This document should be used as a guide to vslnet policy with regard to acceptable use of our services. The reputation of vslnet is directly related to your use of our services and the Internet. We wish to protect both ourselves and our customers from illegal, unacceptable, abusive and unfair use of the service, or use which we deem to cause an adverse effect to other user of the Internet whether or not they are connected to the vslnet network.

Our policy is to provide a quality service to our customers who, we trust, will use the service(s) provided to them in a fair, honest and reasonable manner. We strive to be completely transparent as to our terms, pricing and use policies.

The following information is a guide only and must be read in conjunction with our terms and conditions document which can be found at www.vsl-net.com/tc.htm. We suggest customers should also read the AUP held at www.usenet.org.uk.




1. If you wish to contact us about any infringement of our policies, please email abuse@vsl-net.com

2. If you have a question about our acceptable use policy (AUP), please email cs@vsl-net.com

3. Any breach of our AUP will result in the suspension of your service with immediate effect and ultimately termination if the issue cannot be resolved, without notice and without recompense

4. Storage of illegal material is an offence. You may be breaking the law in the UK and in other parts of the world by storing such material.

8. VSL will operate and put in place such systems as we deem necessary to prevent abuse of our systems. and our acceptable use philosophy.




Use of the "Backup Service" consists of the right of a “Subscriber” to electronically transmit and store computer data using either a private data communications network, or the Internet to locations provided and maintained by the “Seller” and to restore data from the same locations where required.

The “Seller” reserves the right to cease the “Backup Service” if the terms of this “Agreement” or the acceptable use policy, are infringed by the “Subscriber”.

The “Subscriber” shall not use the “Backup Service” for storage, possession or transmission of:
1. Stolen materials
2. Data or material that may infringe the intellectual property rights or other rights of third parties, including trademark, copyright or right of publicity or privacy
3. Violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including but not limited to the laws and regulations governing, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising), is defamatory, trade libellous, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing
4. Obscene, pornographic or indecent content or materials
5. Any virus or other programming routine intended to damage any form of information technology
6. Material that is provided in breach of any prior contractual commitment to any third party

The “Subscriber” agrees to indemnify the “Seller” against liability for use of “Subscriber's” account, where liability is a direct result of the “Subscriber's” illegal use, abuse, misuse or negligent use of its “Backup Account”.

The “Seller” reserves the right to cease any “Backup /Service” provided if the “Subscriber” abuses the “Backup Service” beyond reasonable use. Abuse of the “Backup Service” will be deemed to be excessive indiscriminate transmissions of data, which exceed reasonable use of the “Sellers” facilities and bandwidth. A representative or agent of the “Seller” will contact the “Subscriber” in such an event prior to ceasing any “Backup Service” provided.


For answers to any questions relating to our AUP, call our legal department on.....