TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR END USERS
November 2007
This agreement ("Agreement") is between VoIP
Provider (“Provider”) and the End-User
("End-User") of the VoIP voice service. Any
Provider services or products ("Services") made
available to End-User shall be governed by the
terms and conditions herein. By activating the
Services, End-User acknowledges receiving,
reading and understanding this Agreement and
accepts the terms and conditions herein.
End-User acknowledges that they are of legal age
to enter into this Agreement.
1. TERMS AND
CONDITIONS.
The terms and
conditions stated herein are in lieu of and
replace any and all terms and conditions set
forth in any documents issued by End-User,
including, without limitation, purchase orders
and specifications. Any additional, different,
or conflicting terms and conditions on any such
document issued to End-User at any time are
hereby objected to by Provider, and any such
documents shall be wholly inapplicable to any
sale made or service rendered hereunder and
shall not be binding in any way on Provider. No
waiver or amendment to this contract or these
terms and conditions shall be binding on
Provider, unless made in writing expressly
stating that it is such a waiver or amendment
and signed by a duly authorized representative
of Provider.
2. TERM.
The term of this
Agreement ("Term") begins on the date that
End-User executes these Terms & Conditions and
continues monthly for the duration of the
service period. At the end of the current Term,
the Term is automatically renewed unless
End-User provides Provider, prior to the end of
the current Term, notification of intention to
terminate the service. End-User agrees to pay
for Services for the duration of the Term.
Expiration of the Term does not alleviate
End-User of responsibility for paying all unpaid
fees and accrued charges due hereunder.
3. 911 DEFINITIONS AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.
(i) “911 Services” means functionality that
allows End-Users to contact emergency services,
including, without limitation, police, fire, and
hospital medical services. In areas served by
selective routers, 911 Services may include
Enhanced 911 (“E-911”) Service, in which
emergency calls to the appropriate public safety
answering point (“PSAP”) serving the End-User
address and DID/DOD information. 911 Service
may not be immediately available in all Markets.
(ii) “DID/DOD” means an access line associated
with a particular telephone number that allows
for inbound and outbound voice calls (sometimes
referred to as a Direct Inward Dial and Direct
Outward Dial number ) that is assigned by
Provider or that Provider ports for the
provision of Service.
(iii) “Emergency Call Relay Center (ECRC)” means
Provider or its agent’s inbound call center,
staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and
365 days per year for emergency call handling
support.
(iv) “Emergency Call” means a 911 call placed by
a Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) End-User
to Carrier’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) services.
(v) “Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)” means
a database of street names and house number
ranges within their associated communities and
Emergency Services Numbers (“ESNs”) to enable
the proper routing of 911 calls.
(vi) “Native 911 Solution” means a solution for
VoIP calls includes both “native call routing,”
where a public switched telephone network
(“PSTN”) selective router identifies all 911
calls and routes to the trunk group serving the
appropriate PSAP for that NPA/NXX, and delivery
of ALI to the PSAP call taker. A native 911
solution is currently not available in the U.S.
for VoIP calls.
A.
Provider shall provide 911 Services to End-Users
as part of the service.
B. End-User acknowledges and agrees that 911
Services shall only be available in the Rate
Center associated with the particular DID/DOD
assigned. End-User further acknowledges and
agrees that 911 Services will not be available,
and Provider shall have no liability to
End-User, or any third party for failure to
provide 911 Services, in the event that (i) a
DID/DOD is assigned to an End-User located
outside of the Rate Center associated with such
DID/DOD; (ii) the telephone device to which a
DID/DOD has been assigned is moved outside of
the Rate Center associated with such DID/DOD;
(iii) outage, degradation or other disruption of
power at the End-User location; (iv) outage,
degradation or other disruption of the End-User
broadband Internet connection; (v) End-User’s
failure or delay in maintaining and updating or
notifying Provider of change in End-User
information as required.
C.
Additional Limitations.
i
The Provider-provisioned 911 service routes VoIP
V911 calls via native 911 solution where
Provider’s backbone has access to the E911
service infrastructure.
ii
For regions where the Services provides a native
911 solution, the following limitations apply:
1
In the event of an address geo-coding or MSAG
validation failure, the error records can not be
processed in real-time; commercially reasonable
efforts will be made to resolve the records in
error. There may be instances that will prevent
the correction of errors, causing delays in
provisioning the End-User’s data into the
provisioning systems. Addresses in error that
can not be resolved will be returned to the
End-User for correction.
2
The Services is predicated on using primary wire
line PSAP boundaries for routing Services
emergency calls to the appropriate PSAP. The
primary wire line boundary information is
collected and is entered into a database for
real-time queries for PSAP boundary lookup.
End-User acknowledges that primary wire line
PSAP boundary data may not be available for the
entire United States and that this 911 service
is dependent on the PSAPs to provide such
information resulting in the use of wireless
PSAP boundary data to route a VoIP emergency
call.
(iii)
For regions where Services provides a non-native
911 solution, the following limitations apply:
1
The Services uses wireless PSAP boundaries when
a primary wire line PSAP boundary is not
available. Therefore, the 24x7 PSAP DN provided
when a VoIP End-User places an emergency call
may correspond to a PSAP other than the PSAP
that would normally receive wire line emergency
calls placed from the End-User’s location.
2
End-User physical service address and call back
number will not be presented to the PSAP.
3
In the event caller cannot speak, End-User
acknowledges that no information will be
provided to the PSAP to contact the Provider to
obtain information that could allow them to
dispatch emergency services to caller’s
location. Each PSAP’s internal processes will
dictate how the call should be handled.
4
For emergency call routing using the ECRC (i) in
the event caller cannot speak or identify their
address, (ii) data connectivity between the VoIP
End-User address database and the ECRC is
interrupted, and (iii) Provider’s Network
Operation Center (NOC) cannot provide the
End-User’s location information, End-User
acknowledges that Provider or Provider’s
backbone service has no further ability to
assist the caller and End-User agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless Provider from all
third party claims arising from such
circumstances. End-User will be charged a
$250.00 fee per incident in the event End-User
does not update address information and a call
is routed to the ECRC.
C. OUTAGES DUE TO
ELECTRICAL, INTERNET OR OTHER GENERAL FAILURES.
END-USER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SERVICES,
INCLUDING LIMITED 911, WILL NOT FUNCTION IN THE
ABSENCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, ACCESS TO THE
INTERNET OR OTHER GENERAL FAILURES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE VOIP NETWORK. END-USER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT FUNCTION IF THERE IS
AN INTERRUPTION OF END-USER’S BROADBAND OR
HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.
D. NON-VOICE
SYSTEMS. END-USER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SERVICES
ARE NOT SET UP TO FUNCTION WITH OUT-DIALING
SYSTEMS INCLUDING HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS, MEDICAL
MONITORING EQUIPMENT, SATELLITE TELEVISION
SYSTEMS AND SOME FACSIMILE SYSTEMS. BY
CONSENTING TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
END-USER WAIVES ANY CLAIM AGAINST PROVIDER FOR
INTERRUPTION OR DISRUPTION OF SUCH SYSTEMS BY
THE SERVICES.
F. LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY FOR 911 CALLING.
END-USER AGREES TO HOLD HARMLESS PROVIDER
AND
ITS VENDORS FOR ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES OR
OTHER INJURIES (INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH) INCURRED BY END-USER OR THEIR GUESTS AS A
RESULT OF SUCH 911 SERVICE LIMITATIONS.
4. EQUIPMENT.
In offering the
Services, Provider may supply Equipment to
End-User. An Equipment fee of US$59.95 per ATA
or ATA/Router Combo will be charged the End-User
if service is cancelled prior to (12) months of
consecutive service. The Equipment fee will be
waived upon return of Equipment within (30) days
of service cancellation in its original, working
condition. All Equipment shipments are F.O.B.
point of origin. Provider’s liability for
delivery shall cease, and title (if applicable)
and all risk of loss or damage shall pass to
End-User upon delivery to carrier. End-User will
be provided with manufacturer's warranty from
the date of purchase of Equipment or Service.
End-User shall be required to obtain
authorization from Provider to return any
Equipment. Provider will replace Equipment only
if the Equipment is deemed to be defective and
covered under the warranty. Provider will not
cover replacement for lost, stolen, mistreated
or modified equipment. Equipment returned by
End-User that is not covered under warranty may
be refused by Provider, and End-User will be
responsible to pay return shipping charges.
5. BILLING, CHARGES
AND PAYMENT.
a. PAYMENT.
Upon purchase
of the Service, if End-User makes payment via
credit card, then End-User must provide a valid
credit card number from an accepted issuer
(American Express, Discover, MasterCard or
Visa). End-User authorizes Provider to charge
the End-User credit card number for all charges
arising from End-User's use of the Services.
End-User agrees to notify Provider of any change
to the credit card information including, but
not limited to, changes in account number,
expiration date or billing address. Provider
shall not be responsible for any charges made by
the credit card issuer to End-User's credit card
account for exceeding credit limit, insufficient
funds or other reasons.
b. CREDIT TERMS.
All Services provided to End-User and covered by
the Agreement shall at all times be subjected to
credit approval or review by Provider. End-User
will provide such credit information or
assurance as is requested by Provider at any
time. Provider, in its sole discretion and
judgment, may discontinue credit at any time
without notice.
c. BILLING.
Provider will send or make available to End-User
a monthly on-line invoice for the Services and
if End-User pays with credit card, will bill all
charges to the End-User credit card account.
Such charges shall include activation fees,
monthly service fees, shipping charges,
disconnection fees, equipment charges, toll
charges, taxes and any other applicable charges.
Monthly service fees are paid in advance of each
month's service; toll charges and any other
applicable charges are billed at the end of each
month's service. Provider reserves the right to
charge the End-User credit card for toll charges
at any time if End-User's cumulative toll
charges for the current month exceed two hundred
and fifty dollars ($250.00). Billing for monthly
service fees commences upon purchase of the
Services, and the first month's monthly service
fee shall be prorated to take into account any
partial month that may occur as the result of
the date monthly service fees are initiated.
Thereafter, billing for monthly phone services
will occur in advance of the month the Services
are provided, whereas billing for any toll or
long-distance charges will occur in arrears.
Notice for cancellation of service needs to be
given prior to the first of the month. Service
cancellations that occur on or after the first
of any given month for that month will not be
prorated. End-User will be billed for the entire
month's service.
d.
LATE/NON-PAYMENT.
If any charges for
the Services are due but unpaid for any reason
including, but not limited to, non-payment or
declined End-User credit card charges, Provider
may suspend or terminate the Services and all
accrued charges shall be immediately due.
Provider may charge End-User interest (1.5% per
month) on those charges and a late fee of 10% of
the past-due balance. If End -User fails to pay
Provider within 30 days of billing date,
Provider has the right to disconnect the
Services without notice and/or send to
collection. Upon disconnect, End-User agrees to
immediately pay all amounts owed to Provider.
Provider reserves the right to charge End-User a
$50.00 re-establishment of service fee. Upon
disconnect a valid credit or debit card will be
required to reinstate service. If payment is not
made in full within 60 days, Provider has the
right to repossess the End-User ATA to offset
monies owed without liability for damage or
trespass.
e. TAXES.
Prices for the
Services do not include any applicable customs
duties, sales, use, value added, excise,
federal, state, local, public utility or other
similar taxes. All such taxes shall be paid by
End-User and will be added to any amounts
otherwise charged to End-User unless End-User
provides Provider with an appropriate exemption
certificate. If any amounts paid for the
Services are refunded by Provider, applicable
taxes may not be refundable.
f. CREDITS.
End-User
acknowledges and agrees that the Services are
provided "AS IS, WHERE IS." Credit allowances
are under the sole discretion of Provider.
g. DISCOUNTS.
From time to time in its sole discretion,
Provider may offer promotions or discounts of
activation or other fees. Any promotion or
discount codes must be entered by End-User upon
purchase of the Services and before expiration
of the offer. End-User shall not be entitled to
a subsequent credit for such promotions or
discounts, if not requested at the time of
account creation or change of service.
h. BILLING
DISPUTES.
End-User must dispute any charges for the
Services within thirty (30) days of receipt of
the monthly on-line invoice or End-User waives
any objection.
6. TOLLS.
If applicable,
every call to or from Equipment using the
Services that originates or terminates in the
Public Switched Telephone Network ("PSTN") is
subject to the then-applicable toll charges that
are associated with the respective Plan ordered
by End-User. Every call to or from Equipment
using the Services that originates or terminates
with a SIP service Provider that is not
affiliated or associated with Provider will also
count as PSTN minutes and be subject to the
then-applicable toll charges that are associated
with the respective Plan ordered by End-User. As
applicable, domestic long distance calls are
billed in six (6) second increments. As
applicable, calls to a phone number outside the
United States and Canada to a non-Provider
account will be charged at the current rates
published on the Provider related website. The
duration of each call from the US to
international destination is to be calculated in
six (6) second increments after a thirty (30)
second minimum. As applicable, calls to Mexico
are rounded to the minute.
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Telephone numbers
provided by Provider to the End-User shall be
leased and not sold. End-User is not to use the
Number with any other device other than the
Equipment without the express written permission
of Provider. Provider reserves the right to
change, cancel or move the Number at its sole
discretion. If, however, the End-User chooses to
‘port’ their existing phone number into the
Provider VoIP service, the End-User shall also
be able to ‘port’ the number out of the Provider
network upon termination of service if the
End-User has maintained an account in good
standing with Provider.
8. LOST, STOLEN, ALTERED OR BROKEN EQUIPMENT.
End-User shall not
modify the Equipment in any way without the
express written permission of Provider. End-User
shall not use the Equipment except with the
Services provided hereunder. Except as otherwise
provided for hereunder, End-User is responsible
for all lost, stolen or broken Equipment and may
be required to purchase a replacement to
continue service. Replacement charges will be
based on the fair retail price of equipment,
plus applicable shipping costs and taxes.
End-User shall immediately notify Provider of
any lost or stolen Equipment and shall cooperate
with Provider in all reasonable aspects to
eliminate actual or potential unauthorized use
of the Equipment. At Provider’s sole option,
failure to report lost or stolen equipment in a
timely manner will cause End-User to be
responsible for all service fees accrued until
the time that Provider is informed of the loss
or theft and can effect a termination of the
Services.
9. PROHIBITED USES.
Any use of the
Services or any other action that causes a
disruption in the network integrity of Provider
or its vendors, whether directly or indirectly,
is strictly prohibited and could result in
termination of the Services. End-User
understands that neither Provider nor its
vendors are responsible for the content of the
transmissions that may pass through the Internet
and/or the Services. End-User agrees that it
will NOT use the Services in ways that violate
laws, infringe the rights of others, or
interfere with the users, services, or equipment
of the network. End-User agrees and represents
that it is purchasing the Services and/or the
Equipment for its own internal use only, and
shall not resell, transfer or make a charge for
the Services or the Equipment without the
advance express written permission of Provider.
Use of service shall not include certain
activities including, but not limited to, any
autodialing, continuous or extensive call
forwarding, continuous connectivity, fax
broadcast, fax blasting, telemarketing or any
other activity that would be inconsistent with
residential or business usage, unless
specifically agreed to otherwise in writing by
Provider.
10. UNLIMITED MINUTE USAGE PLANS; CHANGES TO
THE AGREEMENT, SERVICES OR
PLAN.
a.
GENERAL TERMS. Provider reserves the
right to make changes to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Services
and/or the Plan ("Change of Service"). In the
event of a Change of Service, Provider will post
to the website. Notice will be considered
received by End-Users and such changes will
become binding to End-Users, on the date the
changes are posted to the website ("Change
Date"), and no additional notice will be
required. If End-User does not send Provider
notification of its desire to terminate this
agreement or uses the Service after the Change
Date, End-User is deemed to have accepted and
consented to the change of terms and conditions
of the Service. If End-User does not consent to
the change of service and terminates this
agreement, End-User will be responsible for any
sums due hereunder in addition to any applicable
Disconnection Fee. End-User may request a Plan
change at anytime, subject to any applicable
change of service fee and additional terms and
conditions. For a Plan change to a plan that
requires a purchase of Equipment, an equipment
charge may apply. Provider may decrease prices
for the Services or Plans without providing any
prior notice to End-User.
b. RESIDENTIAL USE
OF SERVICE.
Provider reserves
the right to review usage of unlimited minute
usage plans to ensure that there is no End-User
abuse of such plans. End-User agrees to use
unlimited minute plans for normal voice calls
and will not employ methods or devices to take
advantage of unlimited plans by using service
excessively or for means not intended by
Provider. Provider may terminate service or
upgrade Residential End-User to Business Plan
immediately if, in its sole discretion, End-User
is abusively using the unlimited minute plan.
c. BUSINESS USE OF
SERVICE.
End-Users of
Provider's Business Service agree not to sell,
resell or transfer the Service to any other
person for any purpose, or make any charge for
the use of the Service, without the prior
express written permission from Provider. You
agree that the Provider Business Plan does not
confer the right to use the Service for the
following, but not limited to: auto-dialing,
call center activities, continuous or extensive
call forwarding, call relaying, telemarketing,
fax broadcasting or fax blasting, and that you
may not use the Service for those purposes. All
business plans are based on unlimited calling
within the US, US Territories, and Canada.
Provider reserves the right to immediately
terminate or modify the Service if Provider, in
its sole discretion, determines that End-User's
Service has/had excessive usage, is/was being
used for such prohibited activities, or in any
other manner prohibited by this
Agreement. Excessive usage may be subject to a
per minute billing charge at Provider’s sole
discretion.
11. TERMINATION.
End-User agrees to
provide Provider with thirty (30) days notice of
termination. End-User shall be responsible for
the full monthly service fee for the month
during which the notice of termination of
service is provided to Provider. Provider
reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to
suspend, terminate or change the Services
without advanced notice for any reason,
including without limitation, misuse of the
Services in any way, End-User's breach of this
Agreement, End-User's failure to pay any sum due
hereunder, suspected fraud or other activity by
End-User that adversely affects the Services,
Provider, Provider’s network or other End-Users’
use of the Services. Provider reserves the right
to determine, at its sole discretion, what
constitutes misuse of the Services and End-User
agrees that Provider’s determination is final
and binding on End-User. Provider may require an
activation fee to change or resume a terminated
or suspended account.
12. PRIVACY.
Provider utilizes
the public Internet and third party networks to
provide voice and video communication services.
Accordingly, Provider cannot guarantee the
security of voice and video communications of
End-User. Provider is committed to respecting
End-User's privacy. Once End-User chooses to
provide personally identifiable information, it
will only be used in the context of the
End-User's relationship with Provider. Provider
will not sell, rent, or lease End-Users'
personally identifiable information to others.
Unless required by law or subpoena or if
End-User's prior permission is obtained,
Provider will only share the personal data of
End-User with business partners that are acting
on Provider’s behalf to complete the activities
described herein. Such Provider entities and/or
national or international business partners are
governed by Provider’s privacy policies with
respect to the use of this data. Upon the
appropriate request of a government agency, law
enforcement agency, court or as otherwise
required by law, Provider may disclose
personally identifiable information.
13. TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
Provider will make
available technical support to End-Users via
telephone and e-mail for the Services and the
Equipment provided. Support for other
applications and uses is not provided or implied
unless agreed to in writing by Provider and
End-User.
14. BREACH.
In the event of
End-User's breach of the terms of the Agreement,
including without limitation, failure to pay any
sum due hereunder, End-User shall reimburse
Provider for all reasonable attorney fees,
court, collection and other costs (including
appeals) incurred by Provider in the enforcement
of Provider’s rights hereunder and Provider may
keep any deposits or other payments made by
End-User.
15. INDEMNIFICATION.
End-User agrees to
defend, indemnify and hold Provider, its
affiliates and its vendors harmless from any
claims or damages relating to this Agreement.
16. DISCLAIMER OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
In no event shall
Provider or its vendors be liable for any
special, incidental, indirect, punitive or
consequential damages or for any damages,
including but not limited to loss of data, loss
of revenue or profits, or arising out of or in
connection with the use or inability to use
services or products provided hereunder whether
due to a breach of contract, breach of warranty,
the negligence of Provider or its vendors or
otherwise.
17. WARRANTY
AND LIABILITY
LIMITATIONS.
PROVIDER MAKES NO
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. NEITHER PARTNER NOR ITS VENDORS WILL BE
LIABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO PROVIDER’S OR
END-USER’S TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OR PREMISE
EQUIPMENT OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR
ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF END-USER’S
DATA FILES, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES OR INFORMATION
THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR DEVICES,
OR ANY OTHER METHOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH
DAMAGE OCCURS AS A RESULT OF PROVIDER’S OR ITS
VENDORS’ NEGLIGENCE. ANY CLAIM AGAINST PROVIDER
MUST BE MADE WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE EVENT OF THE
CLAIM AND PROVIDER HAS NO LIABILITY THEREAFTER.
PROVIDER’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO REPAIR,
REPLACEMENT, CREDIT OR REFUND. PROVIDER MAY
ELECT TO PROVIDE A REFUND IN LIEU OF CREDIT,
REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR. ALL WARRANTIES COVER ONLY
DEFECTS ARISING UNDER NORMAL USE AND DO NOT
INCLUDE MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES RESULTING FROM
MISUSE, ABUSE, NEGLECT, ALTERATION,
MODIFICATION, IMPROPER INSTALLATION, OR REPAIRS
BY ANYONE OTHER THAN PROVIDER. IN NO EVENT SHALL
PROVIDER’S TOTAL LIABILITY HEREUNDER EXCEED THE
AMOUNTS PAID BY THE END-USER TO PROVIDER IN THE
PRIOR TWELVE (12) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF CLAIM.
18. EXPORT COMPLIANCE.
End-User agrees to
comply with U. S. Export laws concerning the
transmission of technical data and other
regulated materials via the Services. End-User
agrees to comply with applicable local, state
and federal regulations governing the locality
in which the Equipment and Services are used.
19. PHONE NUMBERS
AND WEB PORTAL
DISCONTINUANCE.
Upon expiration,
cancellation or termination of the Services,
End-User shall relinquish and discontinue use of
any Numbers, voice mail access numbers and/or
web portals assigned to End-User by Provider or
its vendors.
20. SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT.
Any software used
by Provider in connection with the Services and
any software provided to End-User in conjunction
with providing the Services are protected by
copyright law and international treaty
provisions. End-User may not copy the software
or any portion of it.
21. SURVIVAL.
The provisions of
section 4, 5, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 shall survive any
termination of the Agreement.
22. NOTICES.
Provider
communicates with its End-Users primarily via
email. Notices to End-User shall be sent to the
email address specified by End-User at the time
of registration for the Services or as
subsequently specified by End-User ("Email
Address"). End-User is responsible for notifying
Provider of any Email Address changes. End-User
agrees that sending a message to the Email
Address is the agreed upon means of providing
notification. Email is used to communicate
important information about the Services,
billing, changes to the Services and other
information. The information is time-sensitive
in nature. It is required that End-User read any
email sent to the Email Address in a timely
manner in order to avoid any potential
interruption in the Services provided hereunder.
23. FORCE MAJEURE (EVENTS BEYOND PROVIDER'S
CONTROL).
Provider shall not
be liable for any delay in performance directly
or indirectly caused by or resulting from acts
of God, fire, flood, accident, acts of
terrorism, riot, war, government intervention,
embargoes, strikes, labor difficulties,
equipment failure, late delivery by suppliers or
other difficulties of Provider that may occur in
spite of Provider’s best efforts.
24. GOVERNING LAW / RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.
a. MANDATORY
ARBITRATION.
Any dispute or
claim between End-User and Provider arising out
of or relating to the Service or Equipment
provided in connection with this Agreement shall
be resolved by arbitration before a single
arbitrator administered by the American
Arbitration Association in accordance with its
Commercial Arbitration Rules (documents only
with no hearings) . The arbitrator's decision
shall follow the plain meaning of the relevant
documents, and shall be final and binding.
Without limiting the foregoing, the parties
agree that no arbitrator has the authority to: (i)
award relief in excess of what this Agreement
provides; or (ii) award punitive or exemplary
damages. The Arbitrator shall award the
prevailing party its reasonable attorney’s fees
and costs. Judgment on the award rendered by the
arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. All claims shall be
arbitrated individually and End-User will not
bring, or join any class action of any kind in
court or in arbitration or seek to consolidate
or bring previously consolidated claims in
arbitration. End-User acknowledges that this
arbitration provision constitutes a waiver of
any right to a jury trial.
b. GOVERNING LAW.
The
Agreement and the relationship between End-User
and Provider shall be governed by the laws of
the State of Florida without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. End-User and
Provider agree to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located within the
State of Florida. Venue shall be proper in
Orange County, Florida, only. The failure of
Provider to exercise or enforce any right or
provision of the Agreement shall not constitute
a waiver of such right or provision. If any
provision of the Agreement is found by a court
of competent jurisdiction or Arbitrator to be
invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the
court should endeavor to give effect to the
parties' intentions as reflected in the
provision, and the other provisions of the
Agreement remain in full force and effect.
End-User agrees that regardless of any statute
or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of
action arising out of or related to use of the
Service or the Agreement must be filed within
one (1) year after such claim or cause of action
arose or be forever barred.
25. ENTIRE
AGREEMENT.
The terms and
conditions of this Agreement constitute the
entire agreement with regard to this sale and
expressly supersede and replace any prior or
contemporaneous agreements, written or oral,
relating to the Services. This agreement shall
be binding upon the heirs, successors, and
assigns of Provider and End-User.