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1. Definitions
Wherever these words and expressions appear in these Terms and
Conditions of Service (each a "Condition" and collectively, the “Terms
and Conditions”) the following definitions shall apply:
"Account" means the account in which we record all your charges;
“ADD ON” means an additional service feature which can added to your standard monthly service for a fixed fee
“ADD ON Minimum Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“ADD ON Downgrade Fee” means the sum payable when downgrading your ADD ON service(s) in such circumstance as to reduce the monthly fee payable to us
"Charges" means charges to be paid by you relating to the Services or
these Terms and Conditions according to the prices and rates set out in
our price lists posted on our web site at www.homevision.ie from time
to time or as otherwise notified to you from time to time and including
without limitation the applicable Monthly Charge. Charges which are
liable in arrears on a monthy basis irrespective of any promotional
offers include outbound telephone calls billed on a per second basis,
Video on Demand content and any other such additional services that
HomeVision may choose to offer.
“Customer
Care Scheme” means the Customer Care Scheme contained in the document
entitled “Customer Care Scheme” and is available on our website at
www.homevision.ie
“Code of Practice” means the complaints procedure
contained in the document entitled “Code of Practice for handling
consumer complaints” and which is available on our web site at
www.homevision.ie.
“ServiceDowngrade
Fee” means the sum payable when downgrading your services and/or
package and/or product bundle in such circumstance as to reduce the
monthly fee payable to us
"Equipment"
means any line, vocodeice port, customer premises box, SMART card, set top
box or other equipment or apparatus which is an integral part of our
network and is provided by us from time to time as part of providing
Services to you and others under these Terms and Conditions;
"Event" means each film, television programme or other event offered by us on the Program on Demand Services;
"Interactive Services" means the Internet Services and certain other
Services we may provide to you from time to time using digital
technology such as interactive services and enhanced TV;
"Internet" means the global data network comprising interconnected
networks using TCP/IP ("Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol");
"Internet Services" means the Service provided to you by us using
broadband technology to enable you to gain access to the Internet and
certain other Services whether by a personal computer, television or
other device;
"Minimum Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
"Monthly Charge" means any applicable monthly recurring charges
associated with the Services which shall be billed by us monthly in
advance;
"Network" means the electronic communications network run by us or any
of our associated companies over which the Services are delivered.
"Operator" means any person authorised to provide an electronic
communications network or electronic communications service pursuant to
the European Communities (Electronic Communications Network and
Services) (Authorisation) Regulations 2003.
"Package" means the package of Services selected by you from our
Telephone, Interactive and Television Services, any other Services we
offer from time to time and any replacement or variation of any Service;
"Payment Terms" means the terms by which we will manage your Account
and the methods by which you can pay the Charges. All monthly recurring
Charges are due monthly in advance and all non recurring and usage
based Charges are due monthly in arrears within the period advised on
the billing invoice
"PIN" means Personal Identification Number automatically assigned to you when you set up your Services.
"Price Lists" means the material published by us from time to time on
our web site and/or distributed by us which includes the prices and
rates for the Services and Equipment we offer including the usage rates
for the Services;
"Program on Demand Services" means those cinema events and programmes
that you order and are subject to payment of a separate fee per Event;
"Services" means the Telephone Service, the Interactive Service, and
the Television Service provided to you under these Terms and Conditions
via the Network.
"Television Service" means the television programming Services, Program
on Demand Services and/or audio Services provided to you under these
Terms and Conditions
“Telephone Service” means the telephone services provided to you under
these Terms and Conditions; that is the facility to make or receive a
phone call, rental of the telephone line and any other ancillary
service for domestic use (ancillary services include any other facility
such as caller display, phone numbers, directory enquiries and operator
services.).
"us" or "we" means 3PlayPlus Limited trading as HomeVision, with
its principal place of business located at 12 Kilcarbery Business Park,
Nangor Road, Dublin 22, Ireland, and whose website is located at
www.homevision.ie
“VAT” means value added tax.
"you" means the customer that orders our Services and includes any
person who we reasonably believe is acting with your authority or
knowledge.
2. Our Terms and Conditions
2.1 When They Apply
(a) These Terms and Conditions apply from the time that you complete this and sign this completed order form.
(b) These Terms and Conditions will apply jointly and severally to all
those requesting Services and the word "you" shall be understood
accordingly.
2.2 Deposit
You must also pay a deposit if we request a deposit (see Condition 4.6 below).
2.3 Your Account
We will open an Account in your name and will apply charges to your Account.
2.4 Minimum Period
(a) The Minimum Period of Service for all Services is 12 months for all HomeVision Packages (if any) ("Minimum Period").
(b) Once the Minimum Period is over, you can end the Service by giving us one (1) month’s notice in writing at any time.
2.5 ADD ONMinimum Period
(a) The ADD ON Minimum Period of Service is one (1) month for all HomeVision ADD ON Packages (if any) ("ADD ON Minimum Period").
(b) Once the ADD ON Minimum Period is over, you can end the Service by
giving us one (1) month’s notice in writing at any time.
2.5 Credit Limit
We may set monthly credit limits for Charges and may stop you using
some or all of the Services if you go over a credit limit. You should
not use a credit limit for budgeting because the amount you owe us is
not to be regarded as being capped or limited by any credit limit we
set.
2.6 Change to these Terms and Conditions
We can change these Terms and Conditions if new laws or rules make it
necessary. We will write and notify you one month in advance if we
propose to change the Terms and Conditions. We can also change these
Terms and Conditions for any other good reason. For instance, if at
some future time we wish to have all our customers on the same Terms
and Conditions for Services. We can also change the Charges. We will
notify you one month before we do any change to these Terms and
Conditions or to the Charges and will post the new Terms and Conditions
and Charges on our web site (www.homevision.ie).
3 Providing the Service
3.1 We will use reasonable endeavours to provide the Services to you
from the date they are activated on and subject to these Terms and
Conditions and we will continue to do so unless and until the Services
are terminated in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
3.2 We will provide the Services and the Equipment to you only if you
are a residential customer and you must use them for domestic purposes
only. You will ensure that all persons having access to the Services or
the Equipment comply with these Terms and Conditions. You are not
permitted to resell, rent or share the Services to/with any third party.
3.3 We will supply the Equipment on and subject to these Terms and
Conditions in accordance with Condition 8 below. You acknowledge that
the Equipment shall be used by us to provide the Services to you and
others.
3.4 We will endeavour to provide customer connections within a
reasonable time of customer applications for a line and for services.
Where customers are transferring from another operator, a connection
will be provided within a reasonable time based upon transfer process
from that operator.
3.5 We will try to make sure that the Services are always available to
you in accordance with our Customer Care Scheme, however we do not
guarantee that the Services will be fault free, available 100% of the
time, free of degradation or free of other problems that are beyond our
control. Sometimes they may be affected by circumstances over which we
have no control. If at any time the Service is affected or unavailable
it shall not be a breach by us of these Terms and Conditions.
3.6 If a fault in the Services or the Equipment occurs you should
notify us by contacting our customer management centre where a problem
may be resolved over the telephone or a technician may be sent out to
investigate the problem. We are not responsible for correcting problems
which are connected with the use of any equipment that is not provided
by us (and in such circumstances, we may make a reasonable call out
charge to cover our costs).
3.7 The content of Television Services and Interactive Services may
change and certain data or channels may no longer be available from
time to time. We shall not be liable to you for any such changes, lack
of availability or failure to transmit any advertised television
programmes or channels or any Interactive Services or to do so at the
advertised time.
3.8 Use of the Services and Equipment
You agree to the following:
(a) you will not use the Services for anything illegal or let anyone else do so;
(b) you will not use the Services for anything immoral or improper or let anyone else do so;
(c) you will not use the Services to make offensive or nuisance calls or let anyone else do so;
(d) you must only use Equipment that has been approved for use with the
Network and you must follow relevant laws and rules that apply to the
Equipment and its use by you;
(e) you will not connect any of your own equipment to the Network which
may harm it, the Equipment or equipment owned by other customers. If
you do, you agree to disconnect such equipment immediately on our
request;
(f) you must give us any information we reasonably ask for;
(g) you must follow all reasonable instructions we give you about the Services and our other facilities from time to time;
(h) you must immediately report to us your unauthorised reception of any channels or programmes; and
(i) you must comply with any applicable export or re-export laws and regulations.
3.9 Unauthorised Use of Television Services
(a) You may only use the Television Service for private residential
use. This means that you are not permitted to copy, distribute copies,
show in public or rebroadcast any part of the television programmes or
channels provided to you as part of the Television Service
(b) We may disable or alter some functions of the equipment to prevent
you from copying certain channels or programmes to prevent the
unauthorised copying of such Services. If the equipment used by you
allows such copying, we may prevent you from receiving the Services so
as to prevent such copying if we are contractually required to do so by
a third party.
(c) As well as any other rights we may have, if you breach Condition
3.9(a), we may suspend the Services and/or terminate the Services.
(d) You are responsible for any claims made against us or losses we may
suffer as a result of actual or claimed copyright and/or other
intellectual property or related rights infringement committed by you
or any other person in your home in connection with the Television
Service.
3.10 Telephone Services
If you request and accept a new Telephone Service, we will allocate a
telephone number to your telephone line. From time to time we may need
to change your number or code and we will try to give you reasonable
notice if this is going to happen. Any rights in the telephone number
belong to us and you may not sell or agree to transfer the number to
any person.
3.11 Emergency Services
HomeVision telephone service provides access to emergency services free
of charge. However, our services are provided on an IP Protocol which
depends on access to an electrical supply. In the event of a power
failure our telephone services cannot access emergency services. In the
event of power failure we advise customers to use alternative methods,
e.g. mobile telephones, to access emergency services.
3.12 Promotional Services
If we supply you with any Services as part of a promotion or for
promotional purposes, whether or not for a Charge, we reserve the
absolute right to terminate at any time the supply of such Service or
change the promotional Services, or packages of Services, that we are
supplying. We will notify you one month in advance of any such changes.
3.13 Software
Any software that we provide you with so that you can use the Equipment
or the Services belongs to us and remains at all times our property.
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, license to use such
software solely in connection with the Services and the Equipment. This
license will automatically end on termination of all Services or if you
cease to receive the relevant Service or your right to use the relevant
Equipment ceases. You agree not to copy the software or make it
available to anyone else. You also agree not to reverse engineer,
decompile or disassemble the software except as permitted by law.
3.14 Access to Your Premises
You must allow anyone accredited by us, on production of official
evidence of identity and authority, reasonable access to your premises
at reasonable times to facilitate the set-up, delivery and/or
discontinuation of the Services or for any purpose relating to the
Equipment. Where necessary you must obtain the permission of any other
person if that permission is required. You will ensure that you have
all requisite permissions for such access.
3.15 Security
We may provide you with PIN numbers, passwords or other security
measures in connection with your access to the Services. You are
responsible for keeping these safe and for their proper use. If you
suspect that any of them has become known to an unauthorised person you
must inform us immediately
4. What and How you Pay
4.1 Our published list of Charges is set out in the Price Lists. You
must pay the Charges for which we bill you together with any VAT and
any other taxes (at the applicable rates from time to time) which apply
in relation to any Charges. Where VAT has to be paid we have included
it in the Charges at the current rate. Except in the case of manifest
error the Charges will be based on our information about your use of
the Services.
4.2 We have a monthly billing period and we will send you a bill every
month. For monthly recurring charges, the bill will be for the month to
come (i.e. in advance). For usage based Charges, it will be for use
made in the month that has just passed and for any usage made at any
earlier time if they have not previously been charged for. We reserve
the right to change the billing period at any time.
4.3 It is essential that you pay your bill by the date specified in
your bill by the payment method you have chosen. If you do not pay on
time we can stop you using some or all of the Services and charge you
interest on what you owe at 4 % above the base lending rate of European
Central Bank. We will use the base rate that was in force on the date
of the bill and charge you interest until you pay. You agree that if
you do not pay a bill on time we can say that you have breached these
Terms and Conditions and we can terminate the Services immediately. All
these rights are in addition to any other legal rights we may have
against you which we may also rely upon and in no way affect your
statutory rights.
4.4 We can change the Payment Terms for any good reason, for instance,
if you do not pay your bills on time or if you pay your bills using
credit cards that you are not authorised to use.
4.5 If you have chosen to pay by direct debit and your bank or building
society is unable to make payment in any month we reserve the right to
cancel your direct debit facility and demand a different method of
payment. In these circumstances we may charge an administrative fee to
cover our reasonable costs.
4.6 Deposits
We can at any time ask you for a deposit (or an extra deposit) as
security for the Charges if , for example, we should increase your
credit limit (see Condition 2.5 above), the Charges you are incurring
have significantly increased, in our reasonable opinion, we believe
that your financial circumstances have substantially changed, or you
are consistently late in making your payments to us. At our absolute
discretion, we can keep the deposit until the end of the Services. If
you do not pay this deposit, we may suspend the Services until you do
so or we may terminate the Services all together.
(a) We may use all or part of your deposit to cover anything else you
owe us which is overdue including, without limitation, any amount due
for the replacement value and/or costs of repair of Equipment;
(b) We will repay any deposit held (or the balance of any deposit where
any part of it has been applied by us in accordance with these Terms
and Conditions) to you as soon as you have paid all Charges due under
these Terms and Conditions and the Equipment has been returned to us
(subject to your responsibilities in respect of loss or damage to the
Equipment under Condition 8.7).
(c) We will not pay you interest on any deposit you give us.
5. Limitation of Liability
5.1 In performing any obligation under these Terms and Conditions our
only duty is to exercise the reasonable skill and care of a competent
provider of telecommunications, Internet, television and other
services. We have no other duty or liability to you of any description
and we exclude all Terms and Conditions and warranties, other than
those expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions, including any
terms, warranties and Terms and Conditions implied by statute that can
be lawfully excluded.
5.2 Except as set out in Clause 5.1 (but subject to Condition 5.3), our
entire liability to you for any loss or damage however arising in
connection with these Terms and Conditions will be limited to €2,000
for one incident or €10,000 for a number of incidents within any 12
month period.
5.3 Except as set out in Clause 5.1, we are not liable to you or any
third party in any way for any loss of income, business, profits, or
any indirect or consequential loss or loss sustained by you and/or any
third party.
5.4 Please write and tell us about any claim as soon as you can and
always within ten (10) days of any damage to or loss of property.
5.5 We will not be liable to you if we cannot carry out our duties or
provide the Services to you because of something beyond our reasonable
control, nor shall we have any liability for interruption or
discontinuance of services during such period as is reasonably
necessary to effect reinstatement of service following a period of
interruption or discontinuance caused by an event beyond our control.
5.6 The provisions of the Condition 5 shall apply even after the Services have ended.
5.7 Your sole remedy and our sole liability in the event of a
discontinuance of services or interruption of same will be that no
charges will be imposed by us during the period of such discontinuance
or interruption and the payments made in advance by you will either be
refunded or credited towards charges owed by you to us.
6. When We may Suspend or Disconnect the Services
6.1 We may suspend the Services without giving you notice if any of the following happening:
(a) the Network or system we use to provide the Services breaks down or
needs work doing on it. We will try to make sure this does not happen
very often;
(b) we are required to do so by any court or other competent authority;
(c) you do not keep to these Terms and Conditions, or any other
agreement with us, or you go over your credit limit (see Condition 2.5
above);
(d) we have reason to believe that you have provided us with false,
inaccurate or misleading information either for the purpose of
obtaining the Services and/or the Equipment from us or at any time
during the provision of the Services and/or the Equipment;
(e) you do anything that damages or puts the Network at risk, or you abuse or threaten us or a member of our staff;
(f) you or another person at your premises uses the Services or the
Equipment in connection with involvement in fraud or attempted fraud,
or with any other illegal or improper purpose, or we reasonably suspect
any such use;
(g) you fail to report any unauthorised reception of Services to us immediately;
(h) the number of calls or Charges for calls made by you has increased
to such an extent that it appears, in our reasonable opinion, that the
Services are not being used in a manner consistent with your previous
use. We will make reasonable efforts to contact you before suspending
the Services in such circumstances but we are not liable for any loss
you may suffer through any suspension covered by this Clause; or
(i) you refuse to give us the deposit we ask for (see Clause 4.6) above);
(j) you continue to exceed the stated data download limits for your
broadband package following a written warning being sent to you.
(k) for any other reason at our discretion.
6.2 You are still liable for all Charges during suspension or
disconnection except in the circumstances described in Clause 6.1 (b)
above or if the Network or system we use to provide the Services breaks
down for a reasonably long period of time or unless we decide otherwise.
6.3 We can charge you for reconnecting you to the Services except in
the circumstances described in Clause 6.1 (a) or Clause 6.1 (b) above.
We may also apply different Payment Terms to you as a condition of
reconnecting you. We will notify you one month in advance of any
proposed changes in the Payment Terms implemented, which you must
as a pre-condition of reconnecting you.
7. When the Service Ends
7.1 You can terminate the Services during the Minimum Period if:
(a) we increase our Charges so long as you may give us one month's
notice in writing to cancel those Services in respect of which the
Charges have increased (you must give us notice within one (1) month of
the relevant price increase). During that notice period, the increased
charges will not apply to your Account;
(b) we significantly reduce the content of the Services so long as you
terminate the affected Service by giving us one (1) month's notice in
writing within thirty (30) days of such change.
7.2 Where we notify you of a change to our terms and Terms and
Conditions and you no longer wish to avail of our services you may
terminate the Services within one month of such notification.
7.3 We can end all or part of the Services immediately by writing to you if any of the following happen:
(a) you break an important (in our reasonable opinion) Clause or a
number of less important clause in these Terms and Conditions;
(b) you break a less important clause in these Terms and Condition and
do not put it right within seven (7) days of our writing to you and
asking you to do so;
(c) you make, or offer to make, an arrangement with your creditors; you
commit an act of bankruptcy; someone brings a petition, receiving
order, administration order against you to make you bankrupt. We can
also end the Services if we think any of these things or something
similar may happen;
(d) any authorisation required or necessary to run the Network or to provide the Services is terminated or revoked;
(e) we are specifically entitled to do so under these Terms and Conditions.
7.4 If the service is terminated by either party you must pay
everything you owe on your Account before activation of service by a
new provider to you.
7.5 Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing we reserve a
discretion to terminate at any time after the Minimum Period on not
less than one month’s notice provided any funds paid in advance by you
are to be refunded less any charges due to us.
7.6 Termination
- Prior to completion of Minimum Term
You must provide us with 30 days notice in writing of your intentions to terminate the contract. A termination fee will be applied to your account.
- Name change on existing Contract
Prior to completion of Minimum Term
This
is considered as a termination of the contract and a “Termination Fee”
as outlined on HomeVision website will apply. However this fee may be
waived if the following conditions are met. You provide us with 30 days
notice in writing of your intentions to terminate the contract. If the
other party completes a new HomeVision contract for services on the
same telephone number by day 23 AND if all equipment, surplus to the
new contract is returned by you within 14 days thereafter, then the
“Termination Fee” may be waived. In these conditions are not met, then
you are liable for the equipment (€350) and a “Termination Fee” may
also be applied to your account
After completion of Minimum Term
You
provide us with 30 days notice in writing of your intentions to
terminate the contract. If the other party completes a new HomeVision
contract for services on the same telephone number by day 23 then the
services will remain active for the other party. Otherwise, all
services will be terminated after day 30. It is your responsibility to
return the Equipment within 14 days.
The
removal or downgrade of a TV, broadband or the phone service will
result in the application of a “Service Downgrade Fee”. You must
provide us with notice by writing of your intentions to downgrade your
services. We will continue to bill you for the same services until the
next billing cycle date.
The
removal of a TV, broadband or the phone ADD ON service will result in
the application of an “ADD ON Downgrade Fee”. You must provide us with
notice by writing of your intentions to downgrade your services. We
will continue to bill you for the same services until the next billing
cycle date.
- Address change on existing contract
This
is considered as a termination of the existing contract and the start
of a new contract. The “Address Move” fee as outlined on HomeVision
website will apply in this scenario. However the “Termination Fee” may
be waived if any of the following conditions are met.
- You
provide us with 30 days notice by writing of your intentions to
terminate the contract in your existing address. You must indicate that
all services are to be terminated at your existing address. You
complete a new contract with HomeVision for any service in your new
address on an existing working telephone line i.e. a new telephone line
installation is not required. If a working line is not available at
your new address, then a new telephone line installation fee will
apply. You are responsible for the return of the Equipment from the
previous address.
- You
provide us with 30 days notice by writing of your intentions to
terminate the contract in your existing address. You must indicate that
another party intends to continue service at your existing address. If
another party completes a new HomeVision contract for services on the
same telephone number by day 23 AND if all equipment surplus to the new
contract is returned by you within 14 working days.
8. Equipment
8.1 We will supply you certain initial Equipment to facilitate the
provision and use of the Services. There will be no charge for the
provision of the Equipment. Optional or additional Equipment requested
by you will be subject to additional charges which will be notified to
you in advance in writing.
8.2 The Equipment belongs to us and you must not give anyone else any
rights over it. We may add to or substitute it as necessary to provide
the Services or for other valid reasons. From time to time we may ask
you to confirm the location of the Equipment and you agree to respond
to us promptly and in good faith.
8.3 You will need to prepare your premises in accordance with our
reasonable instructions before the Equipment can be installed and
Services provided to you. You will provide at your own cost, reasonable
assistance and a suitable place for the installation, provision,
operation and maintenance of Services and Equipment including without
limitation a secure and safe electricity power supply within your
property (which shall be supplied by you at your own expense). We shall
not be responsible for faults arising in the Equipment or interruption
in the provision of Services caused by failures in the power supply.
8.4 During installation we may need you to facilitate cabling which may
involve transit though your premises. Any alterations will be agreed
upon with you prior to work commencing.
8.5 From the time we deliver the Equipment to you until you return it
to us, you must take reasonable care of it. You must not allow anyone
(except personnel acting on our behalf) to add to, interfere with or
modify the Equipment in any way. As well as any other rights we may
have, such actions may result in our suspending the Services,
terminating the Services and/or our retaining the whole or part of any
deposit.
8.6 If you breach any of the provisions of this Clause, our rights to
take action for any breach of these Terms and Conditions will apply.
This will include, without limitation, our right to suspend Services,
terminate Services, reclaim the Equipment, retain any deposit or
require you to pay a deposit or an increased deposit.
8.7 For the avoidance of doubt, you will not be responsible for any
loss or damage to the Equipment to the extent that it is caused by us,
our employees, a manufacturing or design fault or fair wear and tear.
8.8 When the Services end for any reason including termination in
accordance with Clause 7, you shall return all the Equipment in it’s
original packaging to us at your own cost within fourteen (14) days of
the date of termination unless otherwise agreed in writing between us.
If you fail to return all the Equipment, you will be invoiced for the
cost of replacing the Equipment at its replacement value currently
estimated to be €350. If you return the Equipment and you have not
taken reasonable care of it, you will be invoiced for the costs of
repair, loss or damage for which you are responsible. Therefore, we
suggest that you insure the Equipment at its replacement value.
9. General
9.1 You may not transfer or try to transfer your Service or any of your
rights and responsibilities under these Terms and Conditions. We may
transfer any of ours without your permission, except where this would
result in providing a lower quality Service to you.
9.2 We can record any conversations between you and our staff for training or validation purposes.
9.3 We will send all bills and notices for Services to your billing
address and you should send any notice to us to our address indicated
on our invoice. You must tell us straightaway about any change in the
billing address. We allow 48 hours for you to receive bills and notices
through the post. You agree that after 48 hours we can assume you have
received the bill or notice. With your consent, we may be able to send
you bills and notices by e-mail or make them available online via
secure access.
9.4 Any concession or extra time that we allow you only applies to the
specific circumstances in which we give it. It does not affect our
rights under these Terms and Conditions in any other way.
9.5 Each of our rights, remedies and powers under these Terms and
Conditions are cumulative and will not exclude us from any other right,
remedy or power at any time.
9.6 If a clause or condition of these Terms and Conditions is not
legally effective, the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall be
effective. We can replace any Condition that is not legally effective
with a Condition of similar meaning that is.
9.7 We may use credit reference agencies to help us make credit
decisions or for fraud protection. You agree that we may register
information about you and the conduct of your Account with any credit
reference agency and that any such credit reference agency may make
decisions solely by automated means. For the purpose of fraud
prevention, debt collection and credit management, information about
you and the conduct of your Account may be disclosed to debt collection
agencies, security agencies, financial institutions or other phone
companies. You also agree that we can do those things that are
permitted from time to time under our registration under current data
protection legislation.
9.8 Unless expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions, no clause
in them, is enforceable by any person who is not the purchaser of the
Services.
9.9 These Terms and Conditions and all associated order forms represent
the entire agreement between us in relation to the Services. Neither of
us has entered into this agreement in reliance upon (and, to the extent
permissible under applicable law, we do not have any liability in
relation) any representations, term or condition not expressly set out
in these Terms and Conditions.
9.10 Any dispute arising between the parties shall be referred by you
initially to the Complaints Manager for the purposes of the Terms and
Conditions in order that any such dispute may be resolved in good faith
and any such dispute shall be conducted in accordance with our Code of
Practice. For the avoidance of doubt and in the event of such a
dispute, we shall continue to provide the Services in accordance with
the Terms and Conditions unless otherwise requested by you.
9.11 The laws of Ireland will apply to these Terms and Conditions and
any disputes will be settled exclusively in the courts of Ireland.
10. Homevision Fair Usage Policy
This Fair Usage Policy applies, where applicable, in conjunction with HomeVision’s Standard Terms and Conditions, The Price List and Fair Usage Policy, as detailed on www.homevision.ie
HomeVision provides telecommunication services (The Service) to customers in the Irish market. Access to The Service is contingent on this Fair Usage Policy, which applies to all of our customers.
10.1 HomeVision services are provided for the customer and the customer therefore agrees to neither share the service, nor use the service to share HomeVision sensitive information with others.
10.2 HomeVision services may not be used for any activity which contravenes the laws of Ireland or any other applicable jurisdiction.
10.3 Customers may not use HomeVision services to seek to gain unauthorised access to HomeVision facilities, services or resources or to the facilities, services or resources of connected networks.
10.4 Excessive use of Free Calls or Flat Rate Offers
(a) If you are an excessive user of all-inclusive or free call offers, you will then be charged our standard rates for calls and the service may be cancelled, or we may suspend your access to an all-inclusive or free time offer or move you to a different call rate plan, at our discretion.:
(b) We consider 'excessive' use to be usage of more than 400 minutes free per month per service ie 400 minutes in total of either type, local or national geographic number calls.
(c) In addition, and without limiting our rights under the Standard Terms or the relevant service description, where we consider your use of a free time or flat charge offer is unreasonable, then we may:
(i) suspend your access to that or any other free time or flat charge offer, or
(ii) suspend or cancel the service or your access to a value added service feature,
(iii) move you to our pay as you go plan with standard tariffs in each case immediately and without notice to you.
Please note that our right to suspend or cancel the service without notice to you under this clause overrides any requirement we may have to give you notice in other parts of the Standard Terms,
(d) Without limiting the meaning of 'unreasonable', we supply the service and each of the value added services for the purposeof you:
(i) making calls from your home phone, and
(ii) receiving calls to your fixed line service on our network for your own personal use depending on call rate plan.
(e) We consider your use of the service or a value added service feature, to be unreasonable if you:
(i) make or receive calls or send or receive content on our network other than for your own personal use, as described in paragraph (b) above,
(ii) wholesale any service (including transit, refile or aggregate domestic or international traffic) on our network, or
(iii) use the service in connection with a device that switches or reroutes calls to or from our network or the network of any supplier, without obtaining our written consent first. We may give or withhold our consent, or make our consent subject to conditions, in our discretion.
(f) We also consider your use of the service or a value added service feature to be unreasonable if you set up switch devices which overcome the time cap on free or flat call rates, thus keeping a line open potentially for hours and limiting the ability for other customers to access our network.
10.5 Customers may not use HomeVision services to create, host or transmit offensive or obscene material, or engage in activities which would cause offence to others on the grounds of race, creed or sex.
10.6 Customers may not use HomeVision services to create, host or transmit material which is designed to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to others.
10.7 Customers may not use HomeVision services to create, host or transmit material which is defamatory.
10.8 Customers may not use HomeVision services to create, host or transmit material which infringes the copyright of another person or organisation.
10.9 Customers may not use HomeVision services to engage in activities which infringe the proprietary rights of software.
10.10 Customers may not use HomeVision services to engage in activities which compromise the privacy of others.
10.11 Customers may not use HomeVision services to engage in activities which would destroy the integrity of computer based information.
10.12 Customers may not use HomeVision service to transmit unsolicited commercial or advertising material either to other customers or to other organisations connected to other networks, if the transmission of such material causes or is likely to cause annoyance.
10.13 HomeVision services are not intended for resale. Resale of services without making specific arrangements with HomeVision is not permitted.
HomeVision reserves the right to take such action as it deems appropriate against customers who violate any conditions of the Fair Usage Policy. In such cases, services may be limited, interrupted or terminated after reasonable attempts have been made where appropriate to contact the customer.
This Fair Usage Policy will be amended from time to time as is deemed necessary. A copy of the policy will be made available to all new customers and the current policy will also be available over HomeVision web site. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure familiarity and observance of the policy