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PLEASE READ THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW
Ozzietel Terms Of Service
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| 1. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
| 1.1 | Use of the Services. The Service and Device are to be used for your personal residential use or limited small business use. You acknowledge that the Service will not be used for any excessive business use including, but not limited to, auto‐dialing, continuous or extensive call forwarding, continuous connectivity, fax broadcasting, fax blasting, telemarketing (including without limitation charitable or political solicitation or polling), automatic dialing, call centers, public calling centers or internet cafes or any other activity that would be inconsistent with normal residential or small busness usage patterns. You may not resell or transfer the Service or the Device to any other person for any purpose, or make any charge for the use of the Service. We reserve the right to immediately terminate or modify the Service, if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the Service is being used contrary to the provisions of this Agreement. |
| 1.2 | Lawful Use of Service and Device. You agree to use the Service and Device only for lawful purposes. This means that you agree not to use them for transmitting or receiving any communication or material of any kind when in our ole judgment, the transmission, receipt or possession of such communication or material may constitute a criminal offense, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. We reserve the right to terminate your service immediately if we, in our sole discretion, believe that you have violated this provision. You are liable for any and all use of the Service and/or Device by yourself and by any person making use of the Service or Device provided to you and you agree to indemnify and holdus harmless against any and all liability for any such use. If we, in our sole discretion believe that you may have violated this provision, we may forward the objectionable material, as well as your communications with us and your personally identifiable information to the appropriate law enforcement authoriies for investigation and prosecution and you hereby consent to such forwarding. |
| 1.3 | Use of the Service and Device outside Australia. You agree to assume all responsibility for use of the Service and Device outside of Australia. If the Service and Device are used in a country other than Australia, you do so at your own sole risk, including the risk that such activity violates local laws in the country where you do so. You are liable for any and all such use of the Service and/or Device by yourself or any person making use of the Service or Device provided to you and agree to indemnify and hold us harmess against any and all liability for any such use. We do not represent, warrant or guarantee the use or quality of the Service or Device used outside of Australia. |
| 1.4 | Tampering with the Device or Service. You agree not to change the electronic serial number or equipment identifier of the Device, or to perform a factory reset of the Device. We reserve the right to terminate your Service without refund should you tamper with the Device. You agree not to make or attempt to make any use of the Service that is inconsistent with its intended purpose. |
| 1.5 | Theft of Service. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account number and/or password. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not actually or expressly authorized by you. |
| 1.6 | Reassignment of Number upon Service Termination. Upon termination of the Service, we may, at our sole discretion, reassign a telephone number or Direct Inward Dialing ("DID") (collectively "Number") provided to you by us. You shall not obtain any rights, title or interest in the Number and the Number is not portable to other service providers. The Number is not to be used with any other device other than the Device provided by us and we reserve the right to change, cancel or reassign the Number at our discretion. |
| 1.7 | Service Distinctions. You acknowledge and understand that the Service is not a telephone service. Important distinctions (some, but not necessarily all, of which are described in this Agreement) exist between telephone service and the enhanced service offering provided by us. The Service is subject to different regulatory treatment than telephone service. This treatment may limit or otherwise affect your rights of redress before any governmental telecommunications regulatory agenies. |
| 1.8 | Ownership and Risk of Loss. You are purchasing the Device and therefore, are the owner of the Device and bear all risk of loss of, theft of, casualty to or damage to the Device, from the time it is shipped and received by you. |
| 1.9 | Intellectual Property. The Service and Device and any firmware or software used to provide the Service or provided to you in conjunction with providing the Service, or embedded in the Device, and all Services, information, documents and materials on our website(s) are protected by trademark, copyright or other intellectual property laws and international treaty provisions. All websites, corporate names, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and domain names (collectively "marks") are and shall remain our exclusive property and nothing in this Agreement shall grant you the right or license to use any such marks. You acknowledge that you are not given any license to use the firmware or software used to provide the Service or provided to you in conjunction with providing the Service, or embedded in the Device, other than a nontransferable, revocable license to use such firmware or software in object code form (without making any modification thereto) strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You expressly agree that the Device is exclusively for use in connection with the Service and that we will not provide any passwords, codes or other information or assistance that would enable you to use the Device for any other purpose. If you decide to use the Service through an interface device not provided by us, which we reserve the right to prohibit in particular cases or generally, you warrant and represent that you possess all required rights, including software and/or firmware licenses, to use that interface device with the Service and you will indemnify and hold us harmless against any and all liability arising out of your use of such interface device with the Service. You shall not reverse compile, disassemble or reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive the source code from the binary code of the firmware or software. |
| 2. | NON AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OR OPERATOR ASSISTED SERVICES. |
| 2.1 | Non-Availability of Emergency Service or Operator Assisted Services. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE SERVICE IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE OR BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PRIMARY LINE VOICE SERVICES OR PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE ("POTS") AND IS NOT MEANT TO PROVIDE GUARANTEED AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION OR AUTOMATIC LOCATION INFORMATION CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES OR TO PERMIT ACCESS TO OPERATOR ASSISTED SERVICES. You agree to inform any household residents, guests and other third persons who may be present at the physical location where you utilize the Service of the non-availability of emergency services from your Service and Device(s). We will not be liable for any claim, damage, or loss, arising from the inability to contact emergency services. 000 Emergency service does not work using our service. |
| 2.2 | Alternative Arrangements. You acknowledge that we do not offer primary line or lifeline services. We recommend that you always maintain an alternative means of accessing traditional emergency services such as a POTS line or a cell phone. |
| 3. | POWER AND/OR BROADBAND SERVICE OUTAGES |
| 3.1 | Loss of Service Due to Power Failure or Internet Service Outage. You acknowledge and understand that the Service will not function in the event of power failure. You also acknowledge and understand that the Service requires a fully functional broadband connection to the Internet (which is not provided by us) and that, accordingly, in the event of an outage of, or termination of service with or by, your Internet service provider ("ISP") and/or broadband provider, the Service will not function, but that you will continue to be billed for the Service unless and until you or we terminate the Service in accordance with this Agreement. Should there be an interruption in the power supply or ISP outage, the Service will not function until power is restored or the ISP outage is cured. A power failure or disruption may require the End User to reset or reconfigure equipment prior to utilizing the Service. |
| 4. | WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES |
| 4.1 | Disclaimer of Warranties for Services. All Services are provided on an "as is" basis. We make no warranty to you or any other person or entity, whether express, implied or statutory, as to the description, quality, title, non‐infringement, merchantability, completeness, or fitness for a particular purpose as to the Services provided to you, all such warranties hereby being expressly excluded and disclaimed. We do not warrant that the Services are error‐free or will operate without packet loss or interruption nor do we warrant the reliability of any connection to or any transmission over the Internet. End user assumes total responsibility and risk for use of the Services. |
| 4.2 | Limited Warranty for Device. If End User purchased the Device new and the Device included a limited warranty at the time of purchase, End User must refer to the separate limited warranty document provided with the Device for information on the limitation and dsclaimer of certain warranties. Remedies for breach of any such warranties will be limited to those expressly set forth in such documentation. If End User's Device did not include a limited warranty at the time of purchase, End User agrees that it accepts its Device "as is" and that End User is not entitled to replacement or refund in the event of any defect. OTHER THAN WARRANTIES AS TO THE DEVICE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED WITH THE DEVICE, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OF THE DEVICE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON‐INFRINGEMENT OR ANY WARRANTY ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE, DEVICE OR ANY FIRMWARE OR SOFTWARE IS "ERROR FREE" OR WILL MEET END USER'S REQUIREMENTS. THE FOREGOING WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO LIMIT ANY DISCLAIMER OR LIMITATION OF WARRANTY SET FORTH IN THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED WIT THE DEVICE. |
| 4.3 | Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY COSTS OR DAMAGES ARISING EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES INCUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, RELIANCE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, DATA, GOODWILL OR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER, ARISING IN ANY MANNER FROM ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY US. OUR ENTIRE LIABILITY HEREUNDER SHALL BE LIMITED TO A REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUDER. |
| 4.4 | Indemnification. End User agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) by, or on behalf of, End User or any third party or user of End User's Service, relating to this Agreement, the Services or the Device. This paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement. |
| 4.5 | No Third Party Beneficiaries. No provision of this Agreement provides any person or entity not a party to this Agreement with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, or cause of action or creates any other third party beneficiary rights. |
Copyright 2008. All Rights Reserved.
Last Modified: June 23, 2008.
