PowerTel does not support SPAM (unsolicited bulk email) or other abuses of the Internet. This is reflected in PowerTel's Standard Form of Agreement (SFOA) pursuant to which, every one of PowerTel's Internet customers have agreed to abide by, among other things, the terms of the following extract:

SFOA - PART B(iii)
POWERTEL INTERNET SERVICE DESCRIPTION

5. Common Internet Service Specific Terms & Conditions

5.3 Use and Indemnity:

(a) You will not use or allow others to use the internet Services:

• (i) to distribute material that is defamatory, abusive, menacing, threatening, harassing or illegal under any law at any place where transmissions are sent from, viewed or received;
• (ii) to transmit any unsolicited mail, advertising material or any other material of an offensive, obscene or indecent nature or otherwise contrary to law or an applicable code of conduct;
• (iii) to copy or distribute material where it has no right to do so (for example, someone else's copyrighted works or confidential information);
• (iv) to commit a crime or in the course of committing a crime or for an unlawful purpose;
• (v) to engage in any activities in such a manner as to expose us or an Other Supplier to liability;
• (vi) to do any act that may damage the network or systems or cause the quality of the internet Services to be impaired; or
• (vii) does not comply with any instructions given by us under clause 2.7 of the General Terms and Conditions.

(b) You will indemnify us against all costs, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including all reasonable legal costs, fees and expenses) incurred or suffered by us as a result of use of the internet Services in breach of clause 5.3(a).

Any customer found breaching the above terms of the SFOA will be notified in writing to cease the breach and at our sole option we may immediately terminate the service for such misuse upon issuing you with a notice at this time. Customers should refer to the PowerTel SFOA for full details. Should there be a discrepancy between this document and the SFOA, the SFOA will take precedence. The SFOA can be found at: http://powertel.relate.com.au/html4/standard_form_of_agreement.htm.

Report Abuse
If you detect any abuse, which you think has originated from PowerTel's network, please address your concerns in an email to abuse@powertel.com.au.