Statement of Responsibility

Each LVCTA Internet account has a password that is the key to gain access to the account. The customer who registered the account is solely responsible for all access and actions taken with regard to the account. It is the account owner's responsibility to safeguard the account password and to ensure that LVCTA Acceptable Use Policies are honored. LVCTA will hold the account owner responsible for any violations of the Acceptable Use Policies.

Sites directly attached to the LVCTA backbone are expected to adhere to the LVCTA Acceptable Use Policies. The individual who signed the contract is responsible for educating site users on acceptable use policies. Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy by directly attached sites will be referred to the contract signer for resolution. The contract signer will be held responsible for any violations of the Acceptable Use Policy.

LVCTA enforces these policies with respect to LVCTA customers only. LVCTA is not responsible for abusive actions which originate from other sites or networks on the Internet.

Acceptable us of the LVCTA network facilities does NOT include:

Attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account on LVCTA systems or the Internet at large ("cracking"). This includes scanning or probing ports without the consent of the owner of the machine being scanned.

Use of LVCTA systems or networks (willfully or negligently) in a manner that encumbers disk space, processors, bandwidth or other system resources so as to interfere with others' normal use of services on LVCTA or other systems and networks ("denial of service" attack).

Activities which violate local, State or Federal statutes.

LVCTA provides domain name service for Dedicated Connection, . Keeping registry information updated and accurate is the responsibility of the domain holder and not LVCTA. Acceptable use of the LVCTA domain name service does NOT include:

Falsifying or omitting valid domain contact information, including the administrative, technical, zone, and billing contracts.

Acceptable us of Email does NOT include:

Sending unsolicited mass mailings of any nature, including those with a "negative option" for continuation. The negative option is inviting those who do not wish to receive more email to reply to you.

Sending a large number of email messages or singularly large email messages to a single address in order to flood someone's mailbox.

Forging email headers to obscure the true originator of the message.

Creating or participating in pyramid schemes or chain letters.

Sending harassing email, either by language, size or frequency. This includes sending email (or real time) messages to a person who has asked explicitly that you do not.

Activities which violate local, state or federal statutes.

Acceptable Use: Dial-up Access

Dial-up connections to LVCTA that are idle for 30 minutes or longer, or connected for more than 12 hours continuously, will be disconnected. Idle time is defined as a period during which no input or output is sent or received across the modem connection.

Multiple simultaneous logins to a single LVCTA dial-up account are prohibited.

While our service is unlimited, it is not a dedicated modem connection. Use of LVCTA dial-up service as a dedicated modem connection through use of redialers and idle-time traffic generators is prohibited.

Activities which violate local, state, or federal statutes.

Acceptable use of LVCTA web/FTP space does NOT include:

Distribution of pornographic or otherwise indecent or offending materials.

Distribution of restricted software or materials in violation of copyrights or distribution licenses.

Distribution of materials which violates local, state or federal statutes.