DATAVO - Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions


Letter of Service Acceptance - The Letter of Agency (LOA) form signals your willingness to enter into an agreement with DATAVO for services that DATAVO, either directly or through 3rd parties, will provide you, and with the terms and conditions covered in the LOA – henceforth “the Agreement”. If customer chooses to terminate the Agreement unilaterally prior to the commencement of services or thereafter, DATAVO reserves the right to charge any early termination fees specified in the Agreement. If cancellation occurs prior to the commencement of services, these termination charges cover the full term of the service irrespective of whether services have commenced (24 months).

 

Installation, Quality of Service and Commencement of Services - DATAVO will make best efforts to contact customer in order to secure access to the customer’s premise and/or common areas in order to schedule any preliminary testing (prequalification) and full installation. Customer agrees not to unreasonably withhold entrance to customer’s premises in order for DATAVO to complete its work. The dates when prequalification and service installation commences may be the same or different subject to the nature of the service being installed and the availability of the necessary 3rd party services required to carry out this work. When customer is not presently receiving services – i.e. when a new installation is to be provisioned - or when customer is migrating from AT&T, DATAVO will aim to complete installation and commence service provisioning between four and six weeks following from customer signature of the LOA. When customer is receiving service from a different third party communications service provider, service provisioning may be delayed by an additional two weeks. In all cases DATAVO will work with customer towards ensuring the installation is completed as quickly as is practical. DATAVO has no control nor takes any responsibility for the configuration of customer’s equipment beyond the “demarcation point”. The “demarcation point” for data services provided by DATAVO is the Ethernet RJ-45 female connector on DATAVO’s customer premises equipment (CPE). Customer is responsible for all cabling and equipment/configuration on the customer’s Local Area Network (LAN) connecting to the demarcation point. For voice services DATAVO will make best efforts to ensure that voice services are delivered and working to customer’s FXO RJ11 telephone or PBX interfaces. DATAVO assumes no responsibility or liability for customer’s internal wiring or for the correct functioning of CPE (telephones, PBXs or other voice related equipment). The nature of the services provided by DATAVO require customer provides their own IT qualified personnel in order to ensure customer’s CPE is configured to work with DATAVO services. DATAVO will liaise with customer in order to ensure that customer’s IT personnel are available at installation time in order that the transition of customer’s services to DATAVO’s services can be completed. DATAVO accepts no liability for any service downtime resulting for the transition of services to DATAVO nor for services outages resulting from customer’s CPE not being configured by customer correctly for interfacing with DATAVO services.

 

Service Features - Internet access services data rates are subject to variations due to access rates provided by third-party web services, data impairments, congestion and/or other internet characteristics not under the control of DATAVO, transmission impairments in the transmission systems connecting customer’s premise to DATAVO’s network, the customer’s local area network (LAN) and/or terminals connected to it. Internet data services access speeds specified in the Agreement will therefore vary “up-to” the rate specified in the Agreement. DATAVO does not guarantee these rates nor accepts any liability in respect to any damages to customer’s business resulting from reduced performance or outages associated with the services it provides to customer. Services provided by DATAVO are “bundled” in order to provide customer with competitive services pricing. This means that services are bundled both in pricing and in the transmission systems used for their delivery. This can result in use of one service having an undesirable effect on another of the services bundled. DATAVO’s network is engineered to minimize the interaction between services, nevertheless services with a “voice” content have priority quality of service engineered and can result in data services quality of service being affected when both services are provided using the same bundled service. All of DATAVO’s bundled services include (as a minimum) one telephone line capable of sustaining emergency services in cases of power failure. Voice services provided through this one-lifeline is line-powered and thus unaffected by power outages. It is customer’s responsibility to ensure this lifeline is connected to the correct terminal at customer’s premise so that it is available for voice emergency calls.  

 

Billing and Collection - The date services are installed is the “Service Start Date” for billing purposes. Monthly Recurring Charges (MRCs) are billed in advance of service provision and usage charges are charged in arrears. Customer will be sent its first invoice within 10 days of the Service Start Date. This will include any Non-Recurring Charges payable by customer as well as the MRC for the first month of service. Customer will have 20 days to pay this invoice. All monthly bills thereafter will maintain the same billing cycle dates. If payment is not received by due date plus 4 days, a late fee of $5 will be added. A “Returned Payment “check fee of $35 will apply for each check returned for non-sufficient funds. If the bill is 30 days past payment due date, service may be suspended. For the service to be restored a charge of up to $30 per voice line may be levied. If the bill remains unpaid for a further 9 days beyond Suspension, the service may be disconnected. For the service to be reconnected a charge of up to $75 per voice line may be levied. In all cases all charges must be paid before service is restored or reconnected. In addition, a security deposit may be required and customers may need to be provided with new phone number(s).   

 

For customers who are required to sign up with DATAVO Auto Pay your monthly statement balance will be deducted from your bank account, debit or credit card (Visa, MasterCard and Discover accepted) automatically each month. The aforementioned late charges and fees will apply should we be unable to process your payment with the credit card information on file.

 

Usage, Fees and Limitations - Unlimited local, extended local or long-distance (LD) calling services applies only to direct-dialed, live voice calls and exclude use by customers of autodialers, Internet access, call center, broadcast fax, and any use not consistent with typical residential or business voice services. Calls which at the sole discretion of DATAVO, do not comply with the above limitation, are subject to per minute charges as per DATAVO’s nonbundled or incremental charges. Unlimited LD plans are not available for use with PRIs, and are not for use to transit traffic originating outside of customer’s address of record. All Services are not for use by companies engaged in the provision/resale of voice, data or other form of telecommunications/VAS service. Local calls, international calls terminating on cell phones, and calls to Mexico are billed in full minute increments. All domestic long distance calls are billed in 30 second minimum and 6 second increments. LD included in package applies to calls terminating in the 48 contiguous U.S. States. Calls to HI, AK, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands are billed separately. Long Distance usage minutes exceeding the monthly allotment of bundled minutes will be billed at stated Agreement per minute rates. DATAVO reserves the right to modify international calling rate charges as it finds necessary. DATAVO posts its international calling rates on its corporate website. You can find these at International Rates.

 

Managed WIFI - DATAVO will provide customer support required in the provisioning and management of the WIFI Wireless access point (WAP). This Managed WIFI service is restricted to the WAP and does not cover the implementation of WIFI capable customer’s WIFI stations (PCs, Laptops and other WIFI enabled devices). The availability of WIFI signals to WIFI enabled stations is subject to transmission impairments, distance limitations and the performance of the customer supplied WIFI stations. DATAVO provides no guarantee over the transmission performance of its WIFI service.

 

Term Commitment & Penalties - The term of the agreement will be month-to-month commencing on the installation date. The customer will be charged previously waived installation fees and equipment fees, not including taxes, should the customer request to disconnect or port away from DATAVO within the first 180 days of service.  After disconnect or port completion the customer will be charged the cost of the installed equipment used to provide voice and/or data services only the closing invoice until the equipment has been returned to DATAVO, ATTN: CPE Return Department, 6855 Tujunga Avenue, North Hollywood, CA 91605.  DATAVO will credit the customer’s credit card upon receipt and processing of the equipment.

 

Limited Time $9.99/month DSL Promotion - This promotion is available to customers purchasing new DATAVO High Speed DSL service. The promotion will provide internet over DSL with speeds up to 5.0 Mbps for $9.99 per month for the first 12 months of a 2 year term commencing on the installation date.  After 12 months existing standard rates apply ($35.00/month) unless canceled by customer.  Promotional rates may no longer apply if customer upgrades or downgrades their DATAVO internet service during term.  Requires new or existing DATAVO phone service, available to business customers only and taxes and other charges apply.  Speed claim(s) represent maximum downstream and/or upstream speed capabilities which may vary and are not guaranteed.  DSL modem/router required and will be provided by the DATAVO installation technician.  The customer will be charged previously waived installation fees and equipment fees, not taxes should the customer request to port away from DATAVO any time within the 2 year term.  After disconnecting services from DATAVO the customer will be charged the cost of the installed equipment used to provide voice and/or data services one the closing invoice until the equipment has been returned to DATAVO. Offer expires 4/6/2012.

 

Advertised services and internet speed options not available in all areas.  Offers may be modified or discontinued at any time without notice.  

 

Equipment - Equipment provided by DATAVO remains the property of DATAVO and must be returned within 7 business days upon termination of service. Failure to return equipment will result in a charge as per the Agreement.

 

Payment of Charges - Customer is responsible for the service, and payment of all charges associated with the service regardless of who uses the service. These charges include, but are not limited to, monthly service fees, long distance charges, directory assistance and thirdparty charges, repair, transfer and change charges, number portability, End-User-Common Line charges and Federal, State and Local government taxes and fees.

 

Inside Wiring/Service Agreement - DATAVO is not responsible for problems arising from wiring issues between the Network Interface Demarcation (NID) and the customer owned equipment. DATAVO can provide, at customer request, a maintenance technician – please call DATAVO Customer Service Repair department for further information. Inside Wiring Service shall mean the time and materials for the installation of wiring, jacks and equipment at the End User’s premises on the End User’s side of the network interface. The network interface is placed at the demarcation point, which separates the regulated access service from the nonregulated Inside Wiring Service. After the Inside wire or equipment is installed, the End User customer own the wire, cable, and/or jack and/or equipment installed on the End User’s side of the network interface. Inside Wire Service and equipment installations are provided on an $85.00 an hour plus materials. The Inside Wire and Equipment Installation Service is a nonregulated service and is provided pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and not pursuant to any tariff or other contract between the Customer and DATAVO. It is not part of the Access Service.

 

Credit/Deposit Requirements - Customer authorizes DATAVO to perform a credit check. DATAVO does not require customers to pay a deposit prior to activation unless customer does not meet credit requirements. DATAVO reserves the right to require a deposit from a customer who consistently does not pay the monthly service charges in a timely manner.  

 

No Warranties/Limitations of Liability - DATAVO makes no warranty of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, with respect to services provided. All express or implied warranties include those related to merchant ability or fitness for a particular purpose or quality, design, condition, capacity, suitability, interference, infringement, or durability, are hereby disclaimed by DATAVO, to the extent permitted by law, and expressively waived by you. DATAVO shall not have any liability obligation to you or any other party, either in contact or in tort, for actual, punitive, exemplary, special, consequential, or indirect damages or any kind, including, but not limited to, claims or damages for loss of profits, loss of data, loss of use or interruption of use of your computer system or any software thereon or any business conducted thereon or for the reconstruction or recovery of any lost data or software or economic losses of any kind incurred by you or any other third party directly or indirectly resulting from or related to any service, equipment or materials described herein or provided hereunder, whether or not caused by the negligence of DATAVO, to the fullest the same may be disclaimed by law.

 

Service Guarantee - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Customer may terminate this Agreement without any further obligation if the Services provided by DATAVO are not substantially performing up to industry standards during the first 60 days the service are available for Customer’s use. If Customer elects to terminate the Agreement pursuant to this guarantee, DATAVO will Reimburse Customer for all reasonable costs incurred by Customer to re-establish service with previous service provider not to exceed the amount that Customer paid to DATAVO for Installation of services. This Service Guarantee only applies if (a) the cause of the Service Deficiency was within DATAVO’s reasonable control; (b) Customer ordered at least the amount of Services recommended by DATAVO to meet Customer’s traffic volumes; and (c) DATAVO fails to correct the Service deficiency within 15 days after receiving written notice from Customer of the deficiency given during the 60 day period