Terms
and Conditions
SkyTels provision of wireless messaging services
("Services") to You is expressly conditioned upon the following Terms and
Conditions and any use or other restrictions which may be associated with the Service plan
("Plan") selected by You (collectively, the "Agreement"). Any terms
and conditions proposed by You which are in addition to or which conflict with these Terms
and Conditions are expressly rejected by SkyTel and shall be of no force or effect. By
using the Services, You shall be deemed to have agreed to and accepted these Terms and
Conditions.
1. Services. Unless restricted by Your pager, Services available
include all wireless messaging services generally available through SkyTels Consumer
Products Group. SkyTel shall provide the Services to You in accordance with the Plan
selected by You.
2. Fees and Charges. You shall timely pay all fees and charges
accruing hereunder. Except as may otherwise be conditioned by Your Plan or with respect to
Plans conditioned on all payments being paid in advance, all payments shall be due as of
the date of SkyTels invoice, and any balance not paid within thirty (30) days
following such due date shall bear interest from and after the due date at the lesser of
one and one-half percent (1½%) per month or the maximum rate of interest allowed by law.
Amounts due and owing to SkyTel shall not be subject to offset or reduction for any
reason. If applicable, SkyTel shall be authorized to prepare, process and negotiate credit
card charge forms for any credit card account designated by You in and for all fees and
charges payable by You under the Agreement. All sales, use and other such governmentally
imposed or authorized taxes, fees, surcharges and/or assessments relating to the Agreement
shall be paid by You. SkyTel reserves the right to modify the fees and charges for the
Services; provided, however, that (i) SkyTel may increase such fees and charges only upon
at least thirty (30) days notice to You, and (ii) SkyTel may not increase such fees
and charges until expiration of the initial term of the Agreement (as defined in Section
4(a) below).
3. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liabilities.
(a) SKYTEL, ITS EMPLOYEES, SALES AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES AND EBAY
(COLLECTIVELY, THE "PARTIES"), MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
CONCERNING THE SERVICES OR THE WIRELESS MESSAGING NETWORKS THROUGH WHICH THE SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. Under no circumstances shall
the Parties be liable to You or any other person for any loss, injury or damage, of
whatever kind or nature, resulting from or arising out of any mistakes, errors, omissions,
delays or interruptions in the receipt, transmission or storage of any messages, signals
or information arising out of or in connection with the Services or use of the SkyTel
wireless messaging network. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT
SHALL THE PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL
DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, REGARDLESS
OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES ARE OR HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER RESULTING FROM BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE.
(b) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN
COLLATERAL MATERIAL FURNISHED WITH YOUR PAGER, SKYTEL MAKES NO WARRANTIES AS TO ANY PAGER
UTILIZED BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE.
(c) You acknowledge that the term "Guaranteed Delivery" (or
terms of similar connotation), as used in conjunction with Services provisioned over
SkyTels Advanced Messaging network, refers to certain technical functionality of the
network and the ability of the network to repeatedly deliver messages to a pager for a
predetermined period until receipt is acknowledged, as well as the ability of the network
to make undelivered messages available for retrieval. You further acknowledges that
SkyTels use of any such term does not constitute a representation or warranty,
express or implied, regarding any of the Services.
4. Term and Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall have the term dictated by the Plan selected by
You. Plans with a pre-defined number of prepaid message units shall have a term equal to
(a) the term designated in the Plan, or (b) depletion of the prepaid message units,
whichever occurs first. Plans based on a monthly service fee with a monthly usage
allowance shall have a term as designated by the applicable Plan. The initial term of this
Agreement shall commence as of the date Services first become available to You. Where
applicable (and depending on the type Plan selected), SkyTel shall forward notice to You
(the type of which will vary depending on the Plan selected) of the expiration of the
initial term and any renewal terms of the Agreement, whereafter You shall be given the
opportunity to renew the term of the Agreement for an additional like or otherwise
mutually agreeable term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, SkyTel shall have the
right to terminate the Agreement as of the expiration of the then current term by
providing at least thirty (30) days notice to You. Given the nature of certain prepaid
Plans, SkyTel will not have the information necessary to give You notice of expiration and
an option to renew. For such Plans, You will be required to contact SkyTel to renew Your
Service account.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an event of default, SkyTel shall have the
right to terminate the Agreement upon written notice to You and the failure by You to cure
such default within ten (10) days following receipt of written notice thereof. As used
herein, the term "event of default" shall mean (i) the failure by You to observe
or perform in any material respect any of the covenants or agreements contained herein; or
(ii) Your insolvency, assignment for the benefit of creditors, appointment or sufferance
of appointment of a trustee, receiver or similar officer, or any voluntary or involuntary
proceeding seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar relief under
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar debtor-relief statutes. No termination of the Agreement
will relieve You from any amount due and owing to SkyTel or any liability arising from any
breach of the Agreement.
5. Information Services. To the extent You utilize any
information service which contains informational content and data ("Licensed
Content") supplied through any third party unaffiliated with SkyTel (a "Content
Licensor"), You agree to the following: (a) that the Licensed Content is the property
of the Content Licensor and its licensors and may be protected by copyright, and that You
shall not acquire any proprietary interest in the Licensed Content, (b) that the Licensed
Content is presented solely for Your personal use, and that You shall not otherwise
republish, reproduce, rebroadcast, redistribute, resell, alter or modify any headline,
information or other content contained in the Licensed Content, and (c) that the Content
Licensor, its licensors, SkyTel and its affiliates disclaim all warranties, including the
implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, for the
Licensed Content and that the Content Licensor, its licensors, SkyTel and its affiliates
disclaim all liability to You, including, without limitation, for any negligence or errors
in procuring, editing, writing, reporting or delivering the Licensed Content, for any
inaccuracies or errors in or omissions from the Licensed Content, and for any indirect,
incidental, consequential or special damages arising therefrom.
6. Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be
in writing, certified mail, return receipt requested, to SkyTel-CPG at P.O. BOX 2469,
Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2469, Attn: Customer Service, and to You, if applicable, at the
billing address designated by You when activating Your pager.
7. Miscellaneous. (a) The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of
conflict of law; (b) if any provision of the Agreement shall be held to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent
permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby; (c) no delay or failure by SkyTel to enforce any right under the Agreement will
be deemed a waiver of that or any other right; (d) if any action shall be brought by
SkyTel on account of any breach of or to enforce or interpret any of the terms, covenants
or conditions of the Agreement, SkyTel shall be entitled to recover from You, as part of
SkyTels costs, a reasonable attorneys fee; (e) You may not assign or delegate
Your obligations under the Agreement, either in whole or in part, without the prior
written consent of SkyTel; (f) SkyTel shall not be liable for any nonperformance under the
Agreement due to causes beyond its reasonable control that cannot be reasonably avoided or
overcome; (g) the headings and captions used herein are used for convenience only and are
not to be considered in construing or interpreting the Agreement; (h) these Terms and
Conditions, together with the Plan selected by You, constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes and replaces
all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such
subject matter; (i) eBay Inc. is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement; and (j) no
amendment to or modification of the Agreement shall be binding unless in writing and
signed by both parties.