Providing Internet access to Apartments, 
Condominiums, Hotels, and Office Complexes.
 

Acceptable Use Policy Summary

  • No sending of SPAM Email.

  • No sharing of copyrighted material (music, video, computer software, etcetera).

  • No sharing of Internet Access outside the physical confines of your apartment.

  • No activities that could affect other internet users (computer viruses).

  • No Illegal Activities.

  • No Server Hosting on residential Internet lines (Mail, Web, Gaming, FTP or other).

Bresco Broadband highly encourages keeping your computer operating system up to date with all the latest patches and the use of Anti-Virus software and Personal Firewalls.

See below for Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) details

 

Bresco Broadband - Internet Acceptable Use Policy

Bresco Broadband Customers are solely responsible for the content, E-mail, Web Pages, Messages and Information that they Access, View, Post, Distribute and is made available using the Bresco Broadband network and Internet service. Customers are solely responsible for their own conduct and activities on the Internet when using the Bresco Broadband network and Internet service.

Customers may not participate in any of the activities listed below (whether actual or attempted and whether directly or indirectly) through the Bresco Broadband network or Internet service.

Prohibited Activities are:

1.       Sending unsolicited (SPAM) email to users if the email could reasonably be expected to provoke complaints. Except as otherwise defined under applicable law, "unsolicited email" does not include;  (i) a message addressed to an individual with whom the sender has a pre-existing and ongoing business or personal relationship; (ii) a message addressed to an individual from a non-commercial organization or entity of which the individual is a member; or (iii) a posting to a List that does not otherwise violate this Acceptable Use Policy.

2.       Intentionally falsifying user information or identity to Bresco Broadband or any other Internet Service Provider or Internet Users or Entities to facilitate illegal acts or activities; Engaging in any of the activities listed herein or by using another provider's service, but channeling the activity through the Bresco Broadband network or service is also a violation of these policies and is strictly prohibited.

3.       Using the Bresco Broadband service or another Internet provider's service for the purpose of facilitating any activity that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Bresco Broadband network or service or any other Internet users ability to use the network or service or another Internet providers network or service is strictly prohibited.

4.       Engaging in any other activity that: (i) violates a local, state, federal law or regulation (such as libel, slander, invasion of privacy, harassment, and infringement or misappropriation of another party's intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets); (ii) threatens the integrity of any network or computer system (such as transmission of worms, viruses and other malicious programs and codes); (iii) attempts to use the service in such a manner so as to avoid incurring charges for or otherwise avoid paying for any usage; (iv) otherwise degrades or interferes with other users' use of service; or (v) violates generally accepted standards of internet or other network conduct and usage such as denial of service attacks, web page defacement, port/network scanning, and unauthorized system penetrations is strictly prohibited.

5.       Hosting of multi-user or high-use services or servers such as Gaming, Music, Movie, File Sharing/Swapping, FTP, Mail, News or other High-Use Servers on the Bresco Broadband network or Internet service is strictly prohibited unless approved in writing by Bresco Broadband in advance of hosting such a service. For those wishing to host servers or applications, Bresco Broadband makes available hosting services for an additional monthly fee. Sharing of Music, Movies and Computer Software & Programs is Strictly Prohibited and a violation of US Copyright law.

6.       Sharing of your personal Internet connection outside of the physical confines of your individual apartment unit via wired, wireless or other any means to avoid paying for services or assisting others in receiving services without paying for them is strictly prohibited. Sharing of Internet connections from one apartment to another is strictly prohibited.

Each of the practices listed herein are "Prohibited Activities" and constitutes abuse or misuse of the Bresco Broadband service, network and facilities and interferes with other Service users.

Rights and Remedies:

Engaging (or permitting others to engage) in any Prohibited Activity may result in or temporary or permanent suspension of the customer's and/or other offender's service and/or access to the network/service. Bresco Broadband may, where feasible, implement technical or electronic mechanisms to monitor and prevent Prohibited Activities. Nothing here limits Bresco Broadband's rights and remedies (available at law or in equity) in any way with respect to any Prohibited Activity, and Bresco Broadband may take any additional actions it may deem appropriate with respect to a Prohibited activity, including taking action to recover any and all costs of identifying offenders and removing them from the network, blocking them by mechanical, electronic or other means or discontinuing providing them service. Updates to this policy are posted on the Bresco Broadband web site: http://www.brescobroadband.com/aup.html 

BRESCO BROADBAND USERS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP THEIR COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST PATCHES AND MAINTIAN UP TO DATE VIRUS PROTECTION.


 

Bresco Broadband - Internet Acceptable Use Policy

Internet File Sharing Addendum

 

Using the Bresco Broadband Internet service for the purpose of sharing or distributing copyrighted materials (Music, Movies, Computer Software) for which you are not the copyright holder is strictly prohibited. This is a violation of US Copyright Laws and the Bresco Broadband acceptable use policy.

Making copyrighted materials such as music, movies or computer software available for others to freely download is a violation of US copyright laws. When requested, Bresco Broadband will comply with the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998) by immediately disabling offending users Internet port without prior notice. Bresco Broadband will disclose the identities and locations of all offenders of this policy, when requests are received from a legitimate copyright holder where copyright infringement has occurred, court orders, law enforcement agency requests or at the advice of legal counsel.

 

Internet Virus & Spyware Addendum

BRESCO BROADBAND INTERNET USERS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP THEIR COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST OPERATING SYSTEM PATCHES, MAINTIAN UP TO DATE ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION SOFTWARE AND WHEN POSSIBLE USE A PERSONAL FIREWALL.

Bresco Broadband Internet Users who have Computer Viruses, Spyware or other computer related issues that may reasonably affect another user’s use of the Internet will be immediately removed from the Bresco Broadband Internet service. Bresco Broadband may disable a user’s port without notice and keep it disabled until the problems are corrected. Users must correct the problem in order to have their Internet connection restored.

To avoid Virus, Spyware and other Service Affecting problems users should:
 

1)      Keep their computer operating system up to date with all of the latest service packs and operating system patches.
 

2)      Use Anti-Virus software such as Norton Internet Security, McAfee or Trend Micro or other Anti-Virus program with up-to-date Virus Definitions. Do a full scan of each hard disk at least weekly.
 

3)      Enable the Windows Personal Firewall built into Windows XP or run a third party firewall program such as Norton Internet Security, Zone Alarm Pro or other Personal Firewall Software.
 

4)      Scan computer at least once weekly with Anti-Spyware programs such as Spybot and Adaware or other Spyware detection and removal tool.

 

LAST REVISED 7-1-2005

 

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