PLEASE READ THESE ACCEPTABLE USE GUIDELINES ("GUIDELINES"), THE VNET SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS ("TERMS AND CONDITIONS") CAREFULLY BEFORE ACTIVATING AN ACCOUNT WITH VNET. BY USING VNET SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THESE GUIDELINES.

If at any time after activation of Your account for Versatile Internet Solutions, LLC ("VNET") Services, You do not agree to be bound by these Guidelines or the Terms and Conditions, You should immediately end Your use of VNET Services. VNET may change these Guidelines and the Terms and Conditions at any time. Such changes and their effective date will be posted on the VNET website at http://www.v-net.us. You agree to review changes to these Guidelines, the Terms and Conditions and if any change is not acceptable to You, You agree to terminate Your use of VNET Services. Your continued use of VNET Services after the effective date of any such change constitutes acceptance of all of the changes.

1.0 General

While VNET encourages and supports the free flow of information and ideas over the Internet, we expect that our subscribers and users will act legally, responsibly and be considerate of others. VNET reserves the right, but does not bear the responsibility, to prohibit or delete any conduct, communication or content which VNET, in its sole discretion, determines to be unlawful or harmful to others. When You are using VNET Services, You are subject to these Guidelines, the Terms and Conditions. VNET may suspend or terminate Your account for VNET Services at any time for any reason (including, without limitation, if VNET determines that You have failed to comply with these Guidelines or the Terms and Conditions.

As VNET does not monitor conduct of end users nor communication or content distributed through its services, You acknowledge VNET is unlikely to be aware of violations of law or these Guidelines or other misconduct by end users occurring through use of the VNET Services. As the sender of e-mail or poster to a newsgroup, You bear full responsibility for the material You send. As the recipient of e-mail or newsgroup postings, You are responsible for using reasonable efforts to screen unwanted material and reporting any offensive or illegal communications to VNET.

2.0 Prohibited Uses of VNET Services

Unlawful purposes. Transmission, distribution or storage of material or conduct in violation of any applicable local, state, federal or foreign law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, any unauthorized use of material protected by patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right or material that is obscene, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.

Unwanted Materials, Offensive Content and Disabling Code. Transmission, distribution or storage of unwanted materials, offensive content and disabling code is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, pornographic images, materials or descriptions, viruses, Trojan horse programs, messages which include character sequences intended to control the recipient's computer or display screen, make-money fast schemes, pyramid or chain letters, fraudulent offers, threats, harassment, defamation, postings to a newsgroup in violation of its rules, charter or FAQ and unsolicited advertising (whether commercial or informational).

SPAM. Sending e-mail that contains false or misleading information to identify the sender or the subject matter or any form of unsolicited e-mail ("SPAM") and all activities that have the effect of facilitating SPAM, whether transmitted through the VNET network or another Internet service, are strictly prohibited. This includes, without limitation, sending SPAM to direct visitors to Your website, whether or not the messages are originated by You, under Your direction, or by or under the direction of a third party.

VNET Services Functionality. Any action to bypass, defeat or disable, or conduct that facilitates bypassing, defeating or disabling, any functionality of the VNET Services or VNET software or alters the look and feel of VNET's Web sites or user interface is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, altering or blocking the display of any advertisement, banner or other promotional materials appearing on VNET's Web sites or through the use of VNET Services.

System and Network Security. Any violations of VNET's system or network security are strictly prohibited. Security violations include, without limitation: (i) attempts to compromise the security of any Internet account or website; (ii) altering the header information of e-mail or Usenet postings or other activity that conceals Your e-mail address or prevents recipients from responding to e-mail messages You send; (iii) interference with service to any user, hosting or network provider (including, without limitation, mail-bombing or news-bombing, flooding, overloading a system, broadcast attacks, disrupting Internet relay chat channels or Usenet newsgroups); (iv) use or distribution of tools designed to compromise security (including without limitation cracking tools, network probing tools, and password or credit card, and other guessing programs) of any computer system or network; (v) transferring excessive amounts of data through VNET's network; (vi) misuse or abuse of account access and passwords; and (vii) reselling any aspect of VNET Services.

3.0 Enforcement

In order for VNET to comply with applicable laws, including without limitation the Electronic Communications Privacy Act 18 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., to comply with appropriate government requests, to operate VNET's systems properly, or to protect VNET or its customers, VNET may access and disclose any information including, without limitation, the user names of VNET account holders, the contents of any personal electronic communications passing through its network, and any other information it considers necessary or appropriate. VNET will cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating suspected violations of these Guidelines and illegal activity. VNET reserves the right to report to law enforcement authorities any suspected illegal activity of which it becomes aware.

If VNET receives a complaint or otherwise becomes aware of any possible violation of these Guidelines, the Terms and Conditions or the License Agreement, VNET may, in its sole discretion, initiate an investigation. This investigation may include gathering information from and about VNET account holders and examining the content of personal electronic communications or VNET Personal Web page(s) on VNET's servers. During an investigation, VNET may suspend VNET Services and/or remove materials from its servers. You agree to cooperate with any such investigation.

If VNET determines, in its sole discretion, that a violation of these Guidelines, the Terms and Conditions or the License Agreement has occurred, VNET may, but will not be obligated, to take any or all of the following actions in addition to legal remedies it may have available: temporarily or permanently remove material from VNET servers, discontinue access to Usenet newsgroups, cancel newsgroup postings, move postings to another forum, warn the account holder(s) involved, remove e-mail sent by You, suspend or terminate account(s) for VNET services, remove or deny access to VNET personal web page(s) hosted on VNET's servers, publicly disclose the originating address, subject matter and/or URL of the website associated with a prohibited transmission and to charge a handling fee associated with taking such action and take other responsive action at any time and for any reason. Violations of these Guidelines could also subject You to criminal or civil liability.

4.0 How to Contact Us

Specific questions about these Guidelines should be directed to: Contact Us