2. EMERGENCY SERVICES - E911 (For users with Phone service)
2.1 911 Dialing. PANTEL
911 dialing is different than traditional 911 service.
2.2 PANTEL 911 Disclosure Agreement.
911 DISCLOSURE DURING SUBSCRIBE TO PANTEL, PANTEL's E911
service is different from traditional wireline 911 and
cellular/wireless 911, but it is a safe and reliable means
of emergency dialing that may differ depending on where
you are located, and the device used, when using your
PANTEL service. PANTEL customers have access to Enhanced
911 (E911), basic 911 or our national emergency call
center. With E911 service, when you dial 911 your PANTEL
phone number and registered address is sent to the local
emergency center serving your location, and emergency
operators have access to this information in order to send
help and call you back if necessary. With basic 911, when
you dial 911, local emergency operators answering the call
may not see your PANTEL telephone number or your
registered address. The emergency center may not be
equipped to receive, capture or retain your PANTEL
telephone number and registered address, so you must be
prepared to give them this information. Until you give the
operator your phone number, he/she may not be able to call
you back or dispatch help if the call is dropped or
disconnected, or if you are unable to speak. Once local
emergency centers are capable of receiving our customers'
information, we automatically upgrade customers with basic
911 to E911 service. If you do not have access to either
basic 911 or E911 for any reason, your 911 call will be
sent to the national emergency call center, where a
trained agent will ask for your name, telephone number,
and location, and then transfer you to the local emergency
center nearest to your location. We require you to provide
the physical address where you will be using our service
for 911 purposes. For E911 and basic 911, this address is
used to route 911 calls to your local emergency center.
When you initially provide your physical address, it can
take up to 120 minutes to verify your address and activate
911 service at this address. You will receive an email
letting you know when 911 service is activated. If you
move this device to another location, you must update your
address. You may register only one location at time. If
you do not update your location, your 911 calls may be
sent to an emergency center near your old address. When
you update your location, it can take several hours to
activate 911 service at the updated address. You will
receive an email letting you know when 911 service is
activated at the updated address. Please note that our 911
Dialing service will not function in the event of a
broadband or power outage or if your broadband, Internet
Service Provider (ISP), or PANTEL phone service is
terminated.
3. CUSTOMER SERVICE.
We offer varying types and levels of customer service
depending on a number of factors, including the service
you are using and the problems you are experiencing. For
more information on our customer service, please review
our web site www.pantel.us
. We assume no obligation to provide support services for
any third party products or services, or for problems with
our service caused by third party products or services.
Unless you have entered into a separate services agreement
with us, we may change the customer service options at any
time.
4. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
We offer a money back guarantee if you terminate your
service within 30 days from your acceptance date. The
acceptance or subscription date is the date you order the
service or the date we successfully process your payment,
whichever is later. It is not the day you receive the
equipment you ordered or the first day you use the
service, we will not refund setup fees.
4.1 We will not refund any credit for setup fees, we will
refund only the first Monthly Recurring Charge for the
first service term, initial shipping charges if any, the
price you were charged by us, any device you purchased
from us is eligible with a 15% re-stocking fee, equipment
you purchased in any
other place then PANTEL is not eligible for our
money back guarantee. Please refer to the return policy of
the retailer where you purchased your device. Our money
back guarantee does not apply to any charges for
international long distance usage, payphone calls to
PANTEL toll free numbers, directory assistance and any
features or services not expressly included in your
monthly plan fee. In addition, we may not be able to
refund all of the taxes that you paid. Due to the nature
of how PANTEL bills a customer's account, you may be
billed for additional charges for the time between
disconnection and return of the equipment. PANTEL will use
commercially reasonable efforts to refund promptly any
charges (less any amounts that you owe to us) to your
account following the return of your device. If you have a
billing dispute following the termination of your account,
please contact us at the phone 305-222-2288.
4.2 We have the right to
disconnect or revoke our 30 day money back guarantee for
all customers at any time, without prior notice.
5. SERVICE
PLANS & OUTAGES
5.1 Service Distinctions.
Our service is a interconnected communications service,
and we provide it on a best effort basis. There are
important distinctions between a telecommunications
service and our service. Our service requires a high speed
broadband connection which could be included in your
package or not.
Events beyond our control may affect our service, such as
power outages, fluctuations in the Internet, a fiber or
cable broken, an electrical storm, your underlying ISP
broadband service or maintenance. We will act in good
faith to minimize disruptions to your use and access to
our service.
5.2 Residential Use of Service and Device. If you
subscribe to our residential service plans, we provide you
with service and the device solely for normal residential,
non-commercial use. If you subscribe to a service plan
which permits use of more than one device with the same
voice line, the basis for assessing such use will not
change.
5.3 Business Plans. If you subscribe to any of PANTEL's
Business plans, we provide our service(s) to you solely
for use as a business user and not for resell.
5.4 Inconsistent with Normal Use. If you use the service
in a way that is inconsistent with the normal use for your
service or plan, you will be required, at PANTEL's sole
discretion, to pay the rates for the service or plan that
would apply to the way you used the service or device,
PANTEL may terminate the plan.
Our service does not support 0+ or operator assisted
calling, including, without limitation, collect calls,
third party billing calls, 900, or calling card calls. Our
service may not support 311, 511, and other x11 services
in one or more service areas. Our service does support
specified dialing such as 411, 611 and
911, which are provided for elsewhere in these
Terms of Service.
5.6 No Directory Listing. The phone numbers you get from
us will not be listed in any telephone directories
unless you pay extra for this purpose. However,
any phone numbers you transfer from your local phone
company may be listed.
5.7 Incompatibility With Other Services. (a) Non-Voice
Equipment Limitations. You acknowledge that our service
may not be compatible with all non-voice communications
equipment, including but not limited to home security
systems, medical monitoring equipment, certain versions of
TIVo, satellite television systems, PBX, Centrex, other
private telephone networks, or computer modems. You waive
any claim against PANTEL for interference with or
disruption of these services and equipment, as well as any
claim that PANTEL is responsible for any disruption to
your business, if applicable. (b) Certain Broadband, Cable
Modem, and Other Services. You acknowledge that our
service presently is not compatible with AOL cable
broadband service and certain versions of TiVO. There may
also be other services with which our service may be
incompatible. Some providers of broadband service may
provide modems that prevent the transmission of
communications using our service. We do not warrant that
our services will be compatible with all broadband
services and expressly disclaim any express or implied
warranties regarding the compatibility of our service with
any particular broadband service.
5.8 Passwords You will be asked to create a password or
PIN in order to gain access to your account information
online or when contacting a PANTEL agent by phone. You
agree to keep all passwords and account information
confidential and are solely responsible for any liability
or damages resulting from your failure to maintain that
confidentiality, and for all activities that occur under
your password. You must immediately notify us if you
suspect any breach of security such as loss, or
unauthorized disclosure or use of your password and
account.
5.9 Changes to Service Plans Your service plan includes
terms and conditions such as monthly service allowances
and features, and the charges associated with those
allowances and features, all as described in the materials
made available to you on your subscription date. You
acknowledge that your service plan is also subject to
these Terms of Service. Our service is subject to our
business policies, practices and procedures, which we can
change at any time without notice. Unless otherwise
prohibited by applicable law, we can also change the terms
and conditions of your service plan (such as features and
prices) at any time, with or without notice. If we do give
you notice, it may be provided on your account web page or
monthly bill, in a newsletter, in a mailing, by e-mail, or
other communication permitted under applicable law.
5.10 Minutes allow per Plan you
approved, the limits are as follows:
BUSINESS BASIC PLAN: Includes
a bucket of 1,500 minutes of Inbound/Outbound calls
per month per Extension, After this limit a 0.015
cents per minute will be charge. Each Extension is
provisioned with 2 channels per Extension. Provisioned
with 4 channels.
BUSINESS STANDARD PLAN:
Includes a
bucket of 3,000 minutes of Inbound/Outbound
calls per month per Extension, After this
limit a 0.015 cents per minute will be charge.
Provisioned with 2 channels per Extension.
ENTERPRISE PLAN: Includes
a bucket of 3,000 minutes per Extension
Inbound/Outbound calls per month, After this
limit a 0.015 cents per minute will be
charge. Provisioned with 2 channels per
Extension.
CALL CENTER PLAN: At only 0.015 cents per
minute. Provisioned with 50 channels.
6.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6.1
Signed Service Term. If you signed a service commitment
Agreement, we provide and you agreed to have our service for
the period specified in the agreement otherwise is a minimum
of one year period. Your service term refers to the period
of time for which we will bill you periodically in advance
(for example, one month or one year). Your first service
term begins on the subscription date, which is the date you
first ordered service or the date we successfully process
your payment, whichever is later. It is not the day you
receive the equipment you ordered or the first time you use
the service. Your service will continue until canceled by
you or by us as provided for herein. Please note that the
obligations of this agreement begin on your subscription
date and are automatically renew every year.
6.2 Automatic Renewal. Your service term automatically
renews for the same term unless you send a letter 30 days
before the renewal date of your service term to cancel your
service. The renewal begins on the day after the last day of
your service term.
6.3 Other Commitments. If you made a commitment as part of a
promotional or plan benefit (such as an equipment, equipment
upgrade, a free month of service, free installation, a
rebate, or other incentive), unless otherwise specified in
the offer you received, your commitment begins on the
earlier of the day that you use the new equipment or accept
the promotion or benefit. Commitment could be a 1 or 2 year
staying with the PANTEL Service depending on the promotion
or plan you accepted. Any Commitment requires the signature
of the commitment for the customer and a
Credit Card on file.
6.4 Our right to disconnect. We have the right to suspend or
discontinue service generally, or to disconnect your
service, at any time. In addition, we reserve the right to
immediately disconnect your service at any time without
notice: Our action or inaction under this section does not
constitute any review or approval of your action or use or
content.
6.5 Fees upon disconnection. (a) Disconnection by you. If
you attempt to disconnect service before the end of your
current service term, you will be responsible for all the
charges for your current term, including unbilled charges,
plus any disconnection fee. In addition, if you disconnect
service that is based on a commitment before the end of the
commitment, you agree to pay us the applicable recovery fee.
(b) Disconnection by you without term agreement. If you
disconnect the service without having any specific term
agreement your last payment will be the month you
are cancelling your services, customer account goes
into PREPAID status and must pay any open pending balance
immediately to be able to port out their numbers. (c) Order
the Disconnection by us without a reason. If we discontinue
service generally, or disconnect your service without a
stated reason, you will only be responsible for the charges
that have accrued through the date of the disconnection,
including a pro-rated portion of the final service term
charges, and any recovery fees. (d) Disconnection by us with
a reason. If we disconnect your service for any of the
reasons listed in section 6.4 above, you will be responsible
for all charges through the end of your current service
term, including unbilled charges, plus any disconnection and
any recovery fees. (e) All of charges owed at the time of
disconnection will be immediately payable. We will pursue
collection for unpaid amounts on disconnected accounts and
may report these unpaid charges to credit bureaus.
6.6 Phone Number Transfer or
"Port" on Service Disconnection. (a) Single Accounts. You
may be able to take, or "port," your current number(s) to
another service provider after paying your balance, If you
ask your new service provider to port a number from us and
we receive your request from the new service provider, we
will terminate our service for that number upon successful
completion of the port. Once your service is terminated and
the port is completed, you will remain responsible for any
balances and fees through the end of that billing cycle,
including any cancellation fees. If the port out is
unsuccessful for any reason, your service and your agreement
with us will not terminate, you will remain an PANTEL
customer, and you will continue to be responsible for all
charges and fees associated with your PANTEL service.
6.7 Termination of Service. In order to terminate your
service or to terminate part of your service, you must
contact our Customer Service Department, via email or letter
at the following number: 305-222-2288. Our Customer Service Department
is available to assist you Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To terminate your service you
must notify us on the previous billing cycle, in other words
if we already billed you the 1st day of the month and you
want to disconnect the service on the 2nd you must pay your
service in order to be terminated. Please note that simply
returning your PANTEL equipment to
us without notifying our Customer Service Department that
you wish to terminate service and without receiving a
written authorization from us we will not terminate your
service and you will remain responsible for all costs and
fees associated with your account. You must return the
PANTEL Equipment (POE Adapter, Router, ATA, IP Phones or any
other device) with our authorization on the
previous billing cycle knowing us that you
want to disconnect your lines to Terminate your service, if
you don't return the Equipment you
still be responsible for the last month payment and the
return of the Equipment, unless
you paid the equipment in full
at the beginning of the service. To be able to cancel
any service, the customer account
must be current.
7. DEVICES.
7.1 Devices purchased from a retail provider. (a) Return
of Device. Except as provided in the limited warranty
found in Section 7.1(b) below, if you purchased your
device from a retail provider, you may return your device
only to that retail provider. All device returns are
subject to the return policy of the retail provider and
are not eligible for our money back guarantee. We will not
accept any device returned to us from a retail customer.
(b) Limited Warranty from PANTEL for retail customers
only.
On equipment purchased from PANTEL we
will provide a limited warranty on the device only for
manufacturing defects for a period of 30
days from the
day of installation, after this period you should return
the merchandise to the manufacturer. This retail
customer limited warranty does not apply to any defect or
failure other than a manufacturing defect. Without
limiting the generality of the warranty, it does not apply
to any defect caused by damage in transit, retailer
handling, or your handling of your device. For returns
subject to this retail customer limited warranty, the
following conditions must be satisfied: we must
receive your device, in its original condition,
reasonable wear and tear excluded, together with the
original packaging, all parts, accessories, and
documentation; before returning your device to us,
you need to obtain a valid return authorization number
from our Customer Service department which you can reach
at 305-222-2288, you may take
the equipment to our office or pay all costs of
shipping your device back to us.
7.2 Devices purchased from us. (a) Limited Warranty.
Except as set forth in these Terms of Service, if you
purchased a device from us and the device included a
limited warranty from another company (such as the
manufacturer) at the time you received it, you should read
the separate limited warranty document you got with the
device for information on the limitation and disclaimer of
certain warranties. We will provide a limited warranty on
the device only for manufacturing defects for a period of
30 days from your purchased
date. Warranty does not cover equipment damaged in a
Storm. (b) Repair or replacement. Your only remedy for any
breach of any limited warranty or other breach of any duty
regarding a device is to get a repaired or replacement
device by following our return procedures. This limited
warranty applies in place of the limited warranty included
with the device if the included limited warranty is less
favorable to you than this warranty. (c) Service
Cancellation. If you cancel your service within the money
back guarantee period, you may obtain a credit for the
amount paid for the monthly service not for the setup fee
or leased returned devices to us, according to the money
back guarantee conditions. (d) Receipt of damaged devices.
If you receive cartons or devices that are visibly
damaged, you must note the damage on the carrier's freight
bill or receipt and keep a copy. You must also keep the
original carton, all packing materials, and parts in the
same condition in which you received them from the
carrier. You must then contact our customer service
department immediately at 305-222-2288.
(e) Ownership. If you purchased your devices from us, the customer own's it after 3 days
of use the devices are not returnable for a refund.
7.3 Tampering with the Device. You may not change the
electronic serial number or equipment identifier or
encryption keys or other authentication or technical data
of your device or perform a factory reset of your device
without first getting our written consent.
7.4 Prohibited Devices. You are prohibited from using
PANTEL services with any devices other than
PANTEL-approved devices received from retailers or from
us.
7.5 All recordings are to be used only on a Pantel Networks
phone system and are not transferable to any other media
even if customer paid a fee to produce such recordings,
customer have the License to use those recording while using
our phone service.
7.6 Disclaimer. Other than the 30 day
term of the limited warranty, we make no warranties of any
kind, express or implied, and specifically disclaim,
following the term of the limited warranty, any warranty
of merchantability, fitness of the device for a particular
purpose, title or non-infringement, or any warranty
arising by usage of trade, course of dealing, or course of
performance, or any warranty that the device or any
firmware or software is "error free" or will meet your
requirements. This section does not limit any disclaimer
or limitation of warranty in the documentation provided
with your device. Device warranties do not apply to
Business Plus customers. This warranty gives you specific
legal rights, and you may also have other rights which
vary from State to State.
8. FEES, TAXES, AND OTHER
CHARGES.
8.1 Fees and charges.
Fees and charges. These fees and charges may change from
time to time. We may introduce new products and services
at special introductory pricing. At our discretion, we may
change introductory pricing. Where required by law, we
will send notification of invoices to your email address
on file with us. We reserve the right to bill you more
frequently if you owe us more than $75.
8.2 Billing increments. We bill usage charges in full
minute increments. We round partial minutes up to the next
full minute, unless we state otherwise in the rate
schedules on our web site. We bill fractional usage
charges in full cents. We round up cents when the value is
$.005 or more and down when the value is less than $.005,
unless we state otherwise in the rate schedules on our
website. Click here to see a few examples of how minutes
and cost per minute are calculated.
8.3 Taxes State and local governments may assess taxes,
surcharges, or fees, or all of these, on your use of our
service. These charges may be a flat fee or a percentage
of your PANTEL charges and may change without notice.
These charges are based on the rates applicable to the
address you provided to us. You are responsible for all
applicable taxes, fees, or charges for your subscription,
use, or payment for our service or your device. These
amounts are in addition to the payment for your service or
devices. We will bill these charges to your payment method
according to the terms in this agreement. If you are
exempt from payment of any of these taxes, you must
provide us with an original certificate that satisfies the
legal requirements attesting to tax-exempt status. Tax
exemption will only apply from the date we receive your
certificate. PANTEL, Attn: Customer Service Manager, 8043 NW 67th
St., Miami, FL 33166.
8.4 Payphone Charges. If you use our "Toll Free Plus"
feature, or any toll free feature that we offer in the
future, we will recover from you any charges imposed on us
either directly or indirectly for toll free calls made to
your number. We may recover these amounts by means of a
per-call charge, rounded up to the next cent, or in any
other way we decide is appropriate for the recovery of
these costs.
8.5 Charges for Directory Calls (411). We may charge you
$0.25 for each call you make to directory assistance
except, and only to the extent, that such calls are
expressly included in the fee for a service plan that you
have selected.
8.6 Activation Fee. We will charge you a one-time
activation fee of $29.95 per line residential or business
accounts, this fee does not include any
Telephone or ATA Adapter or the
onsite installation, if you don't pay the ATA Adapter and
the installation fees you are subject to a one year
service commitment with PANTEL.
8.7 Disconnection Fee. You will be charged a disconnection
fee equivalent to a one month of service counted from the
date we receive your disconnection notice by email or
letter, the disconnection fee is waived If your PANTEL ATA
adapter(s) are returned to us.
8.8 Recovery Fee. If you disconnect service based on a
commitment before the end of the commitment period, you
agree to pay us the applicable recovery fee. A recovery
fee is equal to the difference between the price you paid
and the regular price of the good, service, or other
benefit you received. Any recovery fees are cumulative and
are in addition to any other amounts you may owe us,
including any disconnection fees.
8.9 No Credit Allowances or Refunds for Prepaid Service
Plan Customers. Subject to our money back guarantee and
law, we will neither credit nor refund any service fees or
any other amounts you pay for any prepaid service plans.
8.10 No Credit for Non-Usage or Misdialing Neither
non-usage of the service nor misdialing while using the
service entitle you to a credit for, or refund of, any
portion of a payment made to us.
9.
BILLING CYCLE AND PAYMENTS.
9.1 Billing. We will
bill your Account every first of the
month. When you subscribe to our service, you
must give us a valid email address and a payment method
that we will accept. We reserve the right to stop
accepting your payment method or your payments. You must
advise us at once if your payment method expires if you
close your account, your billing address changes, your
email address changes, or your payment method is
cancelled and replaced on account of loss or theft.
Except for usage-based charges, we will bill in advance
to your payment method all charges, fees, taxes, and
surcharges for each service term. We will bill monthly
as due immediately usage-based charges and any other
charges which we decide to bill as due immediately.
Bills will be sent to the email(s) address on record.
If
your Account is approved to be POST PAID.
Billing
will contemplate the following stages:
10. PROHIBITED USES;
UNLAWFUL USES AND INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT.
10.1 Lawful purposes
only. You may use our service and your device only for
lawful, proper and appropriate purposes. You may not use
our service or your device in any way that is illegal,
improper or inappropriate. For a non-exhaustive list of
examples of illegal, improper or inappropriate uses of our
service and/or devices, threatening, abusive, harassing,
defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of
another's privacy, or any similar behavior In addition,
you shall not use our Internet service to download
copyrighted content service or using our phone service to
do continuous auto-dialing
, or extensive call forwarding Inbound/outbound
centralized or distributed call center activity
telemarketing (including charitable or political
solicitation or polling) fax or voicemail broadcasting, or
fax or voicemail blasting and, you shall not use our
service or your device to impersonate another person; send
bulk unsolicited messages; use robots, data mining
techniques, or other automated devices or programs to
catalog, download, store, or otherwise reproduce or
distribute information from our service or use any
automated means to manipulate our service; use our service
to violate any law, rule, or regulation; violate any third
party's intellectual property or personal rights; or
exceed your permitted access to our service.
10.2 Monitoring. We monitor the use of our phone and
Internet service and if we find violations of this
agreement. We may remove or block all communications, or
if we think it is necessary in
order to protect our service, or PANTEL, it's parent,
affiliates, directors, officers, agents, and employees
from harm.
10.3 Providing information to authorities and third
parties. If we believe that you have used our service or
your device for an unlawful purpose, we may forward the
relevant communication and other information, including
your identity, to the appropriate authorities for
investigation and prosecution. You consent to our
forwarding of any such communications and information to
these authorities. In addition, we may disclose your name,
telephone number, credit card information, and other
personal information, any communications sent or received
by you, and any other information that we may have about
your account, including but not limited to, types of
service, length of service, MAC address(es), IP
address(es), email address(es), registered 911 address,
and all other account information, as follows: (i) in
response to law enforcement or other governmental agency
requests; (ii) as required by law, regulation, rule,
subpoena, search warrant, or court order; (iii) as
necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action
against someone who may be misusing the service, the
device, or both; (iv) to protect PANTEL's rights and
property; or (v) in emergency situations where disclosure
of such information is necessary to protect PANTEL
customers or third parties from imminent harm.
10.4 Customer can use our
Service and Devices Outside the
United States. Although we encourage you to use our
service to call foreign countries from the United States
and to use our service as you travel, the services are
only offered and supported in the United States. Our
service is designed to work generally with unencumbered
high-speed internet connections. However, if the
high-speed internet connection you are using is not within
a PANTEL service area or your ISP or broadband provider
places restrictions on using VoIP services, we do not
claim that they will allow you to use our service. You
will be solely responsible for any violations of local
laws and regulations or violations of ISP and broadband
provider terms of service because of your use of our
service.
10.5 No Transfer of Service. You may not resell or
transfer your service or your device or provide a
telephone service to anyone else by using your PANTEL
service or features of your PANTEL service without first
getting our written consent.
10.6 No Alterations or Tampering. If you copy or alter or
have someone else copy or alter the firmware or software
of the device in any way that facilitates a compromise of
your service, you are responsible for any charges that
result. You may not attempt to hack or otherwise alter or
disrupt our service or make any use of our service that is
inconsistent with its intended purpose.
10.7 Theft of Service. You may not use or obtain our
service in any manner that avoids PANTEL policies and
procedures, including an illegal or improper manner. You
will notify us immediately at 305-222-2288 or go to
http://www.pantel.us and click in the Contact Us button,
if your device is stolen or if you believe that your
service is being stolen, fraudulently used, or otherwise
being used in an unauthorized manner. When you notify us
of one of these events, you must provide your account
number and a detailed description of the circumstances of
the theft, fraudulent use, or unauthorized use of service.
If you fail to notify us in a timely manner, we may
disconnect your service and levy additional charges on
you. Until you notify us, you will be liable for all use
of our service using a device stolen from you and any
stolen, fraudulent, or unauthorized use of our service
whether or not it involves a stolen device.
10.8 Unauthorized Usage of Device; Firmware or Software.
You have not been granted any license to use the firmware
or software we use to provide our service or that we
provide to you in providing our service, or that is
embedded in your device, other than a nontransferable,
revocable license to use the firmware or software in
object code form (without making any modification to it)
strictly according the terms and conditions of this
agreement. You also agree that you will use your device
exclusively for our service. We will not provide any
passwords, codes, or other information or assistance that
would enable you to use your device for any other purpose.
We reserve the right to prohibit the use of any interface
device that we have not provided to you. You warrant that
you possess all required rights, including software or
firmware licenses, or both, to use any interface device
that we have not provided to you. You may not reverse
compile, disassemble, or reverse engineer, or otherwise
attempt to derive the source code from the binary code of
the firmware or software.
11. LIMITATION ON
WARRANTIES, REMEDIES AND LIABILITY.
11.1 AS IS Services. You
agree that our services are provided "as is," except to
the extent provided below.
11.2 No Warranties on Service. We make no warranties,
express or implied, including but not limited to, any
implied warranties of merchantability, fitness of the
service or device for a particular purpose, title or
non-infringement or any warranty arising by usage of
trade, course of dealing or course of performance. In
addition, we do not warrant that the service or device
will be without failure, delay, interruption, error,
omission, degradation of voice quality, or loss of
content, data, or information. Neither PANTEL nor its
officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents, or
any other service provider or vendor who furnishes
services, devices, or products to the customer for our
service will be liable for unauthorized access to our or
your transmission facilities or premises or equipment or
for unauthorized access to, or alteration, theft, or
destruction of, customer's data files, programs,
procedures, or information through accident, fraudulent
means, devices, or any other method, regardless of whether
such damage occurs as a result of PANTEL's or its service
provider's or vendors' negligence. Statements and
descriptions concerning our service or device, if any, by
PANTEL or PANTEL's agents or installers are informational
and are not given as a warranty of any kind.
11.3 Device Warranties and Limitations (See Section 7)
11.4 No Credit Allowances for Interruption of PANTEL
Service due to outages defined in the point 5.
SERVICES & OUTAGES. We will not give credit
for any interruption of PANTEL service, or a bad quality
call including international calling services.
11.5 Limitation of Liability. We will not be liable for
any delay or failure to provide service, including 911
Dialing, at any time or any interruption or degradation of
voice quality for any caused including the following:
11.6 Disclaimer of Liability for Damages. In no event will
PANTEL, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates or
agents or any other service provider who furnishes
services or devices to you in connection with our service
be liable for any damages, including but not limited to
personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, loss of
data, loss of revenue or profits, or damages arising out
of or in connection with the use or inability to use a
device or the service, including inability to access
emergency service personnel through the 911 dialing
service or to obtain emergency help. These limitations
apply to claims founded in breach of contract, breach of
warranty, product liability, tort, and any and all other
theories of liability. These limitations apply whether or
not we were informed of the likelihood of any particular
type of damages. Some States do not allow the exclusion or
limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the
above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
11.7 Disclaimer of 911 Liability. We disclaim all
responsibility for the conduct of local emergency response
centers and the national emergency calling center. We do
not have any control over any local emergency response
center. Therefore, we are not responsible for whether they
answer calls using our 911 dialing service, how they
answer these calls, or how they handle them. We rely on
third parties to assist us in routing 911 dialing calls to
local emergency response centers and to a national
emergency calling center. We are neither liable nor
responsible if the data used by a third party to route
calls is incorrect or produces an erroneous result.
Neither PANTEL nor its officers or employees may be held
liable for any claim, damage, or loss, fine, penalty,
cost, and expense (including, without limitation,
attorneys fees) by, or on behalf of, you or any third
party or user of our service, relating to our service,
including, without limitation, 911 Dialing, or your
device.
11.8 Limit on total liability. Our total liability under
this agreement will not exceed the service charges for the
affected time period. PANTEL will not be responsible for
third party fees or charges, including but not limited to,
banking fees, overdraft fees, cellular phone or other
wireline charges, technician charges, or other similar
charges.
12. INDEMNIFICATION AND
WAIVER OF CLAIMS.
12.1 Indemnification. You
shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless PANTEL, its
officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents, and
any other service provider who furnishes services to you
for our service, from any and all claims, losses, damages,
fines, penalties, costs, and expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys fees) by, or on behalf of, you or
any third party or user of our service, relating to our
service, including, without limitation, 911 Dialing, or
your device(s), or use of our service by you or others
using your account (whether or not such usage is expressly
authorized by you).
12.2 Waiver of Claim or Causes of Action. You waive all
claims or causes of action arising from or relating to our
911 dialing service.
12.3 Content. You are liable for all liability that may
arise from the content transmitted to any person, whether
or not you authorize it, using your service or device(s).
You promise that you and anyone who uses your service and
all your and their content comply at all times with all
laws, regulations, and written and electronic instructions
for using our service and the device.
12.4 Account Information. You are liable for all liability
that may arise from your failure to provide true,
accurate, current and complete information and to maintain
and promptly update such information. If you provide any
information that is, or we have reasonable grounds to
suspect is, untrue, inaccurate, misleading, not current or
incomplete, we may suspend or terminate or refuse any and
all current or future use of the service, or any portion
thereof.
13. MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL
CONSIDERATIONS.
13.1 Governing Law. The
law of the State of
Florida will govern this agreement as well as the
relationship between you and us, except to the extent such
law is preempted by or inconsistent with applicable
federal law. Because this agreement is a transaction in
interstate commerce, the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"),
and not state arbitration law, shall govern the
interpretation and enforcement of the arbitration
provision in Section 14.
13.2 No Waiver of Rights. Our failure to exercise or
enforce any right or provision of this agreement will not
constitute a waiver of the right or provision. PANTEL
reserves all of its rights at law and equity to proceed
against anyone who uses its services or device illegally
or improperly. All determinations by PANTEL under these
Terms of Sale and exercise of its rights are made and done
in our sole and absolute discretion.
13.3 Survival. The provisions of this agreement that by
their sense and context are intended to survive the
termination or expiration of this agreement shall survive.
13.4 No Third Party Beneficiaries. If you are not a party
to this agreement, you do not have any remedy, claim,
liability, reimbursement, or cause of action. This
agreement does not create any third party beneficiary
rights.
13.5 Legal Age. You promise that you are of legal age to
enter into this agreement and that you have read and
understand fully its terms and conditions.
13.6 Entire Agreement. This agreement, including any
future modifications to its terms, and the rates for
services found on our web site constitute the entire
agreement between you and PANTEL. This agreement governs
your use of our service, and the use of our services by
the members of your household and your guests and
employees. This agreement supersedes any prior agreements
between you and PANTEL. It also supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous statements, understandings, writings,
commitments, or representations concerning its subject
matter.
13.7 Severability. If any part of this agreement is
legally declared invalid or unenforceable, all other parts
of this agreement will remain valid and enforceable. This
invalidity or non-enforceability will not invalidate or
render unenforceable any other portion of this agreement.
14. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND
BINDING ARBITRATION.
It is important that you read this entire section
carefully. This section provides for resolution of
disputes through final and binding arbitration before a
neutral arbitrator instead of in a court by a judge or
jury.
14.1 Arbitration. PANTEL and you agree to arbitrate any
and all disputes and claims between you and PANTEL.
Arbitration means that all disputes and claims will be
resolved by a neutral arbitrator instead of by a judge or
jury in a court. This agreement to arbitrate is intended
to be given the broadest possible meaning under the law.
It includes, but is not limited to: Disputes
and claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of the
relationship between you and PANTEL, whether based in
contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or any
other legal theory; disputes and claims that arose before
this or any prior agreement (including, but not limited
to, claims relating to advertising); disputes and claims
that may arise after the termination of this agreement;
disputes and claims that are currently the subject of
individual litigation; disputes and claims that are
currently the subject of purported class action litigation
in which you are not a member of a certified class; and
disputes and claims concerning the scope of this
arbitration provision. References to "PANTEL," "us" and
"you" include our respective subsidiaries, affiliates,
agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors
and assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized
users or beneficiaries of the service under this agreement
or any prior agreements between you and PANTEL.
14.2 Informal Resolution of Disputes. Our customer care
department can resolve most customer concerns quickly and
to the customer's satisfaction. If you have a dispute or
claim against us, you should first contact the PANTEL
customer care department by telephone at 305-222-2288 or by
email at
http://www.pantel.us/ In the
event your dispute or claim is not resolved to your
satisfaction, you may seek to have that dispute or claim
resolved as set forth below.
14.3 Formal Notice of Disputes. A party who intends to
seek arbitration must first send to the other party a
written Notice of Dispute. (A) A Notice of Dispute to
PANTEL must be sent to PANTEL: (1) by certified mail
addressed to: PANTEL, Attn: Legal Officer, 8043
NW 67th St., Miami, FL
33166; or (2) by email addressed to salesinfo@pantel.us (B) A Notice of Dispute to
you must be sent to you (1) by certified mail at the last
mailing address that you registered with PANTEL; or (2) by
email addressed to you at the last email address you
registered with PANTEL. (C) The Notice of Dispute must (1)
describe the nature and basis of the dispute or claim; and
(2) set forth the specific relief sought. (D) If you and
PANTEL do not reach an agreement to resolve the dispute or
claim within thirty (30) days after the Notice of Dispute
is received, you or PANTEL may commence an arbitration
proceeding. You may download or copy a form to initiate an
arbitration proceeding from the AAA website: http://www.adr.org/si.asp?id=2062 . The amount of any settlement offer made
by you or PANTEL shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator
until after the arbitrator determines the amount, if any,
to which you or PANTEL is entitled.
14.4 Arbitrator and Arbitral Rules. The arbitration shall
be administered by the American Arbitration Association
("AAA"). You may contact the AAA by telephone at
1-800-778-7879, by email at Websitemail@adr.org, or by
mail at 335 Madison Avenue, Floor 10, New York, New York
10017. The arbitration shall be governed by the AAA's
Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures and Supplementary
Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (collectively,
"AAA Rules"), as modified by this Agreement. The AAA Rules
are available at www.adr.org or by calling the AAA at
1-800-778-7879. 14.5 Location and Procedure of
Arbitration. Unless you and PANTEL mutually agree
otherwise, all hearings conducted as part of the
arbitration shall take place at a location, convenient to
you, in the county or parish of your billing address. If
your claim is for $10,000 or less, you or PANTEL may
request that the arbitration be conducted solely on the
basis of documents submitted to the arbitrator, through a
telephonic hearing, or by an in-person hearing as
established by the AAA Rules. If your claim is in excess
of $10,000, the right to a hearing will be determined by
the AAA Rules.
14.6 Fees and Costs. If you cannot afford it, PANTEL will
advance all arbitration filing fees and arbitrator's costs
and expenses upon your written request given prior to the
commencement of the arbitration. You are responsible for
all additional costs that you incur in the arbitration,
including, but not limited to, attorneys or expert witness
fees. If the arbitration proceeding is decided in PANTEL's
favor, you shall reimburse PANTEL for the fees and costs
advanced to you. If the arbitration proceeding is decided
in your favor, you will not be required to reimburse
PANTEL for any of the fees and costs advanced by PANTEL.
If the party elects to appeal an award, the prevailing
party in the appeal shall be entitled to recover all
reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in that appeal.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
arbitration provision, PANTEL shall pay all fees and costs
which it is required by law to pay.
14.7 Waiver of Jury Trial. You and PANTEL agree that, by
entering into this agreement, you and PANTEL are waiving
the right to a trial by jury.
14.8 Waiver of Class Actions. You and PANTEL agree that
the arbitrator may award relief only in favor of the
individual party seeking relief and only to the extent
necessary to provide relief warranted by that party's
individual claim. You and PANTEL agree that you and PANTEL
may bring claims against the other only in your or its
individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class
member in any purported class or representative
proceeding. You and PANTEL agree that, unless you and
PANTEL agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate
more than one person's or entity's claims, and may not
otherwise preside over any form of a representative or
class proceeding. Despite §13.7 or any other provision in
this agreement to the contrary, if this specific waiver of
class actions provision, or any portion thereof, is found
to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this dispute
resolution and binding arbitration provision shall be null
and void.
14.9 Statute of Limitations: You must contact us within
one (1) year of the date of the occurrence of the event or
facts giving rise to a dispute (except for billing
disputes which are subject to section 9.5 of the
agreement), or you waive the right to pursue a claim based
upon such event, facts, or dispute.
14.10 Exceptions to Arbitration Agreement: You and we
agree: (a) you may take your dispute to small claims
court, if your dispute qualifies for hearing by such
court; (b) if you fail to timely pay amounts due, we may
assign your account for collection, and the collection
agency may pursue in court claims limited strictly to the
collection of the past due debt and any interest or cost
of collection permitted by law or the Agreement; (c) you
or we may take any disputes over the validity of any
party's intellectual property rights to a court of
competent jurisdiction; (d) any dispute related to or
arising from allegations associated with fraudulent or
unauthorized use, theft, or piracy of service may be
brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; and (e)
either you or we may seek any interim or preliminary
relief from a court of competent jurisdiction, necessary
to protect the rights or property of you or PANTEL,
pending the completion of arbitration.
14.11 Modification of Arbitration Provision. Despite §15
or any other provision in this agreement to the contrary,
if PANTEL makes any substantive change to this arbitration
provision, you may reject any such change and require
PANTEL to adhere to the language in this provision.
15.
CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT.
We may change the terms and
conditions of this agreement from time to time. By
subscribing to our service, you agree that we may provide
to you by use of electronic communications required
notices, agreements, and other information concerning
PANTEL, including changes to this agreement. We may give
you notice of a change by posting the change on the home
page of www.pantel.us/terms.html , on your account web page or
monthly bill, in a newsletter, by e-mail, on the relevant
web page of the applicable service, or by other permitted
communication. Such notices will be considered given and
effective on the date posted. These changes will become
binding on you on the date they are posted and we are not
required to give you further notice in order for you to
continue using our service. By continuing to use the
service after revisions are in effect, you accept and
agree to all revisions. If you do not agree to the
changes, you must terminate your service immediately.
Termination charges will not be applicable to termination
of service due to increases in price or other material
changes if your account is in good standing and you call
us to terminate within 30 days after posted notice of the
change. When posted, this agreement supersedes all
previously agreed to electronic and written terms of
service, including, without limitation, any terms included
with the packaging of your device. It also supersedes any
written terms provided to retail customers with retail
distribution, including, without limitation, any written
terms in the packaging of your device. If you want to
withdraw your consent to receive notices electronically,
you must discontinue your use of PANTEL services. If you
continue to use our service, we will consider this your
acceptance of any changes.
16.
PRIVACY.
PANTEL Service uses, in whole or
in part, the public Internet, the public switched
telephone network, and third party networks to transmit
voice and other communications. PANTEL is not liable for
any lack of privacy which you may experience from using
our service. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for
additional information, such as how we use your
information and how you can opt out of receiving marketing
messaging. (a) You authorize us (i) to investigate and/or
review your credit history, including requesting a
consumer report, both when you sign up for our service and
at any time after you sign up, for any purpose, including,
but not limited to, your initial qualification for an
account, your continued compliance with the terms of your
account and general customer base evaluation purposes not
specifically associated with your account; and (ii) to
share credit information about you with credit reporting
agencies. Upon your request we will inform you whether or
not we have requested a consumer report, and if a report
was requested, the name and address of the consumer
reporting agency that furnished the report, and (b) In
addition, if you receive PANTEL Voicemail, whether as part
of a plan that you have selected or as part of a trial,
you authorize us to share your voicemails with human
operators.
17.
EXPORT CONTROLS.
You agree to comply fully with all
relevant export laws and regulations of the United States,
including but not limited to the U.S. Export
Administration Regulations, administered by the Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security. You also
expressly agree that you shall not export, directly or
indirectly, re-export, divert, or transfer any portion of
our service or any direct product to any destination,
company, or person restricted or prohibited by U.S. export
controls.
18.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK; COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT; DIGITAL
MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA) NOTICE.
18.1 Our website content, our
materials, services, logs, service marks and trademarks
are protected by trademark, copyright, or other
intellectual property laws, and international treaty
provisions. Infringement by you may result in civil or
criminal prosecution. 18.2 Third parties may make
materials available using our service. These third parties
are not within our control. We do not review the content
posted on our service to see if it includes illegal or
impermissible content, nor are we under any obligation to
conduct any review. However, we respect the copyright
interests of others. It is our policy not to permit
materials we know infringes another party's copyright to
remain on our service. If you believe any materials on our
service infringes a copyright, you should give us written
notice. Click here to see what information must be
included in your notice and where your notice should be
sent. Your notice should at a minimum contain the
following information: (i) a physical or electronic
signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
(ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to
have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at
a single online site are covered by a single notification,
a representative list of such works at that site; (iii)
identification of the material that is claimed to be
infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and
that is to be removed or access to which is to be
disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit
us to locate the material; (iv) information reasonably
sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party,
such as an address, telephone number, and, if available,
an electronic mail address at which the complaining party
may be contacted; (v) a statement that the complaining
party has a good faith belief that use of the material in
the manner complained of is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a
statement that the information in the notification is
accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the
complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the
owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
All DMCA notices should be sent to our designated agent as
follows: PANTEL Legal Department, Attn: DMCA Notices, 8043 NW 67th
St., Miami, FL 33166.
Governing Law. The Agreement and the relationship between USER and PANTEL shall be governed by the laws of the State of STATE of Florida without regard to its conflict of law provisions. To the extent court action is initiated to enforce an arbitration award or for any other reason consistent with Section 28.1, USER and PANTEL agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts within the state of STATE of Florida, to the extent possible in Miami-Dade, and waive any objection as to venue or inconvenient forum. The failure of PANTEL to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. USER agrees that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or the Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. ENTIRE
AGREEMENT.
The
Terms and Conditions of this Agreement, along with the
rates posted to the website currently located at
http://www.pantel.us/terms.html
constitute the entire agreement with regard to this
sale and expressly supersede and replace any prior or
contemporaneous agreements, written or oral, relating
to the Services. This agreement shall be binding upon
the heirs, successors, and assigns of PANTEL and USER.