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Performance.
DS5000.com Atlanta agrees to provide and customer agrees to
purchase the services requested by customer from the
website, in email or in writing. Customer may add services
via any of the 3 methods and agrees to pay in advance for
them whether they be 1 time charges or recurring monthly
fees.
Changes.
No changes to this agreement shall be binding except those
in writing counter-executed by both parties. Deviations in
pricing shall be agreed to in writing. Email confirmed by
both parties shall suffice.
Invoices, Payment.
DS5000.com Atlanta will invoice Customer for Fees and
Expenses monthly; provided, however, that DS5000.com Atlanta
may invoice Customer for Fees and Expenses associated with
Service(s) provided pursuant to a customer request
immediately upon DS5000.com Atlanta's provision of such
Service(s). Customer acknowledges that DS5000.com Atlanta
will invoice certain Service(s) (including without
limitation telecommunications services) in advance of the
provision of such Service(s). Payment shall be due
immediately upon the invoice date for recurring monthly
services whether or not customer has received an invoice yet
or not. Invoices which remain unpaid fifteen (15) days after
receipt of same by Customer shall accrue interest at a rate
of one and a half percent (1.5%) per month (or at the
maximum interest rate otherwise allowed by law) until paid
in full and service may be terminated for non payment after
7 days at DS5000.com Atlanta option. Expenses shall be
included on an invoice only to the extent that the actual
amount of Expenses is known to DS5000.com Atlanta at the
time the invoice is issued, and Expenses for which an actual
amount is not known to DS5000.com Atlanta at the time an
invoice is issued may be included on subsequent invoices.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the
failure of DS5000.com Atlanta to include earned or incurred
Fees or Expenses on a given invoice shall not relieve
Customer of its obligation to pay such Fees or Expenses.
Customer's obligation to pay Fees or Expenses shall survive
the termination of this Agreement for any reason
whatsoever.
Bandwidth Overages.
Customer agrees that advertised bandwidth allowances
represent the sum of the incoming and outgoing allowances,
such that the incoming bandwidth allowance is half of the
advertised value and the outgoing bandwidth allowance is
half of the advertised value. Customer agrees that bandwidth
usage that exceeds the allowance either incoming or outgoing
shall be billed at $1.50 per Gigabyte.
Security Interest.
Customer grants DS5000.com Atlanta a blanket security
interest in the customer's contract with their customers who
are renting servers from them in the DS5000.com Atlanta data
center in the event of non-payment by customer - customer
agrees that DS5000.com Atlanta may take these customer
contracts direct without a interference claim to protect the
credit balance owed DS5000.com Atlanta by customer and full
ownership of the contracts shall transfer as well if balance
is more than 60 days old.
Term.
The term of this Agreement shall begin upon the date the
server is installed and made available to customer and shall
be for 1 month and shall renew for successive 1 month terms
until terminated by either Party upon the sooner of (i)
thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other Party, or
(ii) the expiration or termination of all Service(s) set
forth in the Statement of Work and all Work Order(s).
Termination Due to Breach.
In the event that Customer commits a material breach of any
of its obligations hereunder, DS5000.com Atlanta may
terminate this Agreement or (at DS5000.com Atlanta's sole
option) suspend, interrupt or terminate one or more
Service(s) to which such breach pertains by sending written
notice of termination to Customer with termination effective
as of the fifth (5th) calendar day after the date such
notice is given.
Effects of Termination.
Unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing, termination
of the Agreement shall also serve to terminate all Service(s)
and Statements of Work and to cancel all Work Orders, and
Customer shall pay DS5000.com Atlanta all Fees and Expenses
earned or incurred by DS5000.com Atlanta pursuant to such
Service(s), Statements of Work and Work Orders through the
date of termination, less any payments made hereunder by
Customer prior to said termination. Additionally, all
property of each Party which is in possession of the other
Party shall be returned to its owner. In the event one or
more Service(s) is terminated prior to the expiration of the
Term for such Service(s) (other than due to a material
breach of this Agreement by DS5000.com Atlanta.
Warranties of DS5000.com Atlanta.
100% network uptime DS5000.com Atlanta warrants that the
Service(s) shall be provided in a workmanlike and
professional manner. Upon DS5000.com Atlanta's breach of the
foregoing warranty, Customer's sole and exclusive remedy
shall be to require DS5000.com Atlanta to exercise
commercially reasonable efforts to repair or replace the
nonconforming Service(s); provided, however, that, with
respect to any Service(s) which are interrupted or rendered
inoperable due solely to DS5000.com Atlanta's breach of the
foregoing warranty for any time period, Customer shall also
be entitled to a pro-rata refund of any Fees attributable to
the interrupted or inoperable Service(s) in an amount
determined by multiplying the fixed monthly, recurring Fees
(if any) for the interrupted or inoperable Service(s) by the
ratio that the number of consecutive hours of inoperability
bears to 720 hours (for the purpose of this computation,
each month is deemed to have 720 hours). DS5000.com Atlanta
will not be liable to any extent whatsoever for
interruption, restriction, inoperability or malfunction of
any Service(s) which is not caused solely by a breach of the
warranty set forth in this Section 4.1. DS5000.com Atlanta
expressly reserves the right to suspend, interfere with,
impair or terminate Service(s) as necessary for purposes of
maintenance, upgrades or repair (either by DS5000.com
Atlanta or by any supplier, partner or independent
contractor of DS5000.com Atlanta) or in the event of any
circumstance which DS5000.com Atlanta, in its sole
discretion, deems necessary or desirable to prevent or
remedy an impairment of, or harm to, the integrity or
functionality of any Service(s) or any plant, services or
facilities of any Indemnitees (as defined in Section 4.3) or
of any third party, and neither the exercise nor the
non-exercise of the foregoing rights or discretion shall
constitute a breach of any provision of this Agreement.
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 4.1.1, DS5000.com Atlanta
MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, CONTRACTUAL OR
STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF
UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION AND THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE(S) OR ANY ASPECT
THEREOF, AND ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT THERETO ARE HEREBY
EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
Customer expressly acknowledges and agrees that proper
provision of the Service(s) is dependent upon the provision
to DS5000.com Atlanta by Customer of timely and accurate
information regarding (i) Customer's needs and expectations
regarding the Service(s), and (ii) all operational,
technological or other data which Customer knows or should
know is relevant to the provision of the Service(s)
(collectively "Information"). Customer shall provide the
Information to DS5000.com Atlanta in a timely manner and the
Information shall be accurate. Customer agrees that, in the
event of Customer's breach of its obligations in this
Section 4.1, the warranty set forth in Section 4.1 shall be
null and void.
Warranties of Customer.
Customer hereby covenants, represents and warrants that:
Customer will not, and will not permit others to, use any
Service(s) (i) for any unlawful or illegal purpose or in
connection with or in furtherance of any unlawful or illegal
activity, (ii) in violation of any applicable law or
regulation, (iii) in a manner that will, or is likely to,
infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other
intellectual property rights of others or violate the right
of privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or
(iv) in connection with any conduct or activity that is, in
the sole opinion of DS5000.com Atlanta, defamatory,
indecent, obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, hateful,
tortuous or volatile of the rights of any other person or
entity; Customer will not, and will not permit others to, do
any act which may interfere with or compromise the security
or functionality of any Service(s), including without
limitation attempting to probe or test the vulnerability of
any system or network connected to or accessible by the
Service(s);No equipment owned, leased, maintained by or
controlled by Customer or by any third party which is
connected to or utilized the Service(s) with the consent of
Customer will (i) interfere with or impair any Service(s) or
any plant, services or facilities of any Indemnities or of
any third party, (ii) unlawfully interfere with or impair
the transmission of privacy of any data or communications
transmitted over the Service(s) or over any plant, services
or facilities of any Indemnities or of any third party, or
(iii) create, cause or contribute to the creation or causing
of a hazard to any Indemnities or to any third party.
Indemnification.
DS5000.com Atlanta reserves the right to suspend, interrupt
or terminate any Service(s) or this Agreement immediately
without further notice in the event of a breach by Customer
of Section 4.2. DS5000.com Atlanta reserves the right to
remove, delete, disable or block transmission of any data or
materials which DS5000.com Atlanta reasonably believes
constitute, either alone or in conjunction with other acts,
omissions or data or materials, a breach or potential breach
by Customer of Section 4.2. Customer agrees to defend,
indemnify and hold harmless DS5000.com Atlanta, its
successors or assigns, subsidiaries, officers, directors,
employees, agents, independent contractors, licensees,
licensors, suppliers and customers (excluding Customer)
(collectively "Indemnities") against any and all claims,
liability, loss, damage, or harm (including without
limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees) suffered by
such Indemnities (including without limitation claims,
liability, loss, damage, or harm in connection with death,
bodily injury or injury to real or personal property)
arising from or in connection with (i) Customer's purchase
or use of any Service(s), including without limitation any
claims, liability, loss, damage, harm suffered by such
Indemnities arising from or in connection with the use by
any third party of any Service(s) purchased by Customer
regardless of whether such use was authorized by Customer,
or (ii) Customer's breach of any provision of this
Agreement.
Limitation of Liability.
Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the aggregate liability of all Indemnities
for any losses or damage, whether direct or indirect,
arising out of or in connection with the Service(s),
including without limitation any cause of action sounding in
contract, tort or strict liability, shall be limited to
actual, direct damages incurred but in no event shall exceed
the greater of (i) One Thousand Dollars, or (ii) the Fees
paid by Customer to DS5000.com Atlanta during the two (2)
months preceding the month in which liability arose for the
Service(s) in connection with which such liability arose.
DS5000.com Atlanta shall not be liable for lost profits or
other consequential damages, cover damages, or for any
claims against Customer by any third party, even if
DS5000.com Atlanta was advised of the possibility of same.
Under no circumstances shall DS5000.com Atlanta be liable
hereunder for special damages, consequential damages,
general damages, incidental damages, indirect damages, or
exemplary or punitive damages. No action arising out of this
Agreement, regardless of form, may be brought by Customer
against DS5000.com Atlanta more than one (1) year after the
cause of action arose. Without limiting the foregoing:
Customer acknowledges that DS5000.com Atlanta is not
responsible for controlling or monitoring any content,
information, data or other materials stored on, transmitted
via, or accessible through use of, the Service(s), and
DS5000.com Atlanta will have no liability to Customer
whatsoever in connection with such content, information,
data or other materials (including without limitation the
accuracy or suitability thereof or unauthorized access or
damage to, alteration, theft, corruption destruction or loss
of, Customer's data or other materials); DS5000.com Atlanta
will have no liability to Customer whatsoever in connection
with any harm or loss arising from or in connection with
unauthorized access to the Service(s); and all Indemnities
are expressly made third party beneficiaries of this Section
5.
This Section 5 shall survive expiration or termination of
this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
DS5000.com Atlanta and Customer acknowledge that proprietary
and confidential information (including without limitation
trade secrets) (collectively "Proprietary Information") of
each Party may be disclosed to the other Party throughout
the term of this Agreement. Each Party agrees to not reverse
engineer, decompile, disclose to any third party, or to use
for any purpose not strictly required for such Party's
performance hereunder, such Proprietary Information except
to the extent that such Proprietary Information was: (i)
made publicly available by the owner of the Proprietary
Information or lawfully disclosed by a non-party to this
Agreement; (ii) lawfully obtained from any source other than
the owner of the Proprietary Information; (iii)
independently developed by personnel of the receiving Party
to whom Proprietary Information had not been previously
disclosed and not based on or derived from such Proprietary
Information; or (iv) previously known to the receiving Party
without an obligation to keep it confidential. Customer will
not contract directly with any subcontractor relationships
that DS5000.com Atlanta has under this agreement or are
connected to future services related to this agreement or
that are of the same nature. Anything to the contrary herein
notwithstanding, DS5000.com Atlanta may disclose such
information to its successors or assigns, subsidiaries,
officers, directors, employees, agents, independent
contractors, licensees, licensors and suppliers which have
signed and are bound by a suitable non-disclosure agreement
with DS5000.com Atlanta in order for DS5000.com Atlanta to
perform the service in this contract. The obligations set
forth in this Section 6 shall survive the termination of
this Agreement for any reason whatsoever for a period of
three (3) years; provided, however, that, with respect to
Proprietary Information which constitutes a trade secret,
the obligations set forth in this Section 6 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever
for so long as such Proprietary Information constitutes a
trade secret under applicable law.
Force Majeure.
If either Party shall be prevented from performing any
portion of this Agreement (except the payment of money) by
causes beyond its control, including labor disputes, civil
commotion, war, governmental regulations or controls,
casualty, inability to obtain materials or Service(s) or
acts of God, such Party shall be excused from performance
for the period of the delay and the time for such Party's
performance shall be extended for a period of time equal to
the duration of such delay.
Construction, Venue, Jurisdiction. This Agreement and any claim, action, suit, proceeding or dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall in
all respects be governed by, and interpreted in accordance
with, the substantive laws of the State of Georgia. Venue
for any actions arising under this Agreement shall vest
exclusively in courts located in the State of Georgia.
Customer hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the
aforementioned courts, and agrees that it will not assert
lack of personal jurisdiction as a defense to any such
action. Customer acknowledges that their attorney has
reviewed and participated in the construction of this
document and nothing herein shall be viewed as to have
favorable construction.
Waiver.
No waiver of any right or remedy shall be valid unless in
writing and delivered to the other Party, and waiver of a
right or remedy on one occasion by a Party shall not be
deemed a waiver of such right or remedy on any other
occasion.
Integration.
This Agreement, including all referenced or attached
exhibits, schedules, attachments or documents, sets forth
the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties
pertaining to their subject matter and supersedes all prior
or contemporaneous discussions, agreements, promises or
understandings between the Parties. Neither Party shall be
bound by any conditions, definitions, warranties,
understandings or representations with respect to such
subject matter other than as expressly provided in this
Agreement.
Superior Agreement.
This Agreement shall not be supplemented or modified by any
course of dealing or trade usage. Addition to or variance
from the terms and conditions of the Agreement by Customer,
including without limitation any additional or varying terms
contained in Customer's preprinted forms, correspondence or
other documents transmitted to DS5000.com Atlanta, shall be
of no effect, unless otherwise expressly provided in the
Agreement.
Assignment.
This Agreement is not assignable by Customer, in whole or in
part, voluntarily or involuntarily, including by operation
of law or by merger in which Customer does not survive,
without DS5000.com Atlanta's prior written consent. Any
attempted assignment without DS5000.com Atlanta's written
consent shall be null and void.
Notice.
Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, all notices
required under the Agreement shall be delivered in writing,
addressed and sent to the address provided herein and to the
attention of the Party executing the Agreement or the
person's successor, by either (i) registered mail, (ii)
certified mail, return receipt requested, or (iii) overnight
mail, or (iv) by telephone facsimile transfer (v) email that
is replied to as accepted - appropriately directed to the
attention of the Party executing the Agreement or that
person's successor. Unless otherwise agreed to by the
Parties, all notices required under the Agreement shall be
deemed effective when received.
Severability.
If any provision of the Agreement is held invalid, illegal,
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect.
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
Acceptance.
Payment of customer of the first month’s fees shall
constitute acceptance of this agreement. This agreement
shall be modified from time to time by DS5000.com Atlanta
and the then current version shall be posted on the
DS5000.com Atlanta website. If customer does not agree to
the new terms - customer should cease utilizing the services
at the next term.
If you are terminated due to a violation of our terms of
service you agree that you will not receive any partial
refunds and that this shall be considered a reasonable
estimate of the liquidated damage and not a penalty.
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