The following terms and conditions shall apply to the provision and use of Services provided by AT&T pursuant to this Agreement. Any AT&T Affiliate or Customer Affiliate may sign an Attachment in its own name and such Affiliate contract will be considered a separate, but associated, contract, incorporating these General Terms and Conditions (with the Affiliate being substituted for AT&T and Customer, as applicable); provided, however, that AT&T and Customer shall be responsible for their respective Affiliates’ performance pursuant to such Affiliate contract. 1.0 DEFINITIONS 1.1 “Affiliate” of a party means any entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such party. 1.2 “AT&T”, for purposes of all remedies and limitations of liability set forth in this Agreement or any Attachment means AT&T, its Affiliates, and its and their employees, directors, officers, agents, representatives, subcontractors, interconnection service providers and suppliers. 1.3 “AT&T Software” means all Software other than Third-Party Software. 1.4 “Content” means information (excluding AT&T information) made available, displayed or transmitted (including, without limitation, information made available by means of an HTML “hot link”, a third party posting or similar means) in connection with a Service, including all trademarks, service marks and domain names contained therein, Customer and User data, and the contents of any bulletin boards or chat forums, and, all updates, upgrades, modifications and other versions of any of the foregoing. 1.5 “Customer”, for purposes of all remedies and limitations of liability set forth in this Agreement or any Attachment means Customer, its Affiliates, and its and their employees, directors, officers, agents, and representatives. 1.6 “Damages” means collectively all injury, damage, liability, loss, penalty, interest and expense incurred. 1.7 “INFORMATION” means proprietary information of either party that is disclosed to the other party in the course of performing this Agreement, provided such information (except for Content) is in written or other tangible form that is clearly marked as “proprietary” or “confidential”, 1.8 “Marks” means each party’s trade names, logos, trademarks, service marks or other indicia of origin. 1.9 “Service” means the service and/or equipment provided under the applicable Attachment. 1.10 “Service Guide” means the applicable portion of a Service Guide that is expressly identified and incorporated in an Attachment. 1.11 “Software” means all software and associated written and electronic documentation and data furnished pursuant to the Attachments. 1.12 “Third-Party Software” means Software that bears a copyright notice of an unrelated third party. 1.13 “User” means anyone who uses or accesses any Service purchased by Customer under this Agreement, including Customer Affiliates, but excluding unauthorized parties that use or access a Service without Customer’s knowledge and after Customer has taken commercially reasonable steps to prevent such unauthorized access. 2.0 CHARGES AND BILLING 2.1 Customer shall pay AT&T for Customer’s and Users’ use of the Services at the rates and charges specified in the Attachments, without deduction, setoff or delay for any reason. Charges set forth in the Attachments are exclusive of any applicable taxes. At Customer’s request and with AT&T’s consent (which may be withheld if AT&T determines there would be operational impediments or an inability to claim tax credits), Customer’s Affiliates will be invoiced separately and AT&T will accept payment from such Affiliates; provided, however, Customer is responsible if its Affiliate does not pay charges in accordance with this Agreement. AT&T may require Customer to tender a deposit, as determined by AT&T in its reasonable discretion. AT&T will rely upon commercially reasonable factors to determine the need for and amount of any deposit. Such factors may include, but are not limited to, payment history, number of years in business, history of service with AT&T, bankruptcy history, current account treatment status, financial statement analysis, commercial credit bureau rating, commitment levels and anticipated monthly charges. 2.2 Customer shall pay all taxes (excluding those on AT&T’s net income), duties, levies, shipping charges and other similar charges (and any related interest and penalties) relating to the sale, transfer of ownership, installation, license, use or provision of the Services, except to the extent a valid tax exemption certificate is provided by Customer to AT&T prior to the delivery of Services. To the extent Customer is required to withhold or deduct non-U.S. income taxes from payments due to AT&T, Customer shall use reasonable commercial efforts to reduce such tax to the maximum extent possible giving effect to the applicable Tax Convention and shall furnish AT&T with such evidence as may be required by U.S. taxing authorities to establish that such tax has been paid so that AT&T may claim any applicable credit. 2.3 Payment is due within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice and must refer to the invoice number. Charges will be quoted and invoices shall be paid in U.S. dollars, except where a particular Attachment provides for local currency quoting, invoicing and payment. Restrictive endorsements or other statements on checks accepted by AT&T will not apply. Customer shall reimburse AT&T for all costs (including reasonable attorney fees) associated with collecting delinquent or dishonored payments. Where payments are overdue, AT&T may assess interest charges at the lower of 1.5% per month (18% per annum) or the maximum rate allowed by law. 2.4 Customer shall not be responsible for payment of charges invoiced more than six (6) months after close of the billing month in which the charges were incurred, except for 0+ calls of any type. Customer must provide written notice to AT&T specifically identifying all disputed charges and the reason for nonpayment, within six (6) months after the date of the affected invoice, or else Customer waives the dispute. Payment of such disputed charges will not be considered overdue pending investigation by AT&T, provided that nothing herein shall absolve Customer from promptly paying all undisputed charges and submitting reasonable security for payment of |