1. Definitions
In this Agreement the following expressions
shall have the following meanings:
- the "Agent" - the agent, if any,
representing Netservers in the sale of the Services to the Customer,
or such other agent as Netservers may nominate from time to time;
- the "Agreement" - the agreement
comprised by the Order Form and these Terms and Conditions;
- the "Customer" - the customer
specified in the Order Form;
- an "Event of Force Majeure" means
such event as defined in clause 17.J below.
- the "Initial Term" - means a period
of three (3) months from the Start Date;
- the "Order Form" - Netservers'
standard order form, signed by or on behalf of the Customer by
which the Customer orders the Service;
- the "Price List" - Netservers'
prices for the Services from time to time subsisting;
- "Netservers" - Netservers is a
trading name for Cambridge Computer Centre Ltd. (registered in
England under number 4028770) whose registered office is at 8
Exchange Street, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9AB;
- "Netservers' Rules" - Netservers'
rules concerning acceptable use of the Internet from time to time;
- "Reterminate the circuit" means
relocate the termination point of the dedicated leased line circuit
provided by the telephone company by which the Service is provided
at the Customer's premises (where applicable);
- "RIPE" means the organisation
from time to time that assigns TCP/IP Addresses for use by Internet
Providers and their customers in Europe.
- the "Service" - Netservers' services.
- the "Start Date" - means the day
on which packets of data can first be sent to the Customer's router
using the Services;
2. Terms of Purchase
These Netservers Terms and Conditions shall
apply to the subject matter of this Agreement to the entire exclusion
of any documentation proposed by the Customer.
3. Services
Subject to compliance by the Customer with its
obligations under this Agreement, Netservers shall provide the Services
to the Customer during the life of this Agreement.
4. Term
This Agreement shall subsist for the Initial
Term and for subsequent periods of three months until terminated
by no less than thirty (30) days notice in writing by either party
to the other. In the case of termination by the Customer, the Customer
may give such notice to take effect only within a period of sixty
(60) days commencing on the last day of the Initial Term or commencing
on a subsequent three-month term. In the case of termination by
Netservers, Netservers may give such notice at any time.
5. Usage
A. Compliance with Law and Policy. The Customer
shall ensure that nothing is transmitted by or on behalf of the
Customer or using the Customer's equipment through the Service or
down-loaded in violation of any UK or international law, regulation
or treaty or Netservers' Rules or in breach of the intellectual
property rights of any person. The Customer shall fully and effectually
indemnify Netservers from and against all loss, liability, damages,
costs and expenses which Netservers may incur in relation to any
breach by the Customer of its obligations under this Clause. A breach
of this clause will also be grounds for Netservers to terminate
this Agreement with immediate effect, at Netservers' discretion.
B. Offending Material. Without prejudice to any other right, Netservers
shall be entitled to disable the Service or any part of it or to
take such action
as it may in its discretion think appropriate to ensure that any
material which Netservers in its discretion considers to offend
the principles set out in Clause 5.A is not capable of being transmitted
or down-loaded. Netservers shall not however be obligated to take,
or consider whether it should take, any such action.
C. Customer-Only Traffic. The right to use the Service is limited
to the Customer, and those members of its staff and others engaged
by the Customer to perform work for the Customer.
D. International Bandwidth. The Customer acknowledges that Netservers
has no direct control over the availability of bandwidth over the
entirety of the Internet and that while it will use such endeavours
as Netservers, in its absolute discretion deems appropriate to facilitate
the Service at all times, Netservers shall not be responsible for
delays caused by overuse of or lack of such bandwidth.
E Indemnity. The Customer acknowledges that, by the nature of the
Service being provided, information and material downloaded or used
by the Customer may be kept, whether permanently or temporarily
on Netservers' equipment. The Customer shall at all times ensure
that such information and material complies with the laws of all
applicable jurisdictions and shall keep Netservers fully and effectually
indemnified from and against all costs, claims, liabilities and
demands relating to or arising from:
o any breach by the Customer of this clause 5.E ; or
o any criminal or civil legal action brought against Netservers
as a result of Netservers' storage of such information or material.
6. Customer Equipment and Network
A. It is the sole responsibility of the Customer
and not that of Netservers to provide security with respect to any
of the Customer's facilities or the facilities of others. The Customer
shall be solely responsible for establishing and maintaining user-access
security and network access.
B. Notwithstanding clause 6.A, where Netservers constructs on Intranet
services for the Customer as part of the Services, Netservers shall
be liable, subject always to the provisions of clause 16, for any
failure to exercise reasonable skill and care in doing so.
7. Domain Name and Network Number
A. Netservers will route existing TCP/IP addresses
that were previously assigned to the Customer only if those addresses
were assigned to the Customer directly and not through another Internet
Service Provider. Netservers may not be held responsible if other
Internet Service Providers refuse to accept these addresses. Netservers
shall assign new or additional TCP/IP addresses as requested by
the Customer upon being provided with satisfactory documentation
justifying the need for those addresses. The documentation must
be in accordance with the policies set forth by RIPE. In certain
circumstances it may be necessary for TCP/IP addresses to be approved
by RIPE, and in such cases Netservers shall not be responsible for
any decision made by RIPE. When Netservers assigns addresses to
the Customer, those addresses are assigned only for the duration
of the Services and become invalid at such time as Netservers no
longer provides Internet connectivity to the Customer. After termination
or after a discretionary 30-day period Netservers may reassign those
addresses to other Customers. If the Customer wishes to apply for
addresses that will subsist beyond the duration of the Services,
it must do so directly to RIPE. Any decision by RIPE or by another
Internet Service Provider relating to TCP/IP addresses is the responsibility
of RIPE or of that other Internet Service Provider and Netservers
accepts no responsibility for any such decision.
B. Netservers has no control over the availability of domain names
and accordingly accepts no responsibility for the availability of
any domain name. If any domain name is or becomes unavailable or
on a request from any domain name registration authority, the Customer
shall take all steps to relinquish the relevant domain name or otherwise
to abide by the order of such authority and Netservers shall be
entitled to take all appropriate steps to achieve the same.
C. In respect of any actions taken by Netservers pursuant to this
clause 7, Netservers may levy reasonable additional charges on the
Customer as Netservers sees fit.
8. Historical Archive and Backup
While Netservers backs up its server computers
as a regular part of its internal systems administration, Netservers
does not guarantee any storage or backup of Customer data.
9. Service Pricing
A. Service Pricing. The Customer shall pay fees
to Netservers calculated in accordance with the Price List, except
that Netservers agrees not to increase the prices it charges the
Customer at least until the end of the Initial Term. The Customer
acknowledges that it has read and agrees the Price List. All fees
are exclusive of any applicable VAT which are chargeable in addition
at the then current rate.
B. Initial Commitment. The Customer shall pay Netservers the following
costs upon execution of this Agreement (save where otherwise specified).
These will include without limitation the following, all calculated
in accordance with the Price List;
(1) Netservers' set-up fee(s), upgrade fee(s) (as applicable); (payable
with order);
(2) Netservers' service fees for the Initial Term (including any
options selected by the Customer on the Order Form);
(3) Domain Name Charges (as applicable);
(4) Equipment lease fees (as applicable);
(5) Equipment purchase charges (as applicable);
The fees for the Initial Term whether paid or payable, are non-refundable.
They are independent of the amount of traffic or system access by
the Customer.
C. Invoicing. Netservers (or the Agent on Netservers' behalf) will
invoice and the Customer shall pay Netservers' setup fee and the
fee for the first billing period of the Service (including any options
selected in accordance with the Order Form) immediately upon the
execution of this Agreement. Netservers (or the Agent on Netservers'
behalf) will invoice additional periods of Service separately to
the Customer. Invoices that are disputed by the Customer should
be notified to Netservers within ten (10) days of the invoice date.
In such event Netservers will reissue the invoice and the Customer
shall pay the corrected invoice within fourteen (14) days of the
date of the reissued invoice. Invoices are payable to Netservers
(or the Agent, as the case may be) within fourteen (14) days of
the invoice date. Netservers, (or the Agent) may, without prejudice
to any other remedies it may have, charge interest on overdue payments
at a rate equal to three per cent (3%) above the base rate of National
Westminster Bank plc from time to time prevailing: such interest
to be calculated on a daily basis.
D. Equipment. Where the Service Order Form indicates that equipment
is to be leased to the Customer, the provisions of the attached
Lease Schedule shall apply.
10. Termination
A. For Nonpayment. If any Netservers invoice
remains unpaid thirty (30) days after its due date, Netservers may
without further notification or prejudice to any other remedy, suspend
or disable the Service or, at its option, terminate this Agreement.
Termination for non-payment shall not relieve the Customer of its
responsibilities under this Agreement, including the responsibility
to pay all fees up to the date of termination.
B. For Default. Netservers may terminate this Agreement at any time
if the Customer materially breaches this Agreement and in the case
of a breach capable of remedy fails to remedy the breach within
thirty (30) days of a notice from Netservers requiring the breach
to be remedied.
11. Additional Service Terms
A. Customer-provided Equipment. To enable Netservers
to provide the Service, the Customer agrees to abide by Netservers'
recommendations and specifications regarding the existence, configuration
and maintenance equipment used by the Customer (if any), the software
used by the Customer and cabling required to integrate the Customer's
host or local area network (LAN) into Netservers' wide area network
(WAN). The Customer's equipment must comply with the relevant portions
of such recommendations and specifications.
B. Such recommendations and specifications, if any, are given solely
for the protection of Netservers' equipment and not the Customer's
and the Customer may not therefore rely upon such recommendations
and specifications in the design, maintenance or service of the
Customer's equipment or system.
C. Support. Netservers' customer service staff will provide reasonable
telephone support on problems experienced by the Customer relating
to the service. Requests for advice and assistance can be sent by
e-mail to "technical@Netservers".
12. Service Adjustments
If there is a failure in Netservers' point-of-presence
(POP) because Netservers' equipment fails or because circuits between
POPs fail (or if there is any failure of the Cammail network (except
where any such failure is wholly or partly due to an Event of Force
Majeure)), and in any such case this failure results in the disruption
of the Service, then the following adjustments will be made. If
after four (4) hours Netservers does not have an alternative access
point available for the Customer, Netservers will provide an additional
Service day to the Customer beyond the then current service term
for each calendar day or portion thereof of such disruption in the
Service. To be eligible, the Customer must apply to Netservers in
writing for this remedy within a reasonable time (and in any case
no longer than thirty (30) days) after the failure. This shall be
the sole remedy available to the Customer for service disruptions.
13. Retermination of Circuit
If the Customer considers it necessary to reterminate
the circuit, the Customer shall be responsible for all associated
costs. Netservers will not be responsible for any disruption to
the Service attributable to the retermination.
14. Upgrades
From time to time Netservers may upgrade its
network infrastructure. This may require the Customer to upgrade
its equipment if the Service is to be continued. In that event,
the Customer agrees to make within thirty (30) days such reasonable
upgrades to its hardware or software as Netservers' technical staff
may from time to time reasonably specify by written notice to the
Customer. Netservers shall not be responsible for degradation of
or disruption to the Service if the Customer does not make the upgrade
required.
15. Limited Warranty
A. Netservers warrants that the Service will
not be substantially different from any written description of the
Service previously supplied by Netservers to the Customer.
B. The Customer is responsible for assessing its own commercial
needs, how the Service relates to the Customer and how the Customer
should use the Service. The Customer warrants that it is familiar
with services of this type and that it understands the level of
service to be provided and the implications for the Customer's own
business of the choices which the Customer made in completing the
Order Form. Netservers makes no warranty as to the value of the
Service in the Customer's business or the results to be obtained
from the use of the Services.
C. The Customer is solely responsible for the use of any information
or other material obtained through the Service. Netservers specifically
excludes any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information
obtained through the Service, or that any other material obtained
through the Service may be used in any way by the Customer without
infringing the rights of any third parties. The Customer further
acknowledges that these matters are outside the control of Netservers.
16. Limitation of liability
16.1 Without prejudice to the express warranties
contained in clauses 6 and 15 above and to the maximum extent permissible
in law, all conditions and warranties which are to be implied by
statute or otherwise by general law into this Agreement or relating
to the Services are hereby excluded.
16.2 The following provisions in this clause 16 set out Netservers'
entire liability (including any liability for the acts and omissions
of its employees, agents or sub-contractors) to the Customer in
respect of:
16.2.1 a breach of Netservers' contractual obligations;
16.2.2 a tortious act or omission for which Netservers is liable;
16.2.3 an action arising out of a misrepresentation by or on behalf
of Netservers; arising in connection with the performance or contemplated
performance of this Agreement or out of an act done or omission
made as a consequence of the entry into by Netservers of this Agreement.
16.3 The total liability which Netservers shall owe to the Customer
and in respect of all claims shall not exceed the sum of one thousand
pounds (£1,000).
16.4 The Customer acknowledges that the Netservers network has not
been designed for use in circumstances where its failure could cause
pure economic loss, loss of profit, loss of business or like loss.
16.5 Netservers shall in no circumstances be liable to the Customer
for any pure economic loss, loss of profit, loss of business or
like loss.
16.6 Netservers shall in no circumstances (whether before or after
termination of this Agreement) be liable to the Customer for any
loss of or corruption to data or programs held or used by or on
behalf of the Customer and the Customer shall at all times keep
adequate back?up copies of the data and programs held or used by
or on behalf of the Customer.
16.7 The Customer shall only be entitled to bring a claim against
Netservers
where the Customer issues legal proceedings against Netservers within
the period of twenty-four (24) months commencing on the date upon
which the Customer ought to have known of its entitlement to bring
such a claim.
16.8 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained Netservers'
liability to the Customer for:?
16.8.1 death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of
Netservers, its employees, agents or sub?contractors;
16.8.2 damage suffered by the Customer as a result of a breach by
Netservers of the condition as to title or the warranty as to quiet
possession implied
by Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or Section 2 of the
Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; and
16.8.3 damage for which Netservers is liable to the Customer under
Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987;
shall not be limited save that nothing in this clause 16 shall confer
a right or remedy upon the Customer to which the Customer would
not otherwise be entitled.
16.9 The exclusions from and limitations of liability set out in
this clause 16 shall be considered severably. The validity or unenforceability
of any one clause, sub?clause, paragraph or sub?paragraph of this
clause 16 shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
other part of this clause 16.
16.10 The provisions of this clause 16 shall survive the termination
of the whole or a Part of this Agreement.
17. General Terms
A. Assignment. The Customer may not sell, transfer
or assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without
Netservers' written consent. No such assignment, even if consented
to, shall relieve the Customer of its obligations under this Agreement
prior to the date of the assignment.
B. Waiver. The waiver or failure of Netservers to exercise any right
provided for in this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of that
or any other right in this Agreement.
C. Invalidity. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the remaining provisions
of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
D. Whole Agreement. This Agreement represents the complete agreement
and understanding of the parties as to its subject matter, and supersedes
any other agreement or understanding, written or oral. If there
is any conflict between the Order Form and the Netservers Terms,
the Order Form shall take precedence. This Agreement may be modified
only in writing signed by an authorised representative of the Customer
and an authorised representative of Netservers.
E. Notices. Notices sent pursuant to this Agreement shall be in
writing and may be delivered by hand, sent by post or faxed with
hard copy confirmation by post to the recipient at its address as
shown on the Order Form or at such other address as may be notified
in accordance with this clause or, in the case of a company, to
its registered office. Notices hand-delivered or faxed shall be
deemed received on delivery and those posted on the second working
day after they are posted.
F. Headings. The headings shall be disregarded in construing this
Agreement.
G. Law. This Agreement shall be governed by English law. The parties
submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
H. Capacity. Both parties acknowledge that they have read and understood
this Agreement and agree to be bound by its terms.
I. Representations. The parties acknowledge that in entering into
this Agreement they have not relied upon any representations other
than those reduced to writing in this Agreement. The provisions
of this clause 17.I shall not apply in the case of any fraudulent
misrepresentation.
J. Force Majeure
Any delay in or failure of performance of any obligation by either
party (save an obligation in respect of the payment of monies) shall
not constitute a breach of such obligation to the extent that such
delay or failure is caused by an event (including without limitation
an event such as a strike, lock-out or other industrial action or
trade dispute occurring to the party taking advantage of this clause
17.J) outside the control of that party and which that party is
not reasonably able to prevent or to circumvent ("an Event
of a Force Majeure"). The party otherwise in default shall
take all reasonable steps to circumvent and mitigate the effect
of such event and to reduce any delay in the performance of such
obligation.
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