Rangefire Integrated Networks

Acceptable Use Policy

Rangefire's network is a shared resource, operated for the benefit of its customers. To that end, we have established an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) designed to ensure fair access to the network by all users, and to prevent security and liability problems that could affect overall connectivity.

The use of any Rangefire Internet connection by a Customer, the Customer's employees, agents, or any party granted access to the Internet connection by the Customer:

  1. Must be for lawful purposes only;
  2. Must be in compliance with all policies and rules of any and all other networks accessed or transited by traffic sent by the Customer through the Rangefire network;
  3. Must not interfere with the operation of Rangefire or any Customer;
  4. Prohibits transmission of abusive or unsolicited commercial email (UCE), such as messages posted to multiple news groups, mailing lists, or email recipients, where the Member has no existing business relationship (e.g., a paying customer), and the message distributes information not specifically requested by the recipient or is not within the content guidelines of the newsgroup or mailing list.
  5. Prohibits serving or distribution of sexually explicit materials, by any means, including but not limited to email, newsgroups, Web pages, FTP, Internet Relay Chat, audio, or video transmission, whether password protected or not;
  6. Prohibits unauthorized scanning of other networks, either on or off the Rangefire network, using network management software or TCP/IP tools, or any activity that can be reasonably construed by another network administrator as an attempt to inspect or breach the security of a network not controlled by the Customer;
  7. Prohibits reselling or brokering of Rangefire Internet connectivity to non-Customers, unless a written agreement for such reselling exists between Customer and Rangefire. Customers may host Web or FTP sites of non-Customers on the Customers own equipment, and may charge non-Customers for this service.

Rangefire is bound by the Acceptable Use Policies of its upstream providers, Genuity, GST Internet, and Qwest Communications. If we fail to enforce the AUP requirements of our upstream providers, those providers will stop routing traffic for Rangefire. Thus it is in the best interest of all Rangefire Customers that we require compliance with our AUP.

If an Rangefire customer is found to be violating an Acceptable Use Policy Provision, Rangefire Technical Support will attempt to contact the Customer to explain the violation. If the Customer cannot be reached in a timely manner, Rangefire may need to temporarily disconnect the Customer's Internet service until the matter can be resolved. In the event of a second AUP violation of the same kind following a warning of violation, Rangefire will disconnect the Customer and require that the Customer sign a written promise to not repeat the violation before reconnection. If the Customer refuses, or subsequently violates the written promise, then Rangefire has no recourse but to permanently disconnect the Customer.