Terms Of Service
Please read the following terms and conditions carefully. By signing up with Budgetnews, you agree to abide by the following terms. Contact us if you have any questions.

WebTV Users

WebTV users should be aware that the primary news servers on this site are only accesible via a regular news reader client or program. If you wish to have a WebTV or web browser interface system for accessing newsgroups try this web site  http://www.alibis.com/

Download Limits

We have a daily limit that works on a per server basis. We have 4 servers available to you and you may download up to 500 Megabytes from each server per day. 

Privacy and Security
Computer security and privacy are complex issues. It is important to understand these points:

We will cooperate with law enforcement officials and with other system administrators in the legitimate investigation of suspicious activity. Intentional violations of the privacy of other users, whether on our system or at another site, will be grounds for immediate termination of your account and may lead to criminal prosecution or civil penalties.  We will not intentionally disclose the contents of private files without the customer's permission or a court order.

Copyright Infringement And Hacking
You are responsible for determining the legal status of any intellectual property you use or duplicate through our system. Some of the material available on the network is copyrighted, and some of it may have been distributed in violation of copyright laws. We cannot and do not review the information flowing through or stored on our system. You agree not to violate copyright laws by transferring copyrighted works through our system or by causing them to be transferred or stored without the permission of the copyright holder. Breaking this agreement will be grounds for account termination.

We consider the exchange of information about security mechanisms to be protected speech. However, traffic in access codes, credit card numbers, or similar information is a crime that we take seriously. We expect you to respect the rights and privacy of all users and to use your account only for lawful purposes.

Controversial and Explicit Material
We cannot be and are not responsible for the contents of any of your communications through Budgetnews. The Internet and Usenet are large communities that regard censorship as worse than obscenity. Through our service, you will have access to and you will at some time or another become exposed to materials that you find offensive. Such materials include sexually explicit text and (encoded) images, pro-religious and anti-religious debate, questionable political views, and hateful speech. Budgetnews expressly disclaims liability for any harm resulting from encountering such material. We however will not be the haven for those wishing to traffic in child pornography. If you are seeking a haven for the posting of child pornography you  should go elsewhere.

You should know the laws that are in force in your community regarding the legal age of consent and for the production of pornographic materials. We are not responsible for anything that happens to anyone breaking these laws.

Account Usage
Budgetnews accounts are single-user accounts. This means that only one login from your account is allowed at a time, and the owner of the account (or their immediate family) is the only person allowed to use that account.

In addition to our usage policies, we also have rules prohibiting the repeated posting of inappropriate articles ("spamming") from a UNSC user account. Violation of the usage policies or rules may result in the termination of your Budgetnews user account. Spamming includes but is not limited too posting of commercial or advertising messages, promotion of web sites, posting URL's to web sites, posting of off topic materials in newsgroups, flooding groups with messages, repeated posting of the same message over and over even on seperate days. Posting messages meant only to start arguements or insult other posters.

Billing and Settlement
Continuing Service Invoice Continuing services will be billed in advance. Each month's invoice will be generated on or near your monthly billing anniversary date. Payment is due upon receipt.

Your account will automatically be renewed at the end of each service period, repeating the length of the previous service period, unless you specify otherwise.

Payment
Budgetnews will accept payment via credit card only. We will attempt to charge your credit card for any balance on your account. If the first charge attempt for an invoice fails, service will be suspended. Service will be resumed when you either request us to charge the card again or give us a different card number online.  If payment for an invoice fails three (3) times, you will need to contact our billing office via email at support@ccbill.com to reactivate your service.

Cancellation
Cancellations must be entered in ten (10) days prior to the next service period for them to take effect before that billing period. Cancellations submitted less than ten (10) days prior to the next billing period will take effect after the following billing period. Budgetnews does not prorate service. Your service, and thus your billing, is in whole month increments. Service can be cancelled from http://www.ccbill.com/. Otherwise, all accounts are renewed automatically.

Refunds
No refunds will be given under any circumstances, including prepaid accounts or accounts deleted for violation of our Acceptable Use Policy.

Budgetnews is not responsible for any long distance charges a customer may accrue while using our service.

Indemnify and Hold Harmless
You are responsible for all actions that occur in regards to your account. As a condition of service, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Budgetnews, its officers, employees, agents, and shareholders, for any cause of action out of your account with use or your use of the service.

Termination of Service
Budgetnews, reserves the right to terminate or refuse service to anyone, at any time, for any reason. The policies contained within may change at any time without notice.