Terms of Use / Access Agreement
These terms and conditions represent
the Access Agreement between Users of the website
www.broadband-by-satellite.com and HughesNet Network Systems Limited and
govern the relationship between the Users and Hughes Network Systems in
relation to this website.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully
together with our privacy policy. If you have any questions about them
or do not wish to accept them, please e-mail broadbandinfo@eu.hns.com or contact
us by telephone before using this website.
We may change these terms and conditions or our privacy
policy at any time by updating this page. You should check and review
these terms and conditions from time to time to ensure you are happy
with any changes. Using or accessing this website indicates your
acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these
terms and conditions, please do not continue to use this website.
Information About Us
We are Hughes Network
Systems Limited, a company registered in England and Wales at Companies
House. Our registered office is Linford Pavillion, Sunrise Parkway,
Linford Wood, Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK14 6LS and our registered
number is 05322680. Our VAT number is 5322680. You can contact us
by email at broadbandinfo@eu.hns.com or by telephone. The
website to which these terms and conditions apply and for which we are
responsible is www.broadband-by-satellite.com.
Your use of this website and our intellectual property rights
We have made this website available to you for your use. We may modify, withdraw or deny access to this website at any time.
Please
note that this website makes use of flash screen presentations and
Adobe Reader files. You should check before using the site that your
equipment is configured properly for these applications.
HUGHES, HUGHESNET, SPACEWAY, IPOS, BROADBAND UNBOUND,
CONNECT TO THE FUTURE, AIREACH, AIREACH BROADBAND, TES QUANTUM, TES
QUANTUM DIRECT, HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, HUGHES BROADBAND ALLIANCE,
HUGHES SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, HUGHES SYSTIQUE, BROADBAND THAT'S OUT OF THIS
WORLD, and BROADBAND EVERYWHERE, are trademarks of Hughes Network
Systems, LLC. Marks and trade names not owned by HNS and mentioned on
the Website are the property of their respective owners.
This website and all the materials contained in it are
protected by intellectual property rights, including copyright, and
either belongs to us or is licensed to us to use. Materials include,
but are not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, graphics
and documents on the website, as well as other content such as adverts,
articles, stories, other text, images, graphics and music. Such
materials may be registered to other owners.
You may not copy, redistribute, republish or otherwise
make the materials on this website available to anyone else without our
consent in writing.
You may not modify, copy, distribute, disable,
transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create
derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, products or
services obtained from this website. You may not use the site for
anything other than the purpose outlined in this access agreement.
You may print or download materials from this website
for your own personal or professional use or copy the content to other
individuals for their personal information provided that:
- no materials are modified in any way;
- no graphics are used separately from accompanying text;
- our copyright and trade mark notices appear in all copies and you acknowledge this website as the source of the material; and
- the person to whom you are providing these materials are made aware of these restrictions.
Data Protection
We
are deemed notified to process data under the Data Protection Act 1998.
You consent to use of any personal details you give for internal
administrative purposes, for marketing, and for release to third
parties either for gain or without charge in relation to our own
marketing purposes. Data could be transmitted outside the UK but we
will at all times adhere to the data protection principles outlined in
the Data Protection Act 1998. If you give fax, phone or e-mail details
you authorise us or our associates to contact you using that method. If
you decide that you no longer wish us to communicate with you, or the
details we hold on you change, or you decide to register with the
Telephone Preference Service or Fax Preference Service in the UK or any
equivalent you agree to tell us to enable us to update our records.
Our liability to you
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY AS IT LIMITS YOUR ABILITY TO CLAIM DAMAGES FROM US.
These terms and conditions do not exclude our liability (if any) to you for:
- personal injury or death resulting from our negligence;
- fraud;
- any matter which it would be illegal for us to exclude or to attempt to exclude our liability.
Except
as set out above we will be under no liability to you whatsoever
whether in contract, tort, (including negligence), breach of statutory
duty, restitution or otherwise for any injury, death, damage or direct,
indirect or consequential loss (all three of which terms include,
without limitation, pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of
business, depletion of goodwill and like loss) howsoever caused arising
out of or in connection with the use of this Website or the purchase of
any goods from this Website or the use, accessing, downloading or
relying on any information or other materials contained in this Website
including, without limitation, as a result of any computer virus.
Where you are a consumer the foregoing shall not apply or affect your statutory rights.
We
do not guarantee that this website will be compatible with all or any
hardware and software which you may use. We do not guarantee that this
website will be available all the time or at any specific time.
We reserve the right to withdraw or modify this website
at any time. We do not give any guarantee as regards download times and
point out that on occasions downloads times may be slow. This might be
particularly acute if you choose to download certain types of content
from our site such as video or audio files. If your service provider
charges you by reference to the amount of time you are connected or the
amount of data you download this type of content is likely to cost you
significantly more than normal web pages. Additionally we cannot
guarantee that use of this website will be virus free and we recommend
that you take all necessary precautions against virus contamination.
Information on this website
Whilst we try and
ensure the information contained on the website is accurate and up to
date, we cannot be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information.
As a result, you should not rely on this information, and we recommend
that you take further advice or seek further guidance before taking any
action based on the information contained on this website. Our
liability to you as explained above remains unaffected by this.
Linking
We may link to other websites which are
not within our control. We are not responsible for these websites in
any way. It is your responsibility to check the terms and conditions
and privacy policy on any other website which you visit. You may link
to this website from another website and prior consent in writing
should be obtained from Hughes before doing so. You must comply with
the following guidelines:
- links must be to the homepage of the website at www.broadband-by-satellite.com;
- you may not create a frame or any other border around the website;
- the site from which you wish to link must comply with all relevant laws and regulations and must not contain content which may be considered to be distasteful or offensive; and
- you must not imply that we endorse or are associated with any other website, product or service.
Other
The
formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all
aspects whatsoever of these terms and conditions or of any term of
these terms and conditions will be governed by the law of England and
Wales. The English and Welsh courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to
settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these
terms and conditions or use of the website.
No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency
relationship exists between us as a result of this agreement or use of
this website. Each and every provision of this agreement is separate
and severable. If any part of this agreement is determined to be
invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not
limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set out
above, then the validity and enforceability of the remainder of the
terms and conditions shall not be affected.
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
us with respect to this website and it supercedes all prior or
contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral,
or written, between us with respect to this website.