Acceptable Use Policy

1.1 This Acceptable Use Policy forms part of Activ8me's broadband service agreement with you.

1.2 This Acceptable Use Policy is subject to review from time to time.

1.3 The "Service" refers to the service agreed to in your broadband contract with Activ8me.

General

2.1 You must use the Service in a responsible manner, and not let the effects of your use of the service unduly affect other users on the network.

2.2 You must not use the Service, or allow anyone else to use the Service:

for illegal, malicious, improper or other unlawful purpose;
in any way which unduly interferes with other users on the network
in any way that interferes in the proper operation of the network;
to knowingly transmit a computer virus or other malicious computer program;
to access or damage other users computer system without permission;
to infringe the intellectual property rights of other users;
to disclose confidential or private information of another user;
to store, publish, display, distribute or post material that is obscene, offensive, defamatory, abusive or that violates any law or regulation;
to enable a minor to access material inappropriate for a minor;
to harass or menace any person;
to conduct or promote a business that is illegal;
to breach any laws or infringe any third party rights (including without limitation, copyright) or to breach any standards, content requirements or codes promulgated by any relevant authority or industry body; or
to attempt to do any of the forgoing.

2.3 You must not resell the Service to any other user without our prior written agreement.

Email

3.1 You must not use the Service to:

send bulk unsolicited email to others;
send emails that hide or obscure the source of the email you send, that contain invalid or forged headers or domain names or deceptive addressing;
receive responses from bulk unsolicited email where the original was distributed by you, even if not via the Service;
relay email from a third party's mail server without permission;
collect or harvest screen names or email addresses of others for the purpose of sending unsolicited emails or for exchange;
send large or numerous emails with the purpose of disrupting another's computer or account;
send email that may damage or affect the performance of the email recipient's computer;
persistently send email without reasonable cause or for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any person; or
send emails that are offensive, defamatory or for the purposes of soliciting money by deceptive means.

User group message forums

4.1 You must not use the service to interfere with user groups' message forums by;

engaging in mass posting of messages or the posting of messages to inappropriate newsgroups;
posting advertisements other than in newsgroups that specifically encourage or permit advertising;
post binary files other than in newsgroups that specifically encourage or permit such postings;
post large or numerous messages with the purpose of disrupting a newsgroup; or
send messages that contain invalid or forged headers or domain names or deceptive addressing.

4.2 What constitutes appropriate Usenet newsgroups and appropriate advertising venues will be determined by us.

Other

5.1 You must not permit any person, other than adult members of your household or others with your express permission and under your personal supervision, to use the Service.

5.2 If your use of the service in our reasonable opinion creates an undue burden to our network or degrades use of the network by other users, then we reserve the right to restrict the level or suspend your access to the Service, without prior notice to you.

5.3 You must not use automated programs to continually send or receive high volumes of data via the Service.