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The Service we promise to provide
What the Service is
Things we may have to do
Phone number
The Phone Book and Directory Enquiries
Call Monitoring
Use of your information
When we will provide the Service
Repairing faults
What you agree to do
Paying our charges for the Service
Your other responsibilities
If things go wrong
If we break this agreement
Matters beyond our reasonable control
If you break this agreement
Arbitration
Changing and ending the agreement
Changing the agreement
Transferring the agreement
Cancelling the Service before it is provided
Ending the agreement after the Service is provided
The other things we need to tell you
How to give notice
Third Party Rights
Explanations of certain words
There are explanations of some of the words used in these
conditions in paragraph
and in our Price List.
These Terms and Conditions apply to new and existing customers
and are effective from the
implementation date shown on the Agreement.
What the Service is
The Service we (FL) supply to you (our Customer) is the
ability to make or receive a Call (or both). The Service
does not include any phones or other equipment that we may
supply to you under a separate agreement. In providing the
Service, we promise to use the reasonable skill and care
of a competent telecommunications service provider. When
you elect to make outbound calls using our Service you will
be able to make a choice of networks to carry your calls.
Standard Network Service
By selecting this service your calls will be routed via
the UK 's leading pstn network. These calls are charged
at a premium to the Standard network.
FL Network Service
By selecting this service your calls will be routed over
an alternative network to the Standard Network. FL Network
calls are charged at a substantial discount to the Standard
Network. The Customer Service Guarantee does not apply to
calls made over the FL Network.
You will have the option to route individual calls over
the Standard Network at any time. Calls made over the Standard
Network, whether intentionally or unintentionally will be
charged at the Standard Network rate.
Things we may have to do
We may have to do some things that could affect the Service.
These things are listed in paragraph 2.2.
If we have to interrupt the Service we will restore it as
quickly as we can.
Occasionally we may have to:
Change the code or phone number or the technical specification
of the Service for operational reasons;
Interrupt the Service for operational reasons or because
of an emergency;
Give you instructions that we believe are necessary for
health or safety, or for the quality of the Service that
we supply to you or to our other customers.
Phone number
You have no right to sell or to agree to transfer the number
provided to you for use with the Service and you must not
try to do so.
The Phone Book and Directory Enquiries
We will put your name, address and the phone number for
the Service in The Phone Book for your area and make your
phone number available from our Directory Enquiries Service,
as soon as we can. However, we will not do so if you ask
us not to.
If you want a special entry in The Phone Book you must let
us know. Where we agree to a special entry you must pay
an extra charge and sign a separate agreement for that entry.
Call Monitoring
We may occasionally monitor and record calls made to or
by us relating to customer services and telemarketing. We
do this for training purposes and to improve the quality
of our customer services, including complaint handling.
Use of your information
We will use the information we have about you and your use
of the Service for marketing purposes. However, we will
not do so if you ask us not to.
For your information we process your billing data and information
about your use of FL's service (this includes information
about your bill size, the numbers you call and the times
you call) for marketing our own telecommunications products
and services. This allows us to better inform you about
products, services, pricing packages and special offers
which we provide and which we believe may be of particular
interest to you. We do not disclose this information to
anyone else. We need your consent to continue to give you
all the benefits that this processing provides and will
assume we have it, unless you tell us otherwise by writing
to us at;
SCS Hove technology Centre, St Josephs Close, Hove, East
Sussex BN3 7ES
When we will provide the Service
We will provide you with the Service by the date we agree
with you. Unless a reason covered by paragraph 12 or 13
becomes applicable.
Repairing Faults
We cannot guarantee that the Service will never be faulty.
However, if we do not put right a failure of the Service
within the time limits set out in our Customer Service Guarantee,
you may be able to claim compensation under that Guarantee,
unless we fail for a reason covered by paragraph 12 or13.
We will work on any fault that is reported to us according
to the repair service we have agreed to provide to you.
These repair services are explained in the BT Price List.
When we agree to work on a fault outside the hours covered
by the repair service that we provide to you, you must pay
us the extra charge set out in the BT Price List.
If you tell us there is a fault in the Service and we find
either that there is not or that someone at your premises
has caused the fault, we may charge you for any work we
have done to try to find the fault or to repair it. Our
charges for this are set out in the BT Price List.
What you agree to do
Paying our charges for the Service
Charges
You must pay the charges for the Service as set out in our
Price List. This applies whether you use the Service or
someone else does. We can change the charges as explained
in paragraph 15.2.
If someone makes a Call without your knowledge, from our
side of the main telephone socket, you will not have to
pay for the Call, unless we prove that you could have taken
reasonable steps to prevent the Call being made.
Rental
You must pay us rental from the day we supply the Service.
We will ask you to pay the rental in advance. The rental
will depend on how we classify your line. The classifications
are explained in our Price List. If we supply you with temporary
Service, you may have to pay the rental in advance for the
whole period that you want the Service.
Calculating the Call charges
We will calculate the charges for Calls using the details
recorded at the telephone exchange.
Bills
We will send you your first bill shortly after we provide
the Service. We will send you further bills monthly, but
we may send you a bill at any time. We will include all
charges on your next bill where possible, and in any event
as soon as we can. We will send bills to the address you
ask us to.
Payments in advance, deposits and Credit Levels
We may ask you for a payment before one is normally due.
This will not be more than the connection charge and rental
for the Minimum Period, except in circumstances where we
send you a bill because you have exceeded your Credit Level.
We may ask for a deposit at any time, as security for payment
of your bills if it is reasonable for us to do so. Our procedures
for deposits are published in our office.
When you must pay
You must pay all charges and rental as soon as you receive
your bill and deposits when we ask for them. Our standard
payment terms are payment within 14 days by direct debit
unless agreed otherwise in writing. If at any time a direct
debit is not in place (e.g. due to cancellation) then payment
must be made by another means within 14 days.
Your other responsibilities
Connecting and using your equipment with our network
You may only connect phones, extension wiring, sockets or
other equipment to our network using a main telephone socket
that we have fitted and maintain, unless we agree otherwise.
We may end any such agreement after giving you reasonable
notice.
Equipment must only be used with our network in a way that
meets the relevant standards. If your equipment does not
meet those standards, you must immediately disconnect it,
or allow us to do so at your expense. If you ask us to test
your equipment to make sure that it meets those standards,
you must pay us the charge set out in the BT Price List.
Supplying a place and electricity for our equipment
We will have to place equipment on your premises to provide
you with the Service. For residential customers this will
normally be just a main telephone socket. You must provide
a suitable place and conditions for our equipment. If we
have to supply equipment that needs a continuous mains electricity
supply and connection points, you must provide them where
we need them at your own expense.
Preparing your premises
You must prepare your premises before we arrive according
to any instructions that we give you. When our work is completed,
you will also be responsible for putting items back and
for any necessary re-decorating.
Entry to your premises
If our engineers have to enter your premises you must let
them do so as long as they show their Identity Card. We
will meet your reasonable requirements about the safety
of people on your premises and you must do the same for
us.
If we need someone else's permission to cross or put our
equipment on their premises, you must get that agreement
for us and make any necessary arrangements.
Damage
Nobody must tamper with our equipment that is on your premises.
If anyone does and there is any damage to or loss of our
equipment, you must pay the charge in the BT Price List
for any necessary repair or replacement.
Misuse of the Service
Nobody must use the Service:
To make offensive, indecent, menacing, nuisance or hoax
Calls;
Fraudulently or in connection with a criminal offence; and
you must make sure that this does not happen. The action
we can take if this happens is explained in paragraph 13.4.
If a claim is made against us because the Service is misused
in this way, you must reimburse us in respect of any sums
we are obliged to pay.
Indemnity
If you use the Service for business purposes, you must indemnify
us against any claims that anyone (other than you) threatens
or makes against us because the Service is faulty or cannot
be used by them.
If things go wrong
If we break this agreement
We accept liability for being late in providing the Service
or repairing a failure of the Service, or for failing to
keep an appointment, unless for a reason covered by paragraph
12. However, our liability is limited as set out in the
Customer Service Guarantee and in this paragraph 11.
We accept liability if you are injured or die as a result
of our negligence. We do not limit that liability and paragraphs
11.3, 11.4 and 11.5 do not apply to that liability.
Unless the Customer Service Guarantee says Otherwise, we
have no liability under this agreement. Our liability under
this agreement for a failure in provision of the Service
or the Service itself is detailed in the Customer Service
Guarantee. This does not affect our liability if we are
negligent.
We have no liability for any loss that is not reasonably
foreseeable, nor any loss of business, revenue, profit,
or savings you expected to make, wasted expense, financial
loss or data being lost or harmed.
Any liability we have of any sort (including any liability
because of our negligence) is limited to £1 million
for any one event or any series of related events, and in
any 12-month period to £1 million in total.
Each part of this agreement that excludes or limits our
liability operates separately. If any part is disallowed
or is not effective, the other parts will continue to apply.
Matters beyond our reasonable control
If we cannot do what we have promised in this agreement
because of something beyond our reasonable control such
as lightning, flood, or exceptionally severe weather, fire
or explosion, civil disorder, war, or military operations,
national or local emergency, anything done by government
or other competent authority or industrial disputes of any
kind, (including those involving our employees), we will
not be liable for this. However, we will refund a day's
rental to you for any day, or part day, that there is a
failure of the Service because of something beyond our reasonable
control.
If you break this agreement
We can suspend the Service or end the agreement (or both)
at any time without telling you if:
You break this agreement or any other agreement you have
with us for telephone services and fail to remedy the breach
within a reasonable time of being asked to do so;
We believe that the Service is being used in a way forbidden
by paragraph 10.6. This applies even if you do not know
that the Calls are being made or the Service is being used
in such a way;
Bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are brought against
you, or if you do not make any payment under a judgment
of a Court on time, or you make an arrangement with your
creditors, or a receiver or administrator is appointed over
any of your assets, or you go into liquidation.
If your agreed Credit Level is reached before your next
monthly bill is sent to you, we will inform you of the amount
you have spent and agree any necessary action. If you have
a limited payment history for the Service (less than 3 bills
received and paid in full) we may also restrict your ability
to make outgoing calls pending payment of charges accrued
on our billing system.
If a payment is late, we will not suspend the Service or
end the agreement until 14 days after the payment was due.
However, if we suspend the Service and you miss another
payment during the 12 months after we provide the Service
again, we may then suspend the Service or end the agreement
(or both) 7 days after the payment was due. In the case
of a bill for Call charges only we may suspend the Service
or end the agreement (or both) 14 days after payment was
due. Cheques not honoured or Direct Debit returns will be
given 24 hours to rectify, if not then immediate suspension
of all services will ensue.
If we suspend the Service, we will not provide it again
until you do what you have agreed, or satisfy us that you
will do so in future or that the Service will not be used
in a way that is forbidden by paragraph 10.6.
If we suspend the Service because you break this agreement,
the agreement will still continue. You must pay us rental
until we end the agreement by giving notice under paragraph
13.1 or you or we end the agreement by giving notice under
paragraph 18.1.
All invoices are due for payment within 14 days of the invoice
date. Any invoice outstanding after a further 14 days beyond
this period will be referred to Daniels Silverman Limited
and will be subject to a surcharge of 15% plus vat to cover
the collection costs incurred. This surcharge together with
all other charges and legal fees incurred will be the responsibility
of the customer and will be legally enforceable.
Arbitration
If we cannot resolve any dispute with you, you can refer
the dispute to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Changing and ending the agreement
Changing the agreement
In general
If you ask us to make any change to the Service you must
confirm your request in writing.
Conditions
We can change the conditions of this agreement including
our charges at any time. We will notify you with your monthly
invoice and on www.scsl.co.uk at least 2 weeks before it
takes place. If you are a residential customer, we will
also give you at least 2 weeks notice in accordance with
paragraph 19.
Transferring the agreement
You cannot transfer or try to transfer this agreement or
any part of it to anyone else.
Cancelling the Service before it is provided
You may cancel Service any time up to 7 days before agreed
date of provision. However, if you have ordered Service
for business use you must pay for any work we have performed
or monies we have expended.
Ending the agreement after the Service is provided
This agreement, or the supply of the Service, can be ended
by:
14 day's notice from us to you; or
90 day’s notice from you to us after the minimum term
has expired.
If you give us notice that ends during the Minimum term
(other than because we have increased our charges or materially
changed the conditions of this agreement to your detriment),
you must pay us the all payments that would have fallen
due within the minimum term and cancellation period.
If you have paid any rental for a period after the end of
the agreement, we will either repay it or put it towards
any money you owe us.
You must pay all charges for the Service until the date
on which we stop providing the Service to you.
We can end this agreement at any time without telling you
if paragraph 13.1 applies.
The other things we need to tell you
How to give notice
Any notice given under this agreement must be delivered
by hand or sent by email or prepaid post as follows:
To us at the address shown on the Network Service Order
form, or on your last bill, or at any other address we give
you;
To you at the address you have asked us to send bills to.
Third Party Rights
A person who is not a party to this agreement, has no right
under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to
enforce any term of this agreement, but this does not affect
any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is
available apart from that Act.
Explanations of certain words
"Call,” means a signal, message
or communication that is silent, spoken or visual on each
line that we agree to provide to you under this agreement.
"Credit Level" means the sum
of money; you agree with us, you expect to spend on Call
Charges during the period covered by your bills.
"Your equipment" means equipment
that is not part of our network and which you use or intend
to use with the Service.
"Failure of the Service" means
the continuous total loss of the ability to make or to receive
Calls or the continuous total loss of a related service.
"Your line" means a connection
to our network.
"Main telephone socket" means
the point where your equipment is connected to our network,
which is called the Network Termination Point in your license.
"Minimum Term" means the first
12 months of the Service, or the minimum term stated on
the Network Services Order Form, whichever is the greater.
"Our network" means the SCS Network
or the Standard Network
"Your premises” means the place
where the Service is or will be provided.
"Relevant standards" means the
standards designated under Section 22 of the Telecommunications
Act 1984
"Service" means all or part of
the Service explained in paragraph 1 and any related services
listed in our Price List that we agree to provide to you
under this agreement.
“We" and "us"
means Focus 4 U Limited
"Working day" means Monday to
Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm not including Public Holidays.
"You" means the customer we make
this agreement with. It includes a person who we reasonably
believe is acting with the customer's authority or knowledge.
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