This Agreement ("Agreement") is between Adepteo Ltd (Adepteo), and the Customer. The parties agree as follows:
The Customer acknowledges that if they are using the Adepteo VoIP service, it is dependent on the Customer's connection to the data network and the data network itself. The Customer's service may therefore cease to function if there is a power failure or a failure in the underlying data network.
The Customer understands and acknowledges that the VoIP service allows calls to the emergency services numbers 999 and 112 and that calls to these services may fail if there is a power cut or if the customer's broadband connection fails.
The customer understands and acknowledges that the address provided by the customer will be passed to the Emergency Services and will be used in location finding, during a 999 call. The customer understands and acknowledges that the address provided is the location that any Emergency service will use and that it is the customer's responsibility to notify Adepteo of any changes to this information.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Adepteo will provide to the Customer, the telecom services and / or related services described in the specific package of services chosen by you. Adepteo shall take all due care in the provision and maintenance of the service to provide quality and reliability. In the event of any failure or malfunction within our networks Adepteo shall then correct any failure or malfunction as soon as is reasonably practical.
The initial Term of this Agreement shall be as stated in the initial Order Form. The Initial Term shall begin upon commencement of Service to the Customer. No Service shall commence unless and until Adepteo receives and accepts a completed Order Form from the Customer plus payment in full for all setup charges. Monthly billing will apply thereafter.
Adepteo reserves the right to reject any submitted Order. After the Initial Term, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive terms of equal length to the Initial Term unless terminated or cancelled by either party only as provided in Paragraph 9 below. The Initial Term plus all successive renewal periods during which Service is provided shall be collectively referred to as the "Term."
All fees for Services rendered or provided to the Customer shall be in accordance with Adepteo's price list then in effect, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. Standard prices are available on the website.
Adepteo may, at any time amend the Services and / or the rates and fees it charges for the Services. Fees for renewal periods after the Initial Term shall be due and owing immediately upon the first day of such renewal period.
All users signing up for the Adepteo service will be asked to read and agree to our terms and conditions before registration is completed. By agreeing to these terms and conditions the user agrees to abide to the terms and conditions. When you purchase services or set up auto top up this will automatically grant Adepteo continuous authority on that credit card until such time as the service(s) or auto top up are cancelled by the user and any outstanding monies have been paid, this includes all administration and porting fees. Should the user choose to cancel their monthly service(s) or auto top ups then Adepteo's continuous authority is immediately ceased.
In the event that Adepteo are unable to take a continuous authority payment from the user’s credit card then the user will be informed by email and will be prompted to make a payment via "Your Account" in order for their services to continue. Unpaid item's will be marked as expired and the user prompted to renew. A notice of expired items will also be displayed in "Your Account".
In the event that any amount due to Adepteo remains unpaid after 30 days, Adepteo, in its sole discretion, may immediately terminate this Agreement, and / or withhold or suspend Services.
All taxes, fees and governmental charges relating to the Services provided hereunder (other than income taxes of Adepteo) shall be paid by the Customer.
The customer is wholly responsible for the safety and security of their Adepteo account and the equipment used by them to access the Adepteo network and services and must put in place such safeguards as necessary to prevent unauthorised use. The customer is responsible for all persons who use their username and password to access the service, whether authorised or not. Adepteo accepts no responsibility for costs incurred by the customer from unauthorised usage of a customer's account.
Adepteo reserves the right to check the security of a customer's equipment or devices used to connect to its network if it reasonably believes that equipment on the customer's network may be at risk from external attack (hacking) or if they believe that its terms and conditions of use are not being followed.
Adepteo will exercise no control whatsoever over, nor have any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, the content of the information passing through its network. Adepteo shall make no effort to validate any information passing through its network for content, correctness, usability or for any other reason.
Any users causing in appropriate cpu (central processor unit) usage, system load, performing any illegal activities or misusing 999 / 112 services will be immediately suspended.
Any users found on our servers which fit any of the descriptions above will be immediately disabled, removed, and are subject to a £450 clean-up and service fee upon termination. On such accounts all monies outstanding must be paid and refunds for any remaining months will not be given.
Customer conduct: Adepteo will not tolerate bad language, verbal or threatening behaviour either via phone, email or any other form of communication. Adepteo expects that their Customer service and support representatives act in a polite and courteous manor at all times although when faced with over demanding, threatening or abusive callers they are empowered to terminate calls and suspend a users account pending investigation.
Adepteo reserves the right to determine what constitutes abuse of their staff or services.
Non-UK Telephone numbers: When ordering Non-UK telephone numbers you are obliged to conform to the telephone numbering regulations of the country concerned. This will normally mean that you must use the service from within the geographic numbering range you wish to order and should you should register an account with Adepteo from an address covered by the number range. Failure to do this may result in the loss of your number.
Customers are required to keep their account in good order and ensure that they check their account on a regular basis by logging in to "Your Account" on our website.
Customers are responsible for the security and integrity of their own systems and network infrastructure.
Customers are required to keep their user details safe and secure and are responsible for security and integrity of their own local network and email addresses.
Acceptable Usage: Heavy users of the Broadand service, who in Adepteo's reasonable opinion could be seen to be over-using their service, may at Adepteo's discretion, find their available bandwidth restricted at certain times of the day and, if persistent, may have service suspended or terminated.
From time to time, Adepteo will email its customers with information that it judges necessary for the ongoing upkeep and maintenance of their accounts and with information about changes, updates and new services that have become available. The Customer agrees to accept these emails unless and until they cancel all active services on their account.
The Customer agrees to use all Adepteo Services and facilities, and any information obtained through or from Adepteo, at the Customer's own risk. The Customer acknowledges and understands that neither Adepteo, nor any of its employees, representatives, agents or the like, warrant that the Services offered or provided hereunder will not be interrupted or be error free. Nor do they make any warranty or representation as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service or as to the accuracy, reliability or content of any information service or merchandise contained in or provided through the Service, unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement. Adepteo specifically disclaims all warranties of any kind, including, without limitation, the warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, whether expressed or implied, for the Service it is offering or providing hereunder.
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall Adepteo, its officers, agents or anyone else involved in creating, producing or distributing the Service hereunder be liable to the Customer or any third party, for any claims, causes of action or direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential, trebled, or punitive damages, that result or have alleged to have resulted from the use of or inability to use the Service; or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, loss of data, errors, defects, delays in operations, or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorised access to Adepteo's' records, programs or services.
Adepteo further shall have no responsibility whatsoever to the Customer or any third party for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through or in connection with its Services provided hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, the Customer's exclusive remedies for all damages, losses, costs or causes of actions from any and all claims, whether in contract, quasi-contract, statutory, tort including negligence, or otherwise, shall not exceed the amount which the Customer paid during the month immediately preceding the claim or the term of this Agreement, whichever is less.
The Customer shall defend, indemnify, save and hold Adepteo harmless from any and all damages, demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, compensatory damages, punitive damages, trebled damages, and statutory damages (hereinafter "Liabilities") asserted against Adepteo, its agents, its Customers, servants, officers and employees, that may arise or result from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed by the Customer, its agents, employees or assigns or any product distributed, offered or sold by the Customer, its agents, employees or assigns.
This Agreement may be terminated: (i) by either party, without cause, by giving the other party 30 days prior written notice; (ii) by Adepteo, at any time, upon 20 days' prior notice if in the sole judgment of Adepteo, The Customer breaches any material provision of this Agreement and has not cured same by the end of the 20 days; (iii) by Adepteo in the event of non-payment by the Customer as provided in Paragraph 3 above; and (iv) by Adepteo, at any time, without notice, if, in Adepteo’s sole judgment, the Customer is in violation of any terms or conditions of Adepteo's Usage Policy.
The Customer hereby acknowledges that the Customer has seen and reviewed a copy of Adepteo's "Usage Policy" provided on the Adepteo website and that the terms of the Usage Policy are incorporated herein by reference. Adepteo reserves the right to amend these terms & conditions and the Usage Policy from time to time and the Customer shall be bound by any such amendments. The Customer shall have the obligation to periodically visit Adepteo' s website to review the terms and conditions and its Usage Policy and to make certain that the Customer is in full compliance therewith. In the event of any inconsistencies between this Agreement and the Usage Policy, the terms of the Usage Policy shall govern.
All notices must be sent either in writing or by email, except as otherwise expressly provided herein that a notice must be in writing. All notices to Adepteo shall be delivered to its address stated below or its email address as provided. All notices to the Customer shall be delivered to its mailing address or its email address as provided on the Order. The parties may change their respective address by notice delivered to the other party. All notices delivered in writing must be sent either by overnight courier or certified mail, return receipt requested. Evidence of successful transmission of all notices delivered by email must be retained by the delivering party.
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between Adepteo and The Customer with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous representations, understandings or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance with terms and conditions of any other prior writing between the parties. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect. The Customer may not transfer or assign this Agreement without Adepteo's prior written consent. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and all claims concerning this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in English courts located in England. The parties hereby consent to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive any personal jurisdiction or venue defences concerning said forum. The Customer is deemed to have agreed to this Agreement, when commencing use of any of Adepteo's services.
Equipment Purchase. Adepteo will honour their money back guarantee, offered during the customers trial phase, when the Customer has returned all equipment that has been supplied to them. If you have simply changed your mind about any item ordered, and you wish to return it, you can do so provided you inform us of your decision within 7 working days of receipt. The item must not be used and must be 'as new' when returned to us. Customers can complete an form by logging to their account on our website and, if we can’t resolve the problem with you directly, you will be issued with an RMA number. You then have 28 days to return the goods to the address you will be provided with. (Please do not return goods to our registered address, for security reasons this building cannot receive packages and they will be turned away.)
Once we have received the item, we'll issue a refund for the product. All equipment must be returned complete and in its original packaging and in an "as new condition". With the exception of goods delivered incorrectly or that are faulty on arrival, the cost of return carriage is the customers responsibility.
Calling credit and Services. No refunds will be given on cancellation for prepaid calling credits, or any of our monthly services.
Any calling credit and any other assets left on an account that has been dormant for longer than 6 months will be deleted and are not refundable.
Please note that calls to Adepteo will be recorded to help us in dispute resolution and for training purposes.
Cancelled services will continue to function and be billed for until a cessation notification is received from the customers current provider and all internal processes are complete. The customer will also be required to pay the service cease fees upon cancellation of their service.
Unused parts of monthly billed services are not refundable.
In the event of a dispute between Adepteo Ltd (Adepteo) and the Customer, the Customer in the first instance should contact Adepteo direct. Full company details can be found on our contact us page. In the unlikely event that a complaint cannot be settled locally, the ITSPA Code of Practice contains an easily accessible dispute resolution scheme for the purpose of bringing such complaint to a satisfactory conclusion.