1 year prepaid accounts with discounted prices).  6Star.net reserves the right to change prices at any time, unless other terms have been agreed upon. Any account not brought current within a week (7 days) of e-mail notice or exceeding this time frame in any way is subject to suspension. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the account from the time it was established to the time that the customer notifies 6Star.net at cancel@6star.net to request for termination of services. All payment is in U.S. currency. 6Star.net will bill each client a collection fee of $50 per returned check, per wire transfer received and per credit card chargeback received. Also, a collection agency may be retained to collect past due amounts with an additional collection agency fee of not less than $250. All 6Star.net accounts are setup on anniversary billing cycles. Your particular billing cycle corresponds to the contract length that was initially chosen at setup. Your account will automatically renew at this length. There is no fee to change to a shorter billing cycle at the end of the current cycle. However, if you wish to change to a shorter billing cycle, during a current cycle, there will be a $50.00 fee. Please contact the billing department at billing@6star.net should you wish to change your anniversary billing cycle.

Refund Policy

6Star.net has a 30 day satisfaction guarantee and will refund your your web hosting fee if you cancel your account within 30 days of setup. The one-time setup fee is not refundable. To cancel your web hosting account, you must follow the guidelines in the "Cancellation" section below. Domain Registration fees can not be refunded since domain names can not be unregistered.  All domain name registrations are final and will not be refunded.

Cancellation

6Star.net reserves the right to cancel service at any time. All fees paid in advance of cancellation will be pro-rated and paid by 6Star.net if 6Star.net institutes it's right of cancellation. Any violation of policies which results in extra costs will be billed to the customer (i.e. transfer, space etc.)

All of 6Star.net 's web hosting plans are backed by a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied with our services or support within the first 30 days of your contract, you will be given a full refund of the contract amount excluding setup fees, domain registration fees, addon/upgrade fees and overages. Setup fees are refundable only if the account order is canceled prior to account activation. For all web hosting clients who cancel, the full contract amount less any setup fees and overages will be refunded if 6Star.net is notified within the first 30 days following activation. No refund is available after the 30th day. This policy does not apply to any additional services such as overages, referrer logs, real audio/video, additional disk space, additional pop accounts, domain registration fees etc.  Due to security concerns, all account cancellations must be done via our online cancellation form or by sending an email to billing@6star.net.com from your current email address as listed in the 6star.net database. Phone or email requests from an unknown email address will not constitute acceptance of any cancellation unless you provide proof of ID by providing the main FTP password for the account and/or the last four digits of your credit card number. Also, all email requests MUST include the domain name of the account to be cancelled. Refunds will be made by company check or issued back to your credit card within 30 days of receipt of cancellation.

Intellectual Property Rights

Material accessible to you through 6Star.net 's services may be subject to protection under the United States or other copyright laws, or laws protecting trademarks, trade secrets or proprietary information. Except when expressly permitted by the owner of such rights, you are prohibited from using 6Star.net or its servers and network in a manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any material, which you access or receive through the 6Star.net network. If you use a domain name in connection with 6Star.net or similar service, you are prohibited from using that domain name in violation of any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.

Network Security

Customers may not use the 6Star.net network with an attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the customer, logging into a server or account the customer is not expressly authorized to access, password cracking, probing the security of other networks in search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's security policy. Customers may not attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host, or network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a host or network. 6Star.net will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate system or network security may incur criminal or civil liability.

Electronic Commerce

You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of your online store and products and all contents and materials appearing online or on your products, including without limitation (a) the accuracy and appropriateness of content and materials appearing within the store or related to your products, (b) ensuring that the content and materials appearing within the store or related to your products do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, and (c) ensuring that the content and materials appearing within the store or related to your products are not libelous or otherwise illegal. You will be solely responsible for the final calculation and application of shipping and sales tax. You will also be solely responsible for accepting, processing, and filling any customer orders, and for handling any customer inquiries or complaints arising therefrom.

You are also responsible for the security of any customer credit card numbers and related customer information you may access as a result of conducting electronic commerce transactions through your Web Site. You will keep all such information confidential and will use the same degree of care and security as you use with your confidential information.

Static / Dynamic Content Caching

You expressly (i) grant to 6Star.net a license to cache the contents your Web Site, in part or entirety, including content supplied by third parties, hosted by 6Star.net under this Agreement and (ii) agree that such caching is not an infringement of any of your intellectual property rights or any third party's intellectual property rights.

IP Address Ownership

6Star.net shall maintain and control ownership of all IP numbers and addresses that may be assigned to you by 6Star.net and 6Star.net reserves, in its sole discretion, the right to change or remove any and all such IP numbers and addresses.

Domain Name Registration

Customer agrees to pay 6Star.net prior to the effectiveness of the desired domain name registration, the then-current amounts set forth in the 6Star.net price schedule for the initial registration of the domain name and, should Customer choose to renew the registration, subsequent renewals of the registration. All fees are non-refundable, in whole or in part, even if Customer's domain name registration is suspended, cancelled or transferred prior to the end of Customer's then current registration term. 6Star.net reserves the right to change fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. Customer's requested domain name will not be registered unless and until we receive actual payment of the registration fee, and have confirmed Customer's registration in an email from 6Star.net to the email address indicated in Customer's registration application. In the event of a chargeback by a credit card company (or similar action by another payment provider allowed by 6Star.net) in connection with the payments of the registration fee for Customer's domain name registration, Customer agrees and acknowledges that the domain name registration shall be transferred to 6Star.net as the paying entity for that registration to the registry and that we reserve all rights regarding such domain name including, without limitation, the right to make the domain name available to other parties for purchase. 6Star.net will reinstate Customer's domain name registration solely at 6Star.net 's discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial registration or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee.

Lawful Purpose

6Star.net reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. Customers may only use 6Star.net server for lawful purpose. Transmission of any material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, and material protected by trade secrets. The designation of any materials as such described above is left entirely to the discretion of 6Star.net management. Regardless of the place of signing this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue this contract was entered into in Frederick County, Maryland, and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Frederick County, Maryland. Defendants further waive all objections to venue and acknowledge that venue in any such litigation will be held in Frederick County courts. IN NO EVENT SHALL 6STAR.NET'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS.

Indemnification

CUSTOMER AGREES THAT IT SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, SAVE AND HOLD 6STAR.NET HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL DEMANDS, LIABILITIES, LOSSES, COSTS AND CLAIMS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES ASSERTED AGAINST 6STAR.NET, ITS AGENTS, ITS CUSTOMERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, THAT MAY ARISE OR RESULT FROM ANY SERVICE PROVIDED OR PERFORMED OR AGREED TO BE PERFORMED OR ANY PRODUCT SOLD BY CUSTOMER, IT'S AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR ASSIGNS. CUSTOMER AGREES TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS 6STAR.NET AGAINST LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF; (1) ANY INJURY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY ANY PRODUCTS SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED IN CONNECTION WITH 6STAR.NET'S SERVER; (2) ANY MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY CUSTOMER INFRINGING OR ALLEGEDLY INFRINGING ON THE PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY; ( 3) COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND (4) ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS SOLD TO CUSTOMER FROM 6STAR.NET'S SERVERS.

Disclaimer

6STAR.NET WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES YOUR BUSINESS MAY SUFFER. 6STAR.NET MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR SERVICES WE PROVIDE. 6STAR.NET DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS INCLUDES LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NON-DELIVERIES, WRONG DELIVERY, AND ANY AND ALL SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY 6STAR.NET AND ITS EMPLOYEES. 6STAR.NET RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE ITS POLICIES AT ANY TIME.

ALL SUB-NETWORKS, RESELLERS AND DEDICATED SERVERS OF 6STAR.NET MUST ADHERE TO THE ABOVE POLICIES.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW ANY TERM OR CONDITION WILL BE GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION.

Privacy Statement

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