Minford Telephone Company, dba Falcon1
NETWORK MANAGEMENT POLICIES
I. Commitment
Minford Telephone Co, dba Falcon1 is
committed to providing broadband access service based on network management
policies that protect and empower our broadband
access
customers, and maximize the benefits of the Internet experience for all customers.
II. General Policies
A. Minford Telephone Co, dba Falcon1 will manage its network and provide
access in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Open
Internet Rules (adopted December 21, 2010) and in compliance with
any future Internet policies or rules adopted by the FCC. To ensure Open Access
to the
Broadband Internet, Minford Telephone Co, dba Falcon1 will not unjustly or unreasonably:
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Block, interfere with or degrade an end user’s ability to access,
use, send, post, receive, or offer lawful content (including fair use), applications,
or services of the user’s choice;
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Block, interfere with or degrade an end user’s ability to connect and
use the end user’s choice of legal devices that do not harm the network;
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Prevent or interfere with competition among network, application, service
or content providers;
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Engage in discrimination against any lawful Internet content, application,
service or service provider with respect to network management practices,
network performance characteristics, or commercial terms and conditions;
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Give preference to affiliated content, applications, or services with
respect to network management practices, network performance characteristics,
or commercial terms and conditions;
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Charge a content, application, or service provider for access to
the Company’s broadband Internet access service end users based on differing levels
of quality of service or prioritized delivery of Internet protocol packets;
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Prioritize among or between content, applications, and services or
among or between different types of content, applications, and services
unless the end
user requests to have such prioritization.
B. Minford Telephone Co.,dba Falcon1 will
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Provide connections and transport services to the public Internet
to customers;
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Negotiate in good faith with all requesting parties making a bona
fide request for interconnection or wholesale services;
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Provide rates and terms for interconnection that are reasonable
and Nondiscriminatory
III. Network
Security and Congestion Management Policies
For the safety and privacy of our access customers and with respect
for all customers, Minford Telephone
Co, dba Falcon1:
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Utilizes standard industry practices for safeguarding children,
intellectual property rights and our customers’ privacy and security;
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Follows standard best efforts for Internet delivery with respect
to allocation of capacity without differentiation among applications,
providers, or sources;
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Complies with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability
Limitations Act, a portion of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that allows
Internet service
providers to
remove or disconnect customer access to copyright infringing material;
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Uses generally accepted technical measures to provide acceptable
service levels to all customers, such as application-neutral bandwidth
allocation, as well as
measures to
address service attacks, illegal content and other harmful activities to protect
network integrity and reliability; and
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Reserves the right to prioritize traffic based on real time and
non-real time applications during heavy congestion periods based on generally
accepted technical
measures.
IV. Commercial Pricing
Please click on the following website link for pricing
information: www.falcon1.net
Contact
Us: Questions, Comments, Concerns
If you have any questions
about the Minford Telephone Co, dba Falcon1 Network
Management Policies, you may contact us by calling our business office at
740-820-2151 or writing to
us at P.O.
Box 181 Minford, OH 45653; or come by our business offices at 10717 St Rte 139
Minford, Oh or email us at f1net.falcon1.net