By indicating your acceptance of these terms and conditions, you
("Subscriber") acknowledge and agree to be bound by the provisions of
this agreement for the use of features and services provided to you on
this site, ("services") provided by BSD Telecom, Inc. or a
subsidiary. If you are not willing to be bound by these terms and
conditions do not click the box next to "I Agree to the Terms of
Service" box. By clicking this box or by using or accessing the
service, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.
In response to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA")
we require that subscriber be at least 18 years old to use BSD
Telecom's services.
GRANT OF RIGHTS TO USE SERVICES
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Effective upon acceptance of this Agreement, BSD Telecom hereby grants
to Subscriber a personal, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable
license to access and use the Services (as defined below), for
Subscriber's non-commercial use.
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Subscriber shall have no right to sell, resell, reproduce, duplicate,
copy, distribute, create derivative works or exploit for commercial
purposes, any portion of the Services, access to the Services, or use
of the Services nor make any claim that it does have such right.
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The services provided by BSD Telecom hereunder may allow Subscriber to
perform various online messaging and communications functions
(collectively, the "Services"). Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
any new features provided by BSD Telecom that augment or enhance the
current Services shall also constitute "Services" and shall be subject
to these terms and conditions.
ACCEPTABLE USE OF SERVICE
You shall not transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane,
hateful, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of
any kind, including but not limited to any material that encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil
liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national,
or international law. BSD Telecom reserves the right to immediately,
and without notice, terminate, or otherwise discontinue, your Account
and PIN in the event it determines that you have violated any such law
or regulation, or any term or condition of this Agreement. In order to
combat harassing or illegal conduct, including fraud and unauthorized
access to voicemail, BSD Telecom may monitor customers' calls and
review customers' recordings stored on its servers.
NO 911 OR EMERGENCY SERVICE
You acknowledge and understand that BSD Telecom does NOT currently
allow you to access any 911 or similar emergency services (no
traditional 911, E911, or similar access to emergency services). You
should always have an alternative means of accessing 911 or similar
emergency services. Please inform others who use your BSD Telecom
service and devices used to access BSD Telecom that they must access
these numbers directly through a traditional landline or mobile
phone. BSD Telecom is not intended to replace your primary phone
service, such as traditional landline or mobile phone.
BSD TELECOM'S PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
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As between the parties, BSD Telecom shall retain all right, title and
interest to the Services including all copyrights, trademarks, patents
and all other intellectual property rights thereto, including without
limitation with respect to all technology and telephone numbers used
in connection with or provided as part of the Services.
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Subscriber may not, nor allow any third party to, copy, distribute,
sell, disclose, lend, transfer, convey, modify, decompile, disassemble
or reverse engineer the Services for any purpose
whatsoever. Subscriber may not allow any third party to access the
Services for any purpose whatsoever.
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The copyright notices and other proprietary legends shall not be
removed from the Services and no right to use any trademark is granted
under this Agreement.
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Subscriber may not grant any sublicense, lease or other right in the
Services to any third party. All rights not expressly granted under
this Agreement are retained by BSD Telecom.
SUBSCRIBER REGISTRATION
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Subscriber agrees to provide true, accurate, current and complete data
to BSD Telecom upon signing up for the Services and at subsequent
times as requested by BSD Telecom.
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If Subscriber provides data that is, or that BSD Telecom suspects to
be, false, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, BSD Telecom has the
right to suspend or terminate Services and refuse any and all current
or future use of all Services, or any portion thereof.
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Subscriber registration data will not be provided to third parties,
unless required by law, or in the event Subscriber grants BSD Telecom
the right to provide that information.
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Subscriber shall maintain and promptly update the registration data as
applicable.
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Upon completion of all registration information and acceptance of this
Agreement, Subscriber will receive a PIN and/or telephone number,
password, or a user ID, and when applicable.
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Subscriber is solely responsible for the maintaining the
confidentiality of Subscriber's password and PIN, and will be
responsible for all transactions and activities that occur as a result
of Subscriber's disclosure of such password and/or PIN, whether or not
such transactions and/or activities were authorized by Subscriber.
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Subscriber shall not give account information to third parties and
shall at all times be responsible and liable for any transactions or
activities that occur on Subscriber's account.
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Subscriber shall immediately notify BSD Telecom if any unauthorized
use of Subscriber's account has occurred or of any other breach of
security.
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Subscriber agrees that the BSD Telecom Services are for personal use
and agrees to enter forwarding telephone numbers that are controlled
by or under the common control of that Subscriber. If BSD Telecom
finds forwarding telephone information that BSD Telecom suspects to
be, false, inaccurate, not current or otherwise not under the control
of Subscriber, BSD Telecom has the right to suspend or terminate
Services and refuse any and all current or future use of all Services,
or any portion thereof.
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BSD Telecom respects the privacy of its subscribers. Please refer to
the BSD Telecom Privacy Policy for more details. This policy, which
may be updated from time to time by BSD Telecom in its discretion, is
incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference.
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Subscriber is responsible for maintaining a current and operational
email address and for reading email from BSD Telecom so that we can
notify you of updates to BSD Telecom's service and any customer
account information.
TERMINATION
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The BSD Telecom Services are for personal, non-commercial usage. BSD
Telecom reserves the right to immediately disconnect or modify a
Subscriber's Service if BSD Telecom determines, in its sole
discretion, that Subscriber's use of the Service is, or at any time
was, inconsistent with normal personal, non-commercial usage patterns.
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Any free services provided by of BSD Telecom that involve creating a
unique account are personal to the Subscriber and a Subscriber is only
allowed one free BSD Telecom account. If BSD Telecom determines, in
its sole discretion, that multiple free accounts have been created by
a single Subscriber, BSD Telecom reserves the right to immediately
disconnect or modify any or all of Subscriber's accounts.
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To maintain or improve the Services, to prevent fraud, or for any
other reason determined by BSD Telecom, its sole discretion, BSD
Telecom may restrict, suspend, terminate or modify Subscriber's
service with or without notice.
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Upon any termination in accordance with the foregoing, BSD Telecom may
immediately deactivate or delete Subscriber's account and all related
information and files in Subscriber's account, reassign any telephone
numbers associated with the account, and/or bar any further access to
such files, information, or the Services.
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BSD Telecom shall not be liable to Subscriber or any third party for
any reason for terminating this Agreement or access to Services or for
modifying this Agreement and/or the Services.
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Outbound calling credit purchased by Subscriber will remain effective
and shall not expire for so long as Subscriber's account is active and
in good standing, as determined by BSD Telecom in its sole discretion.
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BSD Telecom requires no contract and voluntary cancellation is
expressly permitted. UNUSED MINUTES AND/OR UNUSED TIME IS
NON-REFUNDABLE.
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As fees for recurring subscription plan are assessed at the beginning of
each billing period, you may cancel a recurring subscription plan by
notifying BSD Telecom, Inc. no later than five (5) business days before
the end of your billing period. After cancellations, you may continue
to use your subscription until the end of its billing period when it
will expire.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
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THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS
AVAILABLE" AND BSD TELECOM MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY SIMILAR WARRANTY WHETHER
SAID WARRANTY ARISES UNDER PROVISIONS OF ANY LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY STATE THEREOF. BSD TELECOM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF RIGHTFUL CLAIMS OF ANY THIRD
PARTY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. THE ENTIRE RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES SHALL BE BORNE SOLELY BY
SUBSCRIBER.
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BSD TELECOM MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET SUBSCRIBER'S
REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY,
SECURE, ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE
CORRECTED. BSD TELECOM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MESSAGES OR INFORMATION
LOST OR MISDIRECTED DUE TO INTERRUPTIONS OR FLUCTUATIONS IN THE
SERVICES OR THE INTERNET IN GENERAL.
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BSD TELECOM DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF THE
RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANY DATA OR
INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR ACQUIRED THROUGH THE
USE OF THE SERVICES. SUBSCRIBER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DATA OR
INFORMATION DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED OR ACQUIRED THROUGH THE
USE OF THE SERVICES ARE AT SUBSCRIBER'S SOLE RISK AND DISCRETION AND
BSD TELECOM WILL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO
SUBSCRIBER OR SUBSCRIBER'S PROPERTY.
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NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY
SUBSCRIBER FROM BSD TELECOM, IT'S EMPLOYEES, OR THROUGH OR FROM THE
SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.
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SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT THE DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, SO CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO
SUBSCRIBER.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL BSD TELECOM BE LIABLE TO SUBSCRIBER OR ANY THIRD
PARTY FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
WHETHER ARISING UNDER CONTRACT, WARRANTY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY) OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY. BSD
TELECOM'S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION,
SHALL NOT EXCEED THE LICENSE FEE PAID BY SUBSCRIBER FOR THE SERVICES,
IF ANY. The limitation of liability reflects the allocation of risk
between the parties. The limitations specified in this Section will
survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in this
Agreement is found to have failed of its essential purpose. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY, SO
CERTAIN OF THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO SUBSCRIBER.
INDEMNIFICATION
Subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless BSD Telecom, its
subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, distributors and agents
from and against all liabilities, losses, costs, expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees), and damages resulting from any negligent
acts, omissions or willful misconduct by Subscriber, Subscriber's use
of the Services and/or any breach of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement by Subscriber.
INTERNATIONAL USE
BSD Telecom makes no representation that materials on its web site(s)
are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United
States, and accessing them from territories where their contents are
illegal is prohibited. Subscriber agrees to comply with all applicable
foreign and domestic laws, rules and regulations regarding the
transmission of technical data exported from or imported to the United
States or the country in which Subscriber resides.
MODIFICATION TO SERVICES
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During the term of this Agreement, BSD Telecom may modify or
discontinue the Services at any time and with or without notice to
Subscriber.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, BSD Telecom may,
from time to time, with or without notice and at its sole discretion,
establish or change various practices, limitations and restrictions
for administering such Services, including without limitation: (a) how
often all or a part of the Services or account may be accessed; (b)
the duration of any access; (c) the maximum number of days that
messages or postings will be retained; (d) the maximum number of
messages or postings allowed; (e) the size and nature messages and
postings; (f) the maximum storage space available for an account; (g)
any other matter related to the administration of the Services; and
(h) the individual product plans, product packages, features and
associated pricing.
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Subscriber agrees that BSD Telecom shall not be responsible or liable
in any way for deactivation or deletion of accounts or for loss of
emails, voice mails, communications, postings, data or information as
a result of, or arising out of, administration of the Services,
whether or not Subscriber is given prior notice thereof.
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BSD Telecom may delete accounts that are inactive for an extended
period of time as determined by BSD Telecom in its sole discretion.
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BSD Telecom may delete pending accounts that have not yet been
validated by Subscriber after a period of time as determined by BSD
Telecom in its sole discretion.
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BSD Telecom shall not be liable to the Subscriber or any third party
for any reason for BSD Telecom modifying or terminating the Services,
in whole or in part.
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Subscriber is responsible for creating a back-up copy of any important
or critical information that is stored on the Services. BSD Telecom
shall not be responsible or liable in any way for any information or
data loss in connection with the Services.
MODIFICATION TO AGREEMENT
BSD Telecom reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, by posting a revised version of the Agreement at Terms
of Service or its successor site.
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Use of the Services signifies Subscriber's agreement to all terms,
conditions and notices contained or referenced herein. Continued use
of any part of the Services following the posting of any changes to
this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes, and all
changes shall thereupon become binding upon the Subscriber.
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If Subscriber does not agree to the changes, Subscriber shall
immediately cease all use of the Services.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
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Subscriber shall be solely liable for any transmissions sent through
the Service. BSD Telecom has no control over the content of any
transmission nor will it be liable for such content.
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BSD Telecom has the right to restrict termination to any telephone
numbers in its sole discretion. These may include, but are not limited
to certain geographic locations, special services numbers, satellite
telephony services, and other call forwarding services.
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Subscriber shall not use the Services to create or distribute any
images, sounds, messages or other materials, which are obscene,
harassing, racist, malicious, fraudulent infringing or libelous, nor
use the Services for any activity that may be considered or are
unethical, immoral, violative of any third party's rights, or illegal.
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Further, Subscriber will abide by all rules, regulations, procedures
and policies of BSD Telecom and any policies of the networks connected
to the Services.
Subscriber agrees to abide by all applicable local, state, national,
foreign and international laws and regulations and is solely
responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under Subscriber's
account or password, including the content of Subscriber's
transmissions through the Service. By way of example, and not as a
limitation, Subscriber agrees not to:
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Use the Service in connection with chain letters, junk email, voice
mail, faxes, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages
(commercial or otherwise);
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Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email
addresses, without their consent;
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Create a false identity or forged email address or header, or
otherwise attempt to mislead others as to the identity of the sender
or the origin of the message;
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Transmit through the Service unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive,
threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable
material of any kind or nature;
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Transmit any material that may infringe the intellectual property
rights or other rights of third parties, including trademark,
copyright or right of publicity;
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Transmit any material that contains viruses, trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs;
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Violate any U.S. or foreign law regarding the transmission of
technical data or software exported through the Service;
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Interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Service or violate
the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks;
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Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts,
computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through
password mining or any other means;
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Interfere with another member's use and enjoyment of the Service or
another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.
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Unlimited accounts are only for normal personal usage only. Types of
usage that are prohibited are; commercial, business, multiple calls
over 15 minutes long in a single day, chat lines, sex lines, party
lines, dating services, or any other types of similar services. Accounts
that are caught using an unlimited plan for these types of calls will
automatically and permanently banned from using our service.
RECORDING CONVERSATIONS
BSD Telecom provides a function that allows Subscriber to record
individual telephone conversations. The laws regarding the notice and
notification requirements of such recorded conversations vary by state
to state. Subscriber is responsible for applying the local laws in the
relevant jurisdiction when using this feature.
COMMUNICATIONS WITH BSD TELECOM
Subscriber may provide information, including but not limited to
feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, plans and
ideas to BSD Telecom. Such information shall be deemed
non-confidential and BSD Telecom assumes no obligation to protect such
information from disclosure. The submission of such information to BSD
Telecom shall in no way prevent the purchase, manufacture, or use of
similar products, services, plans and ideas by BSD Telecom for any
purpose whatever. BSD Telecom shall be free to reproduce, use,
disclose and distribute such information to others without
restriction. Subscribers shall have no recourse against BSD Telecom
for alleged infringement or misappropriation in connection with any
information or materials submitted to BSD Telecom hereunder.
BILL PAYMENT
Subscriber may be required to pay monthly subscription charges,
enhanced service charges, and/or usage charges in connection with the
Services, as stated by BSD Telecom. There may be additional fees if
Subscriber requests a change in any Services. Depending upon the level
of Services selected by Subscriber, there may be charges for calls to
or from certain locations, including without limitation payphones,
calls placed, and areas within extended calling zones. There may also
be applicable taxes, surcharges, assessments, government fees and
charges for any special or enhanced services Subscriber uses. Any of
the foregoing may be billed to Subscriber when they reach a limit as
BSD Telecom determines at its sole discretion.
BSD Telecom will charge Subscriber the rates in effect under
Subscriber's subscription plan, plus any enhanced service charges at
the time of subscription, as such rates may be updated by BSD Telecom
from time to time. Some charges (such as, but not limited to,
surcharges) may accumulate in Subscriber's account before Subscriber
is charged for such amounts, or such amounts may be charged to
Subscriber as assessed. If Subscriber has enrolled in a then-current
subscription plan and chooses to change the plan, and if there are one
or more days remaining on Subscriber's current subscription,
Subscriber will be credited for those days in the calculation of
Subscriber's charges. Subscriber's billing cycle starts on the day the
subscription purchase is successfully processed. If there is a change
in subscription plan, there may be a resulting change in Subscriber's
billing date.
Users may purchase prepaid credits to be used for BSD Telecom services
as described on the Website. BSD Telecom will not offer any refunds or
reimbursements for the purchase price of such prepayments. Unused
balances shall expire six (6) months from the most recent date of use,
and may not be transferred. Usage of minutes is billed in one minute
increments. Minutes are deducted for inbound calls and per minute
charges shall accrue for outbound calls. Prepaid credits are billed at
the time of purchase. If Subscriber selects "Auto-Recharge", such
credits are automatically purchased and charged to Subscriber when the
available balance reaches a threshold, determined by BSD Telecom in
its sole discretion.
A maintenance, storage, connection or any other daily, weekly or
monthly or per call fee may be deducted from your pin or plan, and
result in a lower available balance. These fees are to maintain the
account including service, and any recordings that you may save. If
you have less than $1 remaining balance, you will only be deducted
whatever you have left on your PIN. If your card is depleted and no
longer has a balance, we do not bill you in any way, nor do we charge
your credit card.
BSD Telecom's rates are listed on its Website and are incorporated by
reference herein. You are responsible for checking all applicable
rates/promotions before making or excepting any calls using our
service.
There is a 90-cent surcharge assessed on calls made from the following
locations: (1) Payphones, (2)Hotels, (3)Dormitories, (4) Hospitals,
and (5) Other commercial phone lines. This surcharge covers charges
imposed by the Federal Communications Commission to compensate owners
for the use of their facilities to originate a phone call. Although a
high percentage of callers do not complete their payphone calls (they
hang up before entering a destination number), BSD Telecom is still
charged by the payphone operator for the toll free call. BSD Telecom
has included the average cost of these incomplete calls in this fee.
If Subscriber changes Subscriber's Services from a billed plan to a
free plan, Subscriber will be billed through the end of the billing
cycle in which such a change is made.
Subscriber agrees that all payments will be made to BSD Telecom via
credit or debit card, issued by a US bank, including MasterCard, VISA,
AmericanExpress, or Discover. BSD Telecom may change the credit cards
accepted at any time, at its sole discretion. Subscriber's name and
address as it appears on Subscriber's BSD Telecom account must also be
on the credit account from which Payment is made. If Subscriber
provides a credit card number that BSD Telecom accepts for payment of
Subscriber's monthly bills, Subscriber is authorizing BSD Telecom to
charge the amounts Subscriber owes, then or later, to that credit card
account and to demand immediate payment from the card
issuer. Subscriber also agrees to pay, under the terms of Subscriber's
agreement with the card's issuer, the amounts charged to Subscriber's
credit card. Every time Subscriber uses BSD Telecom Services,
Subscriber re-affirms that BSD Telecom is authorized to charge
Subscriber's card. Subscriber agrees to authorize BSD Telecom to
charge purchases made online to the credit card account supplied to
BSD Telecom when the subscription was initiated, or the card that BSD
Telecom has on file when the purchase is made. Subscriber agrees to
pay all costs and expenses, including without limitation attorney's
fees, incurred by BSD Telecom to collect any monies due under terms of
this Agreement.
You must notify BSD Telecom by e-mail of any disputed charges within
thirty (30) days of the charge being posted to your Account. BSD
Telecom will attempt to resolve all disputes within thirty (30) days
of being notified of a dispute. To the extent BSD Telecom determines,
at its sole discretion, that a billing adjustment is warranted, your
Account will be credited accordingly. If you fail to notify BSD
Telecom of a billing dispute as noted above, you will waive all rights
to bring any claim regarding the disputed charges.
BSD Telecom recognizes that the person whose name is listed on the
Account is the sole owner of the Account, even where payment on the
Account is made using the credit card of a parent or other person.
GENERAL
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This Agreement, including any documents incorporated herein by
reference, merges all prior written and oral communications and
defines the entire agreement of the parties concerning the Services.
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In the event any portion of this Agreement shall be held illegal,
void, or ineffective, the remaining portions hereof shall remain in
full force and effect and such illegal, void or ineffective provisions
shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions
of the parties.
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All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by
email or in writing.
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This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York without regard to its conflict of law
provisions. Each party submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts located in New York, and irrevocably waive
any right that such party may have to assert the such forum is not
convenient or that any such court lacks jurisdiction.
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Subscriber agrees and acknowledges that any breach of the provisions
regarding ownership contained in this Agreement shall cause BSD
Telecom irreparable harm and BSD Telecom may obtain injunctive relief
as well as seek all other remedies available to BSD Telecom in law and
in equity.
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Subscriber shall not transfer or assign this Agreement or Subscriber's
rights under this Agreement. Any purported transfer or assignment in
violation of this section is void. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties,
their successors, permitted assigns and legal representatives.
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The failure of BSD Telecom to exercise its rights under this Agreement
will not be construed as a waiver of such rights, nor will it in any
way affect the validity of this Agreement. The provisions of this
Agreement relating to intellectual property ownership, restrictions on
use or disclosure of the Services, disclaimers of warranties,
limitations of liability and indemnification shall survive termination
or expiration of this Agreement for any reason.
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The U.N. Convention for the Sale of Goods shall not be applicable to
this license of the Services to Subscriber.
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The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have
no legal or contractual effect.
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Under New York Civil Code, New York users of the Service receive the
following specific consumer rights notice: The Complaint Assistance
Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the New York Department
of Consumer Affairs may be contacted by telephone at 1-800-771-7755.