Legal Notices -- ConnectSouth

Claims of Copyright Infringement

The Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement is:
Michael Hoff
General Counsel
ConnectSouth Communications, Inc.
9600 Great Hills Trail Suite 250E
Austin, TX 78759
Telephone: (512) 681-9148
Facsimile: (512) 681-9010

Email: mhoff@connectsouth.com

Copyright and Trademark Notice

All pages appearing on ConnectSouth’s web site, including graphics, text elements, site design, logos, images, and icons, as well as the selection, assembly, and arrangement thereof, are the sole property of ConnectSouth Communications, Inc. and its respective owners. Copyright © 2000 ConnectSouth Communications, Inc. unless otherwise specified. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner.

ConnectSouth, Inc., CSMetro, and the slogan "e-enabling your business," and related logos are registered trade names and/or trade and service marks of ConnectSouth Communications. All other marks, names, and logos mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. ConnectSouth’s trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ConnectSouth’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits ConnectSouth.

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Site Content and Information Disclaimer

The ConnectSouth web site contains information, advice, text, and other materials (ConnectSouth Information) that are provided for your convenience and enjoyment. You should be aware that the ConnectSouth information may contain errors, omissions, inaccuracies, or outdated information, and ConnectSouth disclaims any obligation to update such information. ConnectSouth makes no representations or warranties as to the completeness, accuracy, adequacy, currency, or reliability of any ConnectSouth Information and shall not be liable for any lack of the foregoing.

Descriptions of, or references to, products or publications within ConnectSouth’s web site do not imply endorsement of any product or publication. Information and statements contained in this web site are not offers to sell or solicitations to buy any security. ConnectSouth is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other similar advice or professional services. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. ConnectSouth makes no representation whatsoever regarding the content of any other web sites that you may access from ConnectSouth’s web site. When you access a non-ConnectSouth web site, please understand that it is independent from ConnectSouth and that ConnectSouth has no control over the content on that web site. A link to a non-ConnectSouth web site does not mean that ConnectSouth endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site.

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Service Availability

Because of variations in the telephone company wiring infrastructure, ConnectSouth cannot guarantee that a particular service or speed will be available to you until we actually complete the service set-up, even if we believe that it should be available and accept an order for it. All orders are subject to downgrade or cancellation as a result of unforeseen problems with the wiring infrastructure. However, statistically, the vast majority of the orders we accept are successfully installed at the speed offered when the order was received, and we are constantly refining our ordering tools to further improve their accuracy.

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Safe Harbor Statement - Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

The statements contained in this web site, which are not historical facts, may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, deployment, scalability and integration of ConnectSouth’s network in new and existing regions and the timing and breadth of coverage in each region. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, ConnectSouth’s dependence on strategic third parties to market and resell its services, intense competition for service offerings, dependence on growth in demand for DSL-based Internet services, availability of collocation space, loops and facilities, ability to manage and scale operations, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. ConnectSouth disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

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ConnectSouth Web Site Practices

Goals
ConnectSouth's goals are to provide an interactive customer web site highlighting our high-speed Internet connectivity and Internet Business Tools. We endeavor to protect network resources, preserve the privacy and security of ConnectSouth and our customers' networks, and maximize the effectiveness of ConnectSouth and our Internet services, while recognizing ConnectSouth's position in the Internet community.

Interpretation
The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not meant to be exhaustive.

Generally, conduct that violates law, regulation, or the accepted norms of the Internet community, whether or not expressly mentioned in this Policy, is prohibited. ConnectSouth reserves the right at all times to prohibit activities that damage its commercial reputation and goodwill.

Security
Any "denial of service" attacks, any attempt to breach authentication or security measures, or any unauthorized attempt to gain access to any other account, host or network is prohibited, and will result in immediate service termination, which may be without notice.

Copyright, Privacy, and Intellectual Property
Using a ConnectSouth connection to commit, aid or abet any violation of copyright or intellectual property law is prohibited.

This prohibition includes publishing a private email message to third parties, by any means, without the express prior consent of the author.

The email addresses of ConnectSouth subscribers are not for sale or commercial distribution to third parties without the express prior consent of the subscriber.

Cooperation with Other Providers
Using ConnectSouth's facilities to engage in activities that violate the Terms of Service of any other network access provider is prohibited. For example, sending unsolicited commercial email through ConnectSouth's facilities to the subscribers of any Internet or online service provider that disallows unsolicited commercial email is prohibited.

Email Usage
Using any ConnectSouth account or server to send duplicative, unsolicited email messages (commercial or otherwise), or to collect the responses from unsolicited email, is prohibited.

Similarly, using any ConnectSouth account or server to post advertisements or messages that violate the charter of the account is prohibited. ConnectSouth reserves the right to make the determination whether a given message violates account charter. Commercial messages that are appropriate under the charter of a newsgroup or mailing list, or that are expressly solicited by the recipients, are permitted.

Conduct in connection with email that is an obvious nuisance (such as "mail bombing") or that would be unlawful in other contexts (for example, threats, harassment, defamation, obscenity, or software piracy) is prohibited.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Using programs that interfere with others' use, or running an IRC robot, on any IRC server is prohibited. When logged into any IRC server, users are expected to comply with the rules and policies established by the server's administrator.

Forgery of Identity
Falsifying addressing information or otherwise modifying headers to conceal the sender or recipient's identity, for the purpose of circumventing this Policy, is prohibited. This provision is not intended to disallow the use of aliases or anonymous remailers for any legitimate purpose.

Broadcast Echo Requests (Smurf Attacks)
ConnectSouth is committed to implementing the configuration required to ensure that ConnectSouth infrastructure cannot be used as the host of smurf attacks.

There are two types of network numbers in the smurf list that reflect a connection with ConnectSouth: Customer network numbers for which we do not have control and backbone addresses.

ConnectSouth Customer Support is working with all customers on ConnectSouth to ensure that their networks cannot be used as amplifiers for Broadcast Echo Requests.

Consequences of Violation
Violation of this Policy by a ConnectSouth customer may result in temporary suspension or permanent termination of service, at ConnectSouth's sole discretion.

ConnectSouth does not issue service credits for any outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy violations.

Modification
ConnectSouth reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without notice.

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	LEGAL NOTICES

		General Information

		Claims of Copyright Infringement The Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement is: Michael Hoff General Counsel ConnectSouth Communications, Inc. 9600 Great Hills Trail Suite 250E Austin, TX 78759 Telephone: (512) 681-9148 Facsimile: (512) 681-9010 Email: mhoff@connectsouth.com Copyright and Trademark Notice All pages appearing on ConnectSouth’s web site, including graphics, text elements, site design, logos, images, and icons, as well as the selection, assembly, and arrangement thereof, are the sole property of ConnectSouth Communications, Inc. and its respective owners. Copyright © 2000 ConnectSouth Communications, Inc. unless otherwise specified. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, any reproduction, distribution, modification, retransmission, or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner. ConnectSouth, Inc., CSMetro, and the slogan "e-enabling your business," and related logos are registered trade names and/or trade and service marks of ConnectSouth Communications. All other marks, names, and logos mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. ConnectSouth’s trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not ConnectSouth’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits ConnectSouth. [ Back to Top ] Site Content and Information Disclaimer The ConnectSouth web site contains information, advice, text, and other materials (ConnectSouth Information) that are provided for your convenience and enjoyment. You should be aware that the ConnectSouth information may contain errors, omissions, inaccuracies, or outdated information, and ConnectSouth disclaims any obligation to update such information. ConnectSouth makes no representations or warranties as to the completeness, accuracy, adequacy, currency, or reliability of any ConnectSouth Information and shall not be liable for any lack of the foregoing. Descriptions of, or references to, products or publications within ConnectSouth’s web site do not imply endorsement of any product or publication. Information and statements contained in this web site are not offers to sell or solicitations to buy any security. ConnectSouth is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other similar advice or professional services. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. ConnectSouth makes no representation whatsoever regarding the content of any other web sites that you may access from ConnectSouth’s web site. When you access a non-ConnectSouth web site, please understand that it is independent from ConnectSouth and that ConnectSouth has no control over the content on that web site. A link to a non-ConnectSouth web site does not mean that ConnectSouth endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site. [ Back to Top ] Service Availability Because of variations in the telephone company wiring infrastructure, ConnectSouth cannot guarantee that a particular service or speed will be available to you until we actually complete the service set-up, even if we believe that it should be available and accept an order for it. All orders are subject to downgrade or cancellation as a result of unforeseen problems with the wiring infrastructure. However, statistically, the vast majority of the orders we accept are successfully installed at the speed offered when the order was received, and we are constantly refining our ordering tools to further improve their accuracy. [ Back to Top ] Safe Harbor Statement - Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 The statements contained in this web site, which are not historical facts, may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, deployment, scalability and integration of ConnectSouth’s network in new and existing regions and the timing and breadth of coverage in each region. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, ConnectSouth’s dependence on strategic third parties to market and resell its services, intense competition for service offerings, dependence on growth in demand for DSL-based Internet services, availability of collocation space, loops and facilities, ability to manage and scale operations, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. ConnectSouth disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement. [ Back to Top ] ConnectSouth Web Site Practices Goals ConnectSouth's goals are to provide an interactive customer web site highlighting our high-speed Internet connectivity and Internet Business Tools. We endeavor to protect network resources, preserve the privacy and security of ConnectSouth and our customers' networks, and maximize the effectiveness of ConnectSouth and our Internet services, while recognizing ConnectSouth's position in the Internet community. Interpretation The provisions of this Policy are intended as guidelines and are not meant to be exhaustive. Generally, conduct that violates law, regulation, or the accepted norms of the Internet community, whether or not expressly mentioned in this Policy, is prohibited. ConnectSouth reserves the right at all times to prohibit activities that damage its commercial reputation and goodwill. Security Any "denial of service" attacks, any attempt to breach authentication or security measures, or any unauthorized attempt to gain access to any other account, host or network is prohibited, and will result in immediate service termination, which may be without notice. Copyright, Privacy, and Intellectual Property Using a ConnectSouth connection to commit, aid or abet any violation of copyright or intellectual property law is prohibited. This prohibition includes publishing a private email message to third parties, by any means, without the express prior consent of the author. The email addresses of ConnectSouth subscribers are not for sale or commercial distribution to third parties without the express prior consent of the subscriber. Cooperation with Other Providers Using ConnectSouth's facilities to engage in activities that violate the Terms of Service of any other network access provider is prohibited. For example, sending unsolicited commercial email through ConnectSouth's facilities to the subscribers of any Internet or online service provider that disallows unsolicited commercial email is prohibited. Email Usage Using any ConnectSouth account or server to send duplicative, unsolicited email messages (commercial or otherwise), or to collect the responses from unsolicited email, is prohibited. Similarly, using any ConnectSouth account or server to post advertisements or messages that violate the charter of the account is prohibited. ConnectSouth reserves the right to make the determination whether a given message violates account charter. Commercial messages that are appropriate under the charter of a newsgroup or mailing list, or that are expressly solicited by the recipients, are permitted. Conduct in connection with email that is an obvious nuisance (such as "mail bombing") or that would be unlawful in other contexts (for example, threats, harassment, defamation, obscenity, or software piracy) is prohibited. IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Using programs that interfere with others' use, or running an IRC robot, on any IRC server is prohibited. When logged into any IRC server, users are expected to comply with the rules and policies established by the server's administrator. Forgery of Identity Falsifying addressing information or otherwise modifying headers to conceal the sender or recipient's identity, for the purpose of circumventing this Policy, is prohibited. This provision is not intended to disallow the use of aliases or anonymous remailers for any legitimate purpose. Broadcast Echo Requests (Smurf Attacks) ConnectSouth is committed to implementing the configuration required to ensure that ConnectSouth infrastructure cannot be used as the host of smurf attacks. There are two types of network numbers in the smurf list that reflect a connection with ConnectSouth: Customer network numbers for which we do not have control and backbone addresses. ConnectSouth Customer Support is working with all customers on ConnectSouth to ensure that their networks cannot be used as amplifiers for Broadcast Echo Requests. Consequences of Violation Violation of this Policy by a ConnectSouth customer may result in temporary suspension or permanent termination of service, at ConnectSouth's sole discretion. ConnectSouth does not issue service credits for any outages incurred through service disablement resulting from Policy violations. Modification ConnectSouth reserves the right to add, delete, or modify any provision of this Policy at any time without notice. [ Back to Top ]

	Please send reports of any activity in violation of this Policy to: mhoff@connectsouth.com.