Terms of Service
a. The initial term of this Agreement shall be as set forth in the Order Form
(the "Initial Term"). The Initial Term shall begin upon commencement
of the Services to Customer. After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall
automatically renew. ADDITIONALLY AFTER THE INITIAL TERM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE,AGREE
AND AUTHORIZE COLOCATION AMERICA Corporation TO AUTOMATICALLY BILL AND/OR
CHARGE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD FOR SUCCESSIVE TERMS OF EQUAL LENGTH AS THE INITIAL
TERM, UNLESS TERMINATED OR CANCELLED BY EITHER PARTY AS PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION. The Initial Term and all successive renewal periods shall be referred
to, collectively, as the "Term."
b. This Agreement may be terminated
i. by either party by giving the other party thirty (30) days prior written
notice (subject to an early cancellation fee payable by Customer as provided
below),
ii. by COLOCATION AMERICA in the event of nonpayment by Customer,
iii. by COLOCATION AMERICA, at any time, without notice, if, in COLOCATION
AMERICA's sole and absolute discretion and/or judgment, Customer is in
violation of any term or condition of the this Agreement and related
agreements, AUP, or Customer's use of the Services disrupts or, in COLOCATION
AMERICA's sole and absolute discretion and/or judgment, could disrupt,
COLOCATION AMERICA's business operations and/or
c. If you cancel this Agreement prior to the end of the Initial Term or any
Term thereafter,
i. you shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued prior to the
effectiveness of such cancellation,
ii. COLOCATION AMERICA shall refund to you all pre-paid fees for basic hosting
services (shared, dedicated and/or managed) for the full months remaining after
effectiveness of cancellation (i.e., no partial month fees shall be refunded),
less any setup fees and any discount applied for prepayment,
iii. you shall be obligated to pay 100% of all charges for all Services for
each month remaining in the Term (other than basic hosting fees as provided in
(ii) above) and (iii) you shall pay an early cancellation fee of $50. Any
cancellation request shall be effective thirty (30) days after receipt by
COLOCATION AMERICA, unless a later date is specified in such request.
d. COLOCATION AMERICA Corporation may terminate this Agreement
i. if the Services are prohibited by applicable law, or become impractical or
unfeasible for any technical, legal or regulatory reason, by giving Customer as
much prior notice as reasonably practicable or
ii. immediately by giving written notice to Customer, if COLOCATION AMERICA
determines in good faith that Customer's use of the Customer Web site or the
Customer Content violates any term or condition. If COLOCATION AMERICA cancels
this Agreement prior to the end of the Term for your breach of this Agreement
and related agreements, the Customer's use of the Services disrupts, COLOCATION
AMERICA shall not refund to you any fees paid in advance of such cancellation
and you shall be obligated to pay all fees and charges accrued prior to the
effectiveness of such cancellation; further, you shall be obligated to pay 100%
of all charges for all Services for each month remaining in the Term and
COLOCATION AMERICA shall have the right to charge you an administrative fee of
$50.00.
e. Upon termination of this Agreement for any cause or reason whatsoever, customer
shall not have any further rights or obligations under this Agreement, except
as expressly set forth herein. Termination of this Agreement and retention of
pre-paid fees and charges shall be in addition to, and not be in lieu of, any
other legal or equitable rights or remedies to which COLOCATION AMERICA
Corporation may be entitled.
f. Additional Resource Charges. You will be charged additional nonrefundable
fees in the event that you used excessive resources including, without
limitation, additional bandwidth, file transfer or disk space in excess of the
amount included with your account. You agree to pay for any and all charges
that may coincide with the usage of COLOCATION AMERICA's services at the then
current prices.
g. Late payment. If your payment is received late, you may be responsible for
paying a late charge fee of $10 per month for shared hosting and $25 for
dedicated server or colocation services. Services and your account may remain
suspended until payment is received by COLOCATION AMERICA. If your account is
left unpaid for 30 days for shared hosting and 15 days for dedicated servers,
your account and your files and data will be deleted. A termination under this
condition, or any other, will not relieve you from paying any past due fees
plus interest that have accrued prior to the termination. In the event of
collection enforcement, you will be liable for any costs, including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees, court costs, and collection agency fees.
h. No warranty. COLOCATION AMERICA makes no warranties or representations of
any kind for the services being offered. 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, or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. No advice or information given by COLOCATION AMERICA
Corporation or its agents or employees shall create a warranty. COLOCATION
AMERICA provides no warranty that the service will be uninterrupted or error
free or that any information, software or other material accessible on the
service is free from viruses or other harmful components. Under no
circumstances shall COLOCATION AMERICA be liable for any direct, indirect,
special, punitive, or consequential damages that result in any way from your
use of or inability to use the service, or for third parties use of the service
to access your account, or to access the Internet or any part thereof, or your
or any third parties 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, or any failure of performance. If you are
dissatisfied with COLOCATION AMERICA service or any of its terms, conditions,
rules, policies, guidelines, or practices, your sole and exclusive remedy is to
discontinue using the service and terminating your account.
You understand that by placing information on
COLOCATION AMERICA's servers that such information becomes available to all
Internet users and that COLOCATION AMERICA has no way of limiting or
restricting access to such information or protecting such information from
copyright infringement. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use
of COLOCATION AMERICA's servers and the Internet. It is solely your
responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and usefulness of all
opinions, advice, services and other information, and the quality and
merchantability of all merchandise provided through COLOCATION AMERICA or on
the Internet generally.
i. Backup of data. Your use of the service is at your sole risk. COLOCATION
AMERICA is not responsible for files and data residing on your account. You
agree to take full responsibility for files and data transferred and to
maintain all appropriate backup of files and data stored on COLOCATION
AMERICA's servers.
j. Representation. You represent to COLOCATION AMERICA that you are (1) at
least eighteen 18 years of age; (2) you possess the legal right and ability to
enter this agreement; (3) you will use the account/service only for lawful
purposes and remain in accordance with this Agreement and all policies and
guidelines of COLOCATION AMERICA Corporation; (4) you will be financially
responsible for your account; (5) you have acquired, or will acquire all
necessary arrangements for hypertext links to a third party Web sites or other
content; (6) you have verified or will verify the accuracy of materials
distributed or made available through use of the account, including, without
limitation, your content, claims, warranties, guarantees, nature of business,
and address where business is conducted, and (7) your content does not infringe
or violate any right of any third party (including intellectual property
rights) or violate any applicable law, regulation or ordinance.
k. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. By placing and continuing to maintain or place information
on COLOCATION AMERICA servers you are stating and acknowledging that you have
read the aforementioned terms and conditions and that you understand such terms
and conditions and agree to be bound by them.
l. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this agreement is determined to be invalid
or unenforceable, all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect
and said provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it
enforceable.
m. APPLICABLE LAW and JURISDICTION. This agreement shall be governed by the
applicable laws of the State of California, USA ("California") and
the United States of America. Customer agrees that all services provided by
COLOCATION AMERICA shall be deemed to have been requested and provided in Los
Angeles County, California. Customer further agrees that the Court of Los
Angeles, California, shall have personal jurisdiction over Customer and
exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over any and all controversies or claims
arising from or relating to this agreement or the services provided by
COLOCATION AMERICA Corporation. Customer agrees to accept service of process
related to this agreement by ordinary mail, postage prepaid, to the most recent
address provided by Customer.
n. Customers using COLOCATION AMERICA
Corporation's Domain Registration Services must also agree to terms and
conditions set forth in Domain Name Registration Agreement and Uniform Domain
Name Dispute resolution Policy which are posted at http://www.colocationamerica.com/spages/policy.htm
o. Colocation equipment, In addition to
COLOCATION AMERICA.s standard nonpayment procedure, release of any colocated
(colocation clients hardware) requires billing approval with client paying any
and all balances outstanding. Under no circumstance shall any significant piece
of equipment be removed without 2 day advance notice and payment in full for
services rendered and client obligations under contract signed between the
client and COLOCATION AMERICA are fully fulfilled. This does not include
replacing a piece of equipment with a similar piece of equipment. Should client
fail to make payment and/or fulfill its obligations within 15 days COLOCATION
AMERICA may remove client.s hardware from racks/cabinets and place them in
storage. Additional storage and retrieval from storage fees will be added in
case of such event. Should billing balances not be settled after 30 days,
COLOCATION AMERICA reserves the right to resell, take ownership of the
colocated equipment and/or discard coloated equipment. Client agrees to forfeit
any claim on such equipment after above mentioned 30 day period.
p. Client understands and agrees that the Client
is responsible for monitoring the bandwidth utilized by servers in his account
and that in case of excess utilization will be liable to pay any and all fees
associated with the overage according to prices set forth by COLOCATION AMERICA
Corporation and posted on the COLOCATION AMERICA.COM bandwidth website http://www.colocationamerica.com/connectivity/bandwidth.htmunless conflicting price for over utilization is part of a
written agreement or part of a written contract between COLOCATION AMERICA
Corporation and the Client.
q. Client agrees that contacts added to Clients
account will be representatives of the Client and are authorized by the Client
to add and/or remove services and request actions be taken by COLOCATION
AMERICA Support Staff. Client is liable for requests made by the
representatives regardless of their employment status and/or relationship with
the Client. The Client is solely responsible for maintaining accuracy of point
of contact and authorized individuals on the account.
r. If paying by Credit Card, the Client hereby
authorize COLOCATION AMERICA Corporation to charge the VISA / MasterCard /
Discover / AMEX credit card account(s) for charges from COLOCATION AMERICA
Corporation including prepayment of monthly minimums that may accrue from month
to month or any past due balances in order to bring the account to a current
status. This authorization type is valid until revoked in writing.
s. The Client understands and agrees that the
Client is responsible for paying all collection, legal, and attorney costs
associated with enforcing this agreement.
t. Use of COLOCATION AMERICA Corporations
services in any way constitutes acceptance of this agreement.





















