E.Central - Denver's fast, friendly, and reliable Internet company.

E.Central is a Denver-based Internet company dedicated to providing excellent Internet access and useful information for residents of the Denver metro area.

As an Internet Service Provider, E.Central and all of its subscribers, participate in a global communications network. Our company and its Internet subscribers, as members in this global community, are asked to obey legal statutes and to practice common courtesy.

The following information will provide a better understanding of the legal and interpersonal issues related to Internet usage.

It is E.Central's intent to provide all of our subscribers with access to best Internet service possible. To accomplish this task, we have adopted this Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).

This policy outlines acceptable use for both the E.Central DSL service (Service) and E.Central Dial-up service (Service).

The restrictions and responsibilities that E.Central requires of its subscribers are few and do not impinge on any reasonable use of the Service. The restrictions and responsibilities that are outlined in this AUP are primarily to assure that E.Central subscribers don’t inhibit other subscribers from full use of the Service.

As an E.Central subscriber, it is your responsibility to use, and appropriately update, anti-virus and firewall software to secure your computer equipment so that it is not predisposed to external threats. E.Central gladly invites your Email to support@ecentral.com for help with your computer’s security.

E.Central does not impose default restrictions on bandwidth, but reserves the right to restrict subscribers with sustained high bandwidth utilization. The Service is intended for casual interactive access to information and resources located on the Internet.

You may not use the Service as follows:

(a) to send, or collect responses from, unsolicited bulk or commercial messages or "spam.";
(b) to distribute tools designed or used for compromising security;
(c) to participate in a practice sometimes known as spidering or harvesting, or participate in the use of software (including "spyware") designed to facilitate this activity;
(d) to undertake or accomplish any unlawful purpose;
(e) to infringe on the intellectual property rights of any person or entity;
(f) to impersonate any person or entity or perform any other similar fraudulent activity.
(g) to transmit data or material which a reasonable person could deem to be offensive, pornographic, harassing, threatening, vulgar, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise inappropriate;
(h) to access any other person's computer or computer system, software, or data without their knowledge and consent.
(i) to forge, alter, or remove electronic mail headers from Email messages.

E.Central reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of criminal activity or violation of this AUP.

It is the responsibility of all E.Central subscribers to comply with this AUP. E.Central may, but is not required to monitor your compliance. Compliance is determined by E.Central in its sole discretion.