Terms of Service

01. World South claims no control over the information by equipment or software not provided by World South that may be transmitted through its systems. Customer understands that they or authorized users may access the Internet through World South and customer further understands that neither World South nor any of World South's affiliates controls the Internet in any way, and that all information and services offered by other parties are made available by other parties not affiliated with World South. World South is not responsible for any damages incurred (i.e. equipment failure, service interruptions by World South and loss of data resulting from delay, or third-party litigation).

02. Customer understands that there are unedited materials available via the Internet (i.e. sexually explicit materials). Customer further understands that World South does not operate or filter any of this information and is not responsible for it in any way. Use of information obtained by using the services provided by World South is at the sole risk of the customer, including but not limited to: possible virus infection of system or software. World South does not claim any responsibility for the information obtained via the services offered by World South.

03. Customer may not post, e-mail or transmit any illegal programs (i.e. "warez", "cracks", "serialz", viruses, software that is not shareware, freeware, or slackware), any links to your personal page or any other web site that may contain any of the above mentioned materials or links to any of the above mentioned, abusive, offensive, indecent, obscene, pornographic, profane, unlawful information of any kind, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind including any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, federal or international law, including without limitation the U.S. export control laws and regulations and laws protecting intellectual property including copyright, trademark, trade secret, misappropriation and anti-dilution laws. No threatening of bodily harm or property damage may will be tolerated and will result in immediate account inactivation without a refund. World South reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrong doing.

04. Customer may not upload or post: any data that contains a virus or other malicious programs that may be considered potentially harmful to others or distribute in any way information or software that is protected by copyright laws.

05 Customer may not use World South services to transmit any unsolicited commercial e-mail or unsolicited bulk e-mail (SPAM). Facilitating unsolicited commercial e-mail or unsolicited bulk e-mail, whether or not that e-mail is commercial in nature, is prohibited and could result in account inactivation without a refund.

06. World South offers Internet Access to each customer with a dial-up account package. However, if customer is idle for an extended period of time, World South reserves the right to terminate the connection. If a connection is terminated because of idleness, the customer may reconnect at any time. If customer stays connected to the Internet for an extended period of time without disconnection for any purpose, said customer account may be considered a dedicated usage account and subscriber will need to request an upgrade to a dedicated connection package. (Dedicated usage is usage exceeding your allowed hours per month.)

07.World South requires prompt payment for service charges. If customer fails to pay for service charges for two consecutive weeks after receiving service charge statement, services will be suspended. Suspended accounts may be reactivated for a fee of $10.00 + overdue charges. All returned checks will be charged the maximum fee of $25.00. Customers choosing to pay for service via credit card are billed automatically unless notification is given 48 hours before next payment is due. No invoices are sent to credit card accounts. Invoices for non credit card accounts are sent via World South.Net Email.

08. If customer wishes to terminate service with World South, customer must notify World South before the next payment due date (25^th of the month – for the next month) . World South does not prorate for monthly access. The price is the same if you have service for 31 days or 1 day. World South’s service runs on a calendar month. Example Jan 1^st to Jan 31^st not Jan 13^th to Feb 12^th. Customers not renewing for the next month will be turned off on close of business on the last working day of the month.

09. World South reserves the right to change terms, conditions, rates, or services of dial-up packages at any time but will notify 30 days in advance the entire customer base.

10. World South prohibits the use of multiple simultaneous connections per user. World South reserves the right to terminate such connections and pursue further action (i.e. termination of account without refund). Use of software or any device (ping or "keep alive" program) that would allow your account to stay logged on while you are not actively using World South services or use the account for the purpose of operating a server of any type is prohibited. All subscribers that are logged in and have no activity for at least 2 hours will be disconnected from the service. Installation of 'auto-responders', 'cancel-bots', or similar automated or manual routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic or disrupt net newsgroups or email use by others is strictly prohibited.

11. World South reserves the right to refuse service to any persons or businesses and may terminate customer accounts at World South's own discretion.

12. World South makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding services provided.

13. This agreement may be terminated by customer or World South at any time without prior notice and without cause..

14. World South is not responsible for long distance charges.

15. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY World South, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSERS, ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. NEITHER World South NOR ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSERS, ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE ON THE SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES, CANCELBOTS, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS

16. If User is dissatisfied with the Service or with any terms, conditions, rules, policies, guidelines or practices of World South in operating the Service, User's sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Service.

17. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL World South, ITS AFFILIATES, ITS LICENSERS, ITS CONTRACTORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT IN ANY WAY FROM USER'S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR TO ACCESS THE INTERNET OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR USER'S RELIANCE ON OR USE OF INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ALTERATION OF OR USE OF USER'S ACCOUNT, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. IN THE EVENT World South IS FOUND LIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, World South's LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE UNUSED BALANCE OF USER'S SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT PRO-RATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT TERM.