Acceptable Club Network Use Policy

By using the Stour Valley Wireless Club network you are accepting this policy

This Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is intended to help protect Stour Valley Wireless Club members, and the Internet community, from the inappropriate use of Stour Valley Wireless & the Internet. Using any of Stour Valley Wireless' Club resources constitutes acceptance of this AUP. Stour Valley Wireless reserves the right to revise and update this AUP from time to time.

What's NOT permitted on the club network:

• Anything illegal / fraudulent
• Excessive use of network resources¹
• Invasion of privacy
• Spamming - email abuse

What the club will try to do for members:

• Do our best to provide the service you subscribe to
• Keep personal information safe and private
• Not pass personal information onto other organisations

What you can do for the club:

• Observe this Acceptable use policy
• Keep your Antivirus & Operatiing System (Windows) software up to date & patched
• Keep your passwords private
• Pay your club subscription promptly

More information

No guarantees of service is either implied or offered.

If we discover that somebody is doing anything illegal under UK Law Stour Valley Wireless Club will have no alternative but inform the Police.

If Stour Valley Wireless Club discover a member abusing the network they will be issued with a warning; further abuse of network will force Stour Valley Wireless Club to disconnect the member from the network and terminate their subscription.

It must be emphasised that since this is a community project, service and support will not be available on a commercial basis; all support from the club will come from the documentation found on the site and the goodwill of other members.

We do not give any guarantees about the availability or speed of the club network. In our experience it has proved to be very reliable, but as with everything in life things can go wrong. In this case we will endeavor to fix it as soon as possible as we use the network too! No guarantees can be made about how long it may take to resolve the problem!

1 Our Internet pipe is finite so if you are using peer-2-peer file sharing programs please adjust the program settings to not hog all the available bandwidth, it is also worth noting that these programs will work better in the wee hours of the night. Remember sharing some content maybe illegal!

Last update Tuesday, April 1, 2008 11:40 PM