Terms and Acceptable Use
Content: All services provided by TheDecoStop may be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or City law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, unlicensed software or files, or material protected by trade secret and other statue. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless TheDecoStop from any claims resulting from the use of the service which damages the subscriber or any other party.
Note: Pornography and sex-related merchandising are prohibited on any TheDecoStop server. This includes sites that may infer sexual content, or links to adult content elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote any illegal activity or content that may be damaging to TheDecoStop servers or any other server on the internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.
Examples of non-acceptable content or links
- Pirated software
- "Illegal MP3's"
- Hackers programs or archives
- Warez Sites
- Child Pornography
TheDecoStop will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision.
IRC: TheDecoStop does not allow IRC or IRC bots to be operated on our servers.
Idle Timeouts: TheDecoStop may disconnect any idle connection to the network. Average timeouts are:
- FTP - 300 seconds
- Dial-Up - 10-15 minutes
- Telnet - 2 hours
Commercial Advertising - Email: Spamming, or the sending of unsolicited email, from a TheDecoStop server or using an email address that is maintained on a TheDecoStop machine is STRICTLY prohibited. For general reference, we consider spam any email that is sent to more than 10 people at a time that did not ask for it to be sent to them. TheDecoStop will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Please make an effort to limit outgoing mail on your account to no more than 1000 pieces per hour. Large mailings are preferred to be sent from the hours of 12AM - 8AM EST
Server Abuse: Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a TheDecoStop server is strictly prohibited. TheDecoStop will pursue legal action to the fullest extent for all abuse of TheDecoStop Network.
Suspension/De-Activation: If any terms or conditions are failed to be followed it will result in grounds for account suspension or de-activation. TheDecoStop reserves the right to remove any account without prior notice. If TheDecoStop deactivates your account(s) for violating policy, your will forfeit your rights to a refund...and none will be given. Normal policy is a warning first, and account de-activation the second offense. Serious offenses may cause immediate de-activation.