Your use of RANGENET construes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions which supersede all previous representations, understandings, or agreements, and they shall prevail not withstanding any variance with terms and conditions of any order. RANGENET reserves the right to modify these Terms & Conditions and change pricing or services at any time without notice.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY:

RANGENET exercises no control what-so-ever over the content of the information passing through its networks. RANGENET makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, as to the availability, accuracy, or content of the information, products, or services it is providing. RANGENET disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. RANGENET is not responsible for any damage suffered from the direct or indirect use of its services. This includes, but is not limited to: expenses and loss of data resulting from delays, nondeliveries, misdeliveries, or service interruptions caused by its own negligence or errors or omissions. Use of any information obtained via RANGENET is at your own risk. RANGENET specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its services. RANGENET does highly encourage the use of filters for screening out information.

RESTRICTIONS:

RANGENET may only be used for lawful purposes. Transmission or storage of material in violation of federal, state or local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to material that is: copyrighted, judged to be threatening, compromises security or privacy, or is protected by trade secret. RANGENET reserves the right to remove or modify, at its discretion, any material in violation of these policies. You agree to comply with the rules and restrictions appropriate to other networks or services connected directly or indirectly to RANGENET. This includes, but is not limited to the Acceptable Use Policies established for Usenet and the Internet as a whole which expressly prohibits commercial solicitation. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless RANGENET from any claims resulting from your conduct and/or use of the service which damages you or another party. RANGENET prohibits access to its system via bulletin boards!

RESTRICTIONS WEB EMAIL: Our web email policy is as follows:
-Users are not allowed to send to more than 50 recipients at a time.
-Users are not allowed to send more than 50 total emails in a 24 hour period. Additionally, users will be blocked if they send 4 or more emails, to 40 or more people, within a 5 minute period, or if they meet either of the previously mentioned conditions. Historically-- this has represented approximately 99% of the abuse we run into on the web email system. Implementing this policy has almost completely eliminated the ability for hackers to use a hijacked web mail account to send spam.
For this reason, we do not recommend using webemail for more than casual email distribution, and is technically a violation of our terms and conditions.

Resale of RANGENET's networks and/or services is strictly forbidden under all circumstances. RANGENET prohibits reselling its services without expressed written consent.  This includes RANGENET's Web pages and Mail services.  RANGENET reserves the right to refuse service to anyone, and the right to terminate any account at any time. Personal accounts are for student or home entertainment purposes only. Personal accounts used for any other reason may be suspended or terminated. All users of RANGENET are restricted to one continuous hour of usage during prime time (6pm - 11pm). This means one hour on and one hour off!

We ask that all users log off if idle for more than 15 minutes. This keeps system load low, and improves availability of services to other customers. User data may only be stored in the user's home directory. Usage of other disk space is prohibited, except by RANGENET's system programs making temporary use of the system's public temporary storage areas. A quota of 10 megabytes is allocated to each user. If disk quota is exceeded for more than 7 days, a nominal fee of $2.50 per megabyte per month will be billed. Bulk mailings of more than 100 users from RANGENET is prohibited. Users sending letters with more than 5 recipients must run consecutive mail delivery programs. Concurrent mailings to more than 5 recipients and unsolicited commercial mail to multiple recipients are not allowed. An individual dialup account entitles only the named user to log in.

RANGENET also offers dedicated connection and dedicated lines for these purposes. These dedicated service accounts are not governed by the above non-dedicated account usage policies, but ARE governed by ALL other RANGENET terms and conditions. Other uses are considered fraudulent. A charge equal to the monthly fee may be charged for commercial activities within an individual dialup account.
Usnet Commercial posting to non-commercial newsgroups or postings which are directed to either inappropriate, unrelated, or more than 20 groups is prohibited. Groups in the RANGENET groups are not meant for posting of other service providers.

PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS/TERMINATIONS:

Payment is due on the Due Date on your invoice. If payment is not received within 45 days of the due date, the account is in default and subject to suspension with a $25 reactivation charge. Such interruption does not relieve you from paying past due and ongoing charges. ONLY A WRITTEN REQUEST By E-mail or US Mail, BY THE 25th OF THE MONTH PRIOR to the month you want to terminate Will RELIEVE YOU OF YOUR OBLIGATION TO PAY FURTHER ACCOUNT CHARGES. IT DOES NOT RELIEVE YOU OF PAST OBLIGATIONS AND CHARGES. PREPAYED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE. All invoices received are payable for the month received. Termination must precede the billing process. Termination within the first two (2) months of signing up is subject to a $25 Fee to cover our expenses of setting up the account.

BAD CHECKS and RETURNED CHECKS:

There will be a $25 (Twenty-Five dollar) handling fee on all returned checks.

If you default, you agree to pay RANGENET's reasonable expenses, including attorney and collection fees, to enforce its rights under these Terms and Conditions. Prepaid accounts are not refundable for any reason, including termination and/or cancellation. If payment remains unpaid for 30 days a minimum finance charge of $1.00 and an interest fee of 1 1/2% per month on the past due outstanding balance will be assessed at the annual percentage rate of 18% per annum.