what is the cricket broadband acceptable use policy?

Acceptable Use Policy
Cricket Communications, Inc. (“Cricket”) has formulated this Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) in order to encourage the responsible use of Cricket’s networks, systems, services, web sites and products (collectively, the “Cricket Network and Services”) by our customers and other users of the Cricket Network and Services (collectively, “Users”), and to enable us to provide Users with secure, reliable and productive services. By using the Cricket Network and Services, Users consent to be bound by the terms of this AUP. Cricket reserves the right to modify this AUP in its discretion at any time. Such modifications will be effective when posted. Any use of the Cricket Network and Services after such modification shall constitute acceptance of such modification.
1. Suspension; Termination. Any User which Cricket determines to have violated any element of this AUP may be subject to a suspension or termination of service. Cricket will suspend service for violation of the AUP on the most limited basis as Cricket determines is reasonably practical under the circumstances to address the underlying violation. Cricket will attempt to notify Customer prior to suspending service for violation of the AUP (which may be via email or any other notification); provided, however, Cricket may suspend service without notice if Cricket becomes aware of a violation of any applicable law or regulation or activity, including but not limited to a violation of the AUP, that exposes Cricket to criminal or civil liability or that exposes the Cricket network or Cricket customers’ network or property to harm. Such harm to a network may include, but is not limited to, risk of having an IP address placed on blacklists. Cricket may take such further action as Cricket determines to be appropriate under the circumstances to eliminate or preclude repeat violations, and Cricket shall not be liable for any damages of any nature suffered by any Customer, User, or any third party resulting in whole or in part from Cricket’s exercise of its rights under this AUP.
2. Prohibited Conduct. The Cricket Network and Services must be used in a manner that is consistent with the intended purpose of the Cricket Network and Services and may be used only for lawful purposes. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services in order to transmit, distribute or store material:
(a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, including export or encryption laws or regulations
(b) that may adversely affect the Cricket Network and Services or other Cricket customers
(c) that may expose Cricket to criminal or civil liability. Users are prohibited from facilitating the violation of any part of this AUP or another provider’s AUP, including, but not limited to transmitting, distributing, or otherwise making available any product or service that violates this AUP or another provider’s AUP.
3. Inappropriate Content. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services to transmit, distribute or store material that is inappropriate, as reasonably determined by Cricket, or material that is obscene (including child pornography), defamatory, libelous, threatening, abusive, hateful, or excessively violent.
4. Intellectual Property. Material accessible through the Cricket Network and Services may be subject to protection under privacy, publicity, or other personal rights and Intellectual Property rights, including but not limited to, copyrights and laws protecting patents, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary information. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services in any manner that would infringe, dilute, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any such rights. If you use a domain name in connection with any of the Cricket Network and Services, you must not use that domain name in violation of the trademark, service mark, or other rights of any third party.
5. Harmful Content. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services to transmit, distribute or store material that may be harmful to or interfere with the Cricket Network and Services or any third party’s networks, systems, services, or web sites. Such prohibited harmful content includes, but is not limited to, viruses, worms, or Trojan horses.
6. Fraudulent/Misleading Content. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services to transmit or distribute material containing fraudulent offers for goods or services, or any advertising or promotional materials that contain false, deceptive, or misleading statements, claims, or representations. In addition, Users are prohibited from submitting any false or inaccurate data on any order form, contract or online application, including the fraudulent use of credit cards.
7. Email and Unsolicited Messages. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services to transmit unsolicited e-mail messages, including, without limitation, unsolicited bulk emails, where such emails could reasonably be expected to provoke complaints (“spam”). Further, Users are prohibited from using the service of another provider to send spam to promote a site hosted on or connected to the Cricket Network and Services. In addition, Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services in order to
(a) send e-mail messages which are excessive and/or intended to harass or annoy others.
(b) continue to send e-mail messages to a recipient that has indicated that he/she does not wish to receive them.
(c) send e-mail with forged TCP/IP packet header information.
(d) send malicious e-mail, including, without limitation, “mail-bombing.”
(e) send or receive e-mail messages in a manner that violates the use policies of any other Internet service provider.
(f) use an e-mail box exclusively as a storage space for data.
8. Third Party Rules; Usenet. Users may have access through the Cricket Network and Services to search engines, subscription Web services, chat areas, bulletin boards, Web pages, USENET, or other services that promulgate rules, guidelines or agreements to govern their use. Users must adhere to any such rules, guidelines, or agreements.
9. Inappropriate Actions. Users shall not use the Cricket Network and Services to conduct activities that may be harmful to or interfere with the Cricket Network and Services or any third party’s networks, systems, services, or Web sites, including, but not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or denial of service attacks. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Cricket Network and Services or the computers, accounts, or networks of another party. Users are also prohibited from any activity considered a precursor to attempted security violations, including, but not limited to, any form of scanning, probing, or other testing or information gathering activity. Inappropriate activity may result in civil or criminal liability. Cricket will investigate such activity, and may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users involved in such activity.
10. Responsibility for Content. Cricket takes no responsibility for any material created or accessible on or through the Cricket Network and Services. Cricket is not obligated to monitor such material, but reserves the right to do so. Cricket will not exercise any editorial control over such material. In the event that Cricket becomes aware that any such material may violate this AUP and/or expose Cricket to civil or criminal liability, Cricket reserves the right to block access to such material and suspend or terminate any User creating, storing or disseminating such material. Cricket further reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and third parties in the investigation of alleged wrongdoing, including disclosing the identity of the User that Cricket deems responsible for the wrongdoing.

Important Information
Service is subject to the Cricket Terms and Conditions of Service, which you should read before activating service. Service is not available in all areas. See www.mycricket.com for detailed coverage maps. For individual use only and not for resale.
Cricket Mobile Internet Service
Subject to Cricket’s Acceptable Use Policy, available at
www.mycricket.com. You are responsible for maintaining virus protection when accessing service.
Subscriber Management
We reserve the right to protect our network from harm, compromised capacity or degradation in performance. We reserve the right to limit throughput speeds or amount of data transferred, and to deny, modify or terminate service, without notice, to anyone whose usage adversely impacts our network, service levels or uses more than 5 GB in a given month. We may monitor your compliance with the above but will not monitor the content of your communications except as otherwise expressly permitted or required by law.
Prohibited Uses
The broadband wireless internet service may not be used for illegal purposes or purposes that infringe upon others’ intellectual property rights, or in a manner that interferes with other users’ service, interferes with the network’s ability to fairly allocate capacity among users, or that otherwise degrades service quality for other users.
Approximate Data Usage Examples
Basic information and examples showing the approximate data usage for several common Internet activities appear below.
Application Approximate Size
E-mail (1 text page without attachments).....................................................................................................3 KB
Based on this assumption, you would need to send and/or receive approximately 1,747,627 e-mails in a month to reach 5 GB
Word Document (5 text pages)................................................................................................................70 KB
Based on this assumption, you would need to download approximately 74,897 Word Documents in a month to reach 5 GB
Web Page...............................................................................................................................................150 KB
Based on this assumption, you would need to look up approximately 34,952 web pages in a month (or over 1,000/day) to reach 5 GB
Digital Photo..........................................................................................................................................500 KB
Based on this assumption, you would need to download approximately 10,485 low resolution digital photos in a month to reach 5 GB
PowerPoint Presentation (20 pages text & light graphics)......................................................................3 MB
Based on this assumption, you would need to download approximately 1,707 PowerPoint presentations in a month to reach 5 GB
Note: The above examples are just estimates, based on approximate size assumptions. Actual file sizes and user experiences will vary.