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Service Level Agreement

The following terms and conditions of this Service Level Agreement (as amended from time to time, this "SLA") apply only to Products and Services and govern (A) the use and availability of the Third Generation Network to those persons that have purchased Products and Services directly from Third Generation (each, a “Customer”), and (B) the right, under certain circumstances specified below, of a Customer to receive services credits in respect of the failure of the Third Generation Network and/or the failure of Third Generation to provide the Products and Services purchased by Customer from Third Generation in accordance with (i) the Terms of Service, (ii) Third Generation’s AUP and (iii) this SLA, each of which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof (collectively, the "Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein without being defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such capitalized term in the Terms of Service or AUP, as applicable. Customer’s use of Third Generation’s website, The Third Generation Network, and the Products and Services is also subject to Customer’s acceptance and compliance with this SLA, the Terms of Service, the AUP and the Order Form. THIRD GENERATION HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND, ALTER, MODIFY, REPLACE OR SUSPEND, FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THIS SLA, ITS AUP OR PRIVACY POLICY. CURRENT COPIES OF THIRD GENERATION’S TERMS OF SERVICE, AUP AND PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE REVIEWED OR PRINTED BY CUSTOMER AT THE LEGAL SECTION OF THIRD GENERATION’S WEBSITE. CUSTOMER HEREBY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS READ, UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED THE TERMS OF THE SLA AND AUP. By submitting the online order form, Customer hereby agrees to the following:

1. Definitions

(a) “AUP” means Third Generation’s standard acceptable usage policy, as in effect and listed on Third Generation’s website from time to time and subject to all changes, modifications and replacements as Third Generation may effect in accordance with the Terms of Service and AUP. (b) “Order Form” means Third Generation’s standard service exhibit, service addendum or order form, specifying the products and services purchase by Customer, as in effect from time to time. (c) “Products and Services” means those products and services offered by Third Generation to its general customer base, in each case as purchased by a Customer and set forth on an Order Form. (d) “Privacy Policy” means Third Generation’s standard privacy policy, as in effect and listed on Third Generation’s website from time to time and subject to all changes, modifications and replacements as Third Generation may effect in accordance with the Terms of Service and AUP. (e) “Scheduled Maintenance” means all maintenance services for which Third Generation gives Customer at least two (2) days prior notice of such maintenance services via Third Generation’s online client support area or Third Generation’s maintenance mailing list. (f) “Service Credit” means a credit, calculated in accordance with this SLA, issued by Third Generation to the Customer in respect of products and services contracted for, but not delivered by Third Generation in accordance with the Agreement due to a Qualified Network Downtime Event. (g) “Terms of Service” means either (i) Third Generation’s standard terms of service as in effect and listed on Third Generation’s website as of the date of Customer’s purchase of Products and Services or (ii) solely to the extent Third Generation and Customer have separately negotiated written terms of service different from those referred to in clause (i), Third Generation’s standard terms of service which incorporate such other written terms of service, duly executed and delivered by each party; in each case, as amended from time to time. (h) “Third Generation” means Third Generation Internet Services. (i) “Third Generation Network” means the portion internal computer network owned or operated on behalf of Third Generation.

2. Network Availability

Third Generation assures Customer 100% uptime availability of the Third Generation Network covered by this SLA. Subject to Section 3 below, in the event that Third Generation fails to provide Customer with the Products and Services purchased by Customer in accordance with the Agreement and such failure results from the complete unavailability of the Third Generation Network (other than as specified below, each such event, a “Qualified Network Downtime Event”), Third Generation will issue Customer a Service Credit calculated as follows.

(a) A Qualified Network Downtime Event shall start upon Customer’s submission of a written trouble ticket specifying that a Qualified Network Downtime Event has occurred and the details associated with such Qualified Network Downtime Event. All such trouble tickets must be submitted by Customer through Third Generation’s client support area or through Third Generation’s technical support department and are subject to confirmation by Third Generation prior to qualifying for any Service Credit. Subject to Section 3 below, upon the passage of five (5) continuous minutes of a Qualified Network Downtime Event, the Service Credit shall equal five percent (5%) of the monthly fees payable by Customer in respect of such Products and Services for the month in which such Qualified Network Downtime Event first occurred and thereafter during the pendency of such unavailability, the Service Credit shall increase by an additional five percent (5%) for each continuous thirty (30) minutes of a Qualified Network Downtime Event up to a maximum of one hundred percent (100%) of monthly fees payable by Customer in respect of such Products and Services for the month in which such Qualified Network Downtime Event first occurred.

(b) All Service Credits are calculated by Third Generation on a “per-event-basis/per-related-series-of-events-basis” and in no event will downtime or unavailability be cumulated during any monthly period for purposes of determining a Customer’s right to any Service Credit. The following events do not constitute a Qualified Network Downtime Event or qualify for any Service Credit under this SLA: (i) Scheduled Maintenance or (ii) Customer generated outages created by failed equipment, customer mis-configurations, exploited servers, or traffic in excess of the maximum allowed by contract. Service Credits are based directly on all equipment and/or services affected by a Qualified Network Downtime Event. Products, services or hardware not related to a Qualified Network Downtime Event do not qualify for a Service Credit. Redundant Internet connectivity is measured as traffic routing into and out of a Customer’s equipment through the Third Generation Network out to internet backbone carriers and does not include third party carrier latency or peering issues not utilized by Third Generation.

3. Service Credits

Service Credits do not constitute a refund in respect of any product or service and may not be carried forward to future months, paid for or exchanged for cash or other monetary consideration or value. Service Credits are not available (i) in respect of any outage or event associated with Scheduled Maintenance or arising from any denial of service attack, virus, hacking attempts or any other circumstances or events that are not within the control of Third Generation, including any Force Majeure Event, (ii) to any Customer that is more than ten (10) days past due on any amount owing to Third Generation or any Customer that has breached the Agreement or (iii) in respect of any products or services contracted for with Third Generation that expressly exclude technical support or such Service Credits. Valid approved Service Credits will appear as a credit for products and services and be applied against the amounts owing in respect of such products and services on the next billable invoice following the month in which occurred the Qualified Network Downtime Event giving rise to such Service Credit. In order for a Customer to qualify for a Service Credit, the Customer must (A) have purchased and paid for Products and Services, (B) submit a request for a Service Credit, as applicable, in writing via Third Generation’s client support area within three (3) days from the date of event giving rise the requested Service Credit and in accordance with the terms of this SLA. Failure to request a Service Credit in accordance with the terms of this SLA will result in an automatic waiver of any rights to such Service Credit under this SLA in respect of the event giving rise to such Service Credit. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF OUTAGES GIVING RISE TO ANY SERVICE CREDIT HEREUNDER SPANS MORE THAN ONE CALENDAR MONTH, THE MAXIMUM TOTAL SERVICE CREDIT TO WHICH CUSTOMER SHALL BE ENTITLED FOR SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF OUTAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF CUSTOMER’S MONTHLY RECURRING FEE FOR THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DURING THE FIRST MONTH IN WHICH SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF OUTAGES FIRST OCCURRED AND CUSTOMER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY OTHER SERVICE CREDITS IN RESPECT OF SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF OUTAGES FOR THE OTHER MONTHS DURING THE PENDENCY OF SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF OUTAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THE AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, THE MAXIMUM TOTAL SERVICE CREDITS TO WHICH CUSTOMER MAY BE ENTITLED UNDER THIS SLA DURING ANY CALENDAR MONTH TOGETHER WITH ALL OTHER SERVICE CREDITS, REFUNDS, GUARANTEES, WARRANTIES AND OTHER SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS CUSTOMER MAY HAVE WITH THIRD GENERATION, SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF CUSTOMER’S MONTHLY RECURRING FEE FOR THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AFFECTED DURING SUCH MONTH.

4. Scheduled Maintenance

Customer hereby acknowledges that Third Generation may, from time to time, perform maintenance service on the Third Generation Network, with or without notice to Customer, which may result in the unavailability of the Third Generation Network. Downtime or unavailability resulting from Scheduled Maintenance shall not constitute a Qualified Network Downtime Event or qualify for any Service Credit. Customer must subscribe to Third Generation’s maintenance mailing list and provide accurate and timely information in Third Generation’s client support area in order for Third Generation to notify Customer of all Scheduled Maintenance. Customer’s failure to subscribe to Third Generation’s maintenance mailing list or to provide accurate and timely information on Third Generation’s client support area may result in the forfeiture of any Service Credit based on downtime or unavailability arising from Scheduled Maintenance for which Customer did not receive timely notice. Emergency maintenance and maintenance for which Third Generation has not given Customer notice in accordance with this SLA shall not be deemed Scheduled Maintenance for purposes of this SLA.

5. Disclaimer

Customer hereby acknowledges that Third Generation’s ability to provide Products and Services and technical support to Customer and to manage any server owned or controlled by or leased to Customer is contingent upon Third Generation’s ability to connect the Third Generation Network to such server and monitor such server. In the event that Customer substantially impairs Third Generation’s ability to connect to any server owned or controlled by or leased to Customer, including, but not limited to, through the installation of software, including, but not limited to, firewall software or load balancing software, or through the configuration of such server, then Third Generation shall have no obligation to provide Products and Services or technical support services or any of the services provided for in this SLA for such server and Customer shall not be entitled to any Service Credit under this Agreement with respect to such server. If Customer requests technical support services or management services for a server for which Customer has impaired the ability of Third Generation to connect to such server, Third Generation shall provide such technical support services or management services as professional services on a time and material basis and Customer shall be billed at Third Generation’s then-current professional services rate. Third Generation shall not be liable for the failure or delay in performing its obligations hereunder or under the Agreement if such failure or delay is due to external circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of interruption or delay in telecommunications, failure of third party software or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of Third Generation’s products and services (each, a “Force Majeure Event”). Third Generation agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to mitigate the damage arising from Force Majeure Event; however, under no circumstances will Third Generation or its affiliates be held liable for any cost, expense, liability, claim or damage due to such interruptions. In no event shall Third Generation or its affiliates be liable to Customer or any other person for any special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages of any kind, including, without limitation, refunds of fees, loss of profits, cost of cover, loss of income or cost of replacement services. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the receipt of a Service Credit as provided for in this SLA constitutes Customer's sole and exclusive remedy, and Third Generation’s sole and exclusive liability, for any failure of the Third Generation Network or failure by Third Generation to provide Customer with the products and services purchased by Customer in accordance with the Agreement which results from a Qualified Downtime Event. THIRD GENERATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND, MODIFY OR TERMINATE THIS SLA, THE AUP AND THE PRIVACY POLICY FROM TIME TO TIME, AND A CUSTOMER’S USE OF THIRD GENERATION’S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND THE THIRD GENERATION NETWORK AFTER ANY SUCH AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THIS SLA, THE AUP OR THE PRIVACY POLICY IS POSTED ON THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT PAGE OF THIRD GENERATION’S WEBSITE (WWW.THIRDHOSTING.COM) WILL CONSTITUTE THE CUSTOMER’S ACCEPTANCE OF ANY SUCH AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS OR TERMINATION.