Pine Tree Networks (PTN) Acceptable Use Policy (the "policy") for PTN products and services is designed to help protect PTN, PTN's customers and the Internet community in general from irresponsible or, in some cases, illegal activities. PTN may cooperate with legal authorities and/or third parties in the investigation of any suspected or alleged crime or civil wrong. PTN reserves the right to suspend or cancel a subscriber's account for engaging in inappropriate conduct.

• Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.
• You may not use an IP address or client ID not assigned to you, forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in an email or newsgroup posting or probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any system or network by the use of sniffers, SNMP tools or any other method.
• Sending unsolicited mail messages, including the sending of "junk mail" or other advertising material to individuals who did not specifically request such material ("e-mail spam"). This includes, but is not limited to, bulk-mailing of commercial advertising, informational announcements, and political tracts. It also includes posting the same or similar message to one or more newsgroups (excessive cross-posting or multiple-posting). PTN accounts or services may not be used to solicit customers from, or collect replies to, messages sent from another service provider where those messages violate this Policy or that of the other provider.
• The service may not be used to breach or attempt to breach the security, the computer, the software or the data of any person or entity, including PTN, to circumvent the user authentication features or security of any host, network or account, to use or distribute tools designed to compromise security, or to interfere with another's use of the service through the posting or transmitting of a virus or other harmful item to deliberately overload or flood that entity's system.
• The service may not be used to post or transmit content that violates child pornography statutes or contains graphic visual depictions of sexual acts or sexually explicit conduct involving children, or other depictions of children, the primary appeal of which is prurient.
• The service may not be used to upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available any materials or content that violate or infringe on the rights or dignity of others.
• The service may not be used to engage in any conduct that interferes with PTN's ability to provide service to others, including the use of excessive bandwidth.
• Unauthorized attempts by a user to gain access to any account or computer resource not belonging to that user.

Complaints regarding prohibited use or network security issues should be sent to:

Trina M. Bragdon, Esq.
Pine Tree Networks and Mid Maine Communications, a Division of Otelco
900D Hammond Street
Bangor, Me 04401

administrator@pinetreenetworks.com.