WidoSAT (Satellite) Reasonable Use Policy ("RUP")

Limitation of Satellite Services

Widomaker Communication Services, Inc. (Widomaker) has deployed certain technologies into its WidoSAT service that track the utilization of the satellite bandwidth of each end-user subscriber. These technologies are designed to ensure equal Internet access for all end-user subscribers.

The WidoSAT unlimited usage plan is designed and priced for individual residential access of a non-commercial nature. It is designed to provide the “reasonable” user with download at speeds up to 400 K bps. Therefore, WidoSAT's RUP establishes an equitable balance in Internet access for end-users regardless of the end-user’s frequency of use or volume of traffic.

WidoSAT's technologies have the ability to identify, in real-time, excessive consumption of bandwidth on a per end-user basis and correct it by temporarily reducing the throughput of the specific end-user that is excessively consuming bandwidth on the network. Once an end-user is identified as excessively using bandwidth, its individual throughput speed will begin to be reduced downward to a preset minimum. Once the end-user reduces its throughput and the WidoSAT technologies observe the end-user’s usage of the satellite bandwidth returning to RUP levels, the throughput limitations are lifted on the 31st day after the end-user’s bandwidth consumption returns to RUP levels.

WidoSAT's RUP has been designed to give end-users an above average surfing experience that far exceeds the typical end-user’s needs. Additionally, the RUP ensures that the end-users all experience fair and equal access to the benefits of a satellite delivered broadband Internet access service. The RUP prevents the network from being congested by a handful of end-user’s activities. End-users that maintain an average daily usage of up to 16 MB per day should not notice any throughput limitation. However, end-users that continually download large files, such as complete operating systems (e.g. Linux), should experience throughput limitations on a pro-rata basis over time until their average utilization returns to the levels expected from an individual residential user (e.g. average up to 16 MB per day over a 30 day period.) The WidoSAT RUP will still allow for large consumers of bandwidth to complete the download of their data. However, this type of end-user will experience throughput speed reductions until such time that their usage conforms to average usage patterns.

Widomaker reserves the rights to adjust download limitations as required assuring all users of equal access to the provided high-speed download service. The current RUP is based on cumulative usage over the previous 30-day period. Users averaging up to 16 MB per day will receive service at up to 400 Kbps; those averaging between 16 and 33 MB per day will be limited to 300 Kbps speeds. End-users that average between 33 and 50 MB per day will be limited to 200 Kbps and those that average between 50 and 83 MB will be limited to 100 Kbps. End-users that exceed an average of 83 MB per day will be restricted to 64 Kbps until the 31st day after their average usage drops to a lower level. Please note that our studies show that the average end-user downloads an average of 11 MB per day. All usage tracking will be done on a rolling 30-day average. The dynamic adjustment chart is as follows:

The RUP table will be adjusted each month as per the average consumption for ALL users for the previous month, but never more than 10% plus or minus at each adjustment point.

Limitation of Dial-Up Services

Although Widomaker advertises "Unlimited Access" in regards to its Dial-Up services, there are several limitations applied. The sole purposes of these limitations are intended to limit the amount of unnecessary use of Widomaker services by any such User, which restricts overall Widomaker system availability for other such Users. These limitations apply only to Dial-Up access services offered by Widomaker.
Idle Timeout
User agrees to have their online session automatically terminated after fifteen (15) minutes of consecutive inactivity. Inactivity is defined as less than 500 bytes of data transferred between User's modem and Widomaker's service.
Multiple, Concurrent Online Sessions
User agrees to maintain no more than one (1) concurrent online session for each PPP/ISDN account purchased. Additional Terms of Service
In addition, Terms of Service for dialup access apply and can be found at "http://www.widomaker.com/terms.html".

Failure to Comply With Terms and Conditions

If a Widomaker account is used to violate these agreements, we reserve the right to terminate service without notice. Our preferred course of action would be to advise the account owner of the inappropriate behavior and corrective action necessary. However, flagrant violations of the AUP/RUP/TOS will result in immediate termination of service.

If Widomaker denies User access to the Service because of such a violation, User shall have no right (1) to access through Widomaker any materials stored on the Internet, (2) to obtain any credit(s) otherwise due to User, and such credit(s) shall be forfeited, (3) to access third party services, merchandise or information on the Internet through Widomaker, and Widomaker shall have no responsibility to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from lack of notification. User also agrees to the immediate termination of Widomaker's services for violation of any of these terms. In the event that an account is temporarily inactivated as a result of any prohibited activities, the account may be subject to reactivation charges and/or deposit requirements to be determined by Widomaker.