"Acceptable Use Policy" means BT's policy for the use of the Service, a copy of which is available at www.btopenzone.com.
"BT" means British Telecommunications plc of 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ, registered in England No. 1800000.
"BT Network" means BT's communications network used to provide the Service from the Site to the Internet.
"BT Total Broadband" means a service from BT providing high speed network access to the Internet
"Contract" means, in order of precedence, these Conditions, and the on-line order form for the Service.
"Customer" means the person named on the Credit Card. BT may accept instructions from another person who BT reasonably believes is acting with the Customer's authority or knowledge.
"Internet" means the global data network comprising interconnected networks using the TCP/IP protocol suite.
"IP" means Internet Protocol.
"Service" means the service described in paragraph 3 of these Conditions.
"Site" means each physical location of the radio access points offering the Service.
"URL" means a uniform resource locator.
"Voucher" means the BT Openzone voucher requested by the Customer valid for the inclusive number of minutes stated by BT or until such expiry date as BT advises, and providing a login name and password to use the Service. The Customer is eligible for one (1) Voucher during the period of the BT Total Broadband Contract.
The Contract commences when BT accepts the Customer request for the Voucher, by providing the Customer with the Voucher containing the login name and password. The Customer may then access the Service on-line at
www btopenzone.com using the details on the Voucher.
3.1 BT Openzone is a wireless data service using radio frequency to a Site, and fixed line connections from the Site to connect to the BT Network and subsequently on to the Internet.
3.2 When a Customer is located within the radio frequency coverage area of a Site it may connect to the Service using it's computing equipment and login name and password.
3.3 When a Customer is located within the radio frequency coverage area of a Site it may connect to the Service using its computing equipment and login name and password.
3.4 The Service is dependent on the suitability of the Customer's computing equipment. The Customer's computing equipment is not provided as part of this Service.
3.5 Due to the nature of the Service the Customer acknowledges and accepts that BT does not guarantee the security of the Service against unlawful access or use. The Customer is responsible for making sure the computing equipment is adequately protected against viruses and other security threats.
3.6 The Customer may access the Service using the Voucher at any Site displaying the BT Openzone or The Cloud sign in the UK and Ireland, and at any British Airways airport lounge worldwide displaying the BT Openzone sign. The Voucher cannot be used at any other Site within the UK or abroad or with any other alternative wireless data service provider.
4.1 BT will provide the Service to the Customer on the terms of this Contract and with the reasonable skill and care of a competent telecommunications service provider.
4.2 BT provides a list of Sites offering availability of the Service published at: www.bt.com/openzone or such other URL as BT may from time to time advise.
4.3 BT will use reasonable efforts to provide uninterrupted Service but from time to time faults may occur, which BT will repair as soon as reasonably practicable.
4.4 Occasionally BT may:
4.5 BT will provide a Helpdesk for the Customer available weekdays 9.00am - 5.00pm excluding public and bank holidays. Upon initial fault diagnosis by BT, those faults that in BT's opinion are not attributable to the Service shall be referred back to the Customer who reported the fault.
4.6 BT will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Service meets an acceptable service standard but no specific guarantees of service standards are offered in respect of the Service. In particular BT offers no guarantee or warranty for the performance of the Internet.
5.1 It is the Customer's responsibility to obtain and keep in force any licence necessary for the Customer to use the Service.
5.2 The Service must not be used in any way that:
5.3 The Customer must indemnify BT against any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened against BT by a third party because the Service is used in breach of paragraphs 5.1 or 5.2. BT will notify the Customer of any such claims or proceedings and keep the Customer informed as to the progress of such claims or proceedings and have due regard to the Customer's representations.
5.4 The Service must not be used:
5.5 The Service is intended for the Customer's own use only. The Customer must not re-sell, transfer, assign or sub-licence the Service (or any part of it) to anyone else. Vouchers have no cash redemption value and are not for re-sale or publication.
5.6 If the Customer or anyone else, with or without the Customer's knowledge or approval, uses the Service:
5.7 The Customer acknowledges that BT has no control over the information transmitted via the Service and that BT does not examine the use to which customers put the Service or the nature of the information they are sending or receiving. BT excludes all liability of any kind in relation to such information and use.
The Customer must ensure that any equipment:
BT does not authorise or guarantee access to any of the Sites for the Customer to use the Service or guarantee that Service will continue to be available from a specific Site.
The charges for the Service are included within the charges under the Customer's BT Total Broadband contract. The Customer must pay the BT Total Broadband contract charges on time to be eligible to use the Voucher.
9.1 The Voucher shall automatically expire on the earliest of:
9.2 To continue access to the Service on expiry of the Voucher the Customer may purchase a BT Openzone account as set out on www.btopenzone.com.
10.1 The Customer is responsible at its own expense for having suitable computing equipment such as laptop or pocket personal computers with wireless capability and associated software and configurations for use with the Service.
10.2 The Customer is responsible for the security and proper use of all login names and passwords used in connection with the Service and must take all necessary steps to ensure that they are kept confidential, secure, used properly and not disclosed to unauthorised people.
10.3 The Customer must immediately inform BT if there is any reason to believe that a login name or password has or is likely to become known to someone not authorised to use it or is being or is likely to be used in a manner not authorised by BT.
10.4 The Customer must not change or attempt to change a login name.
10.5 BT reserves the right to suspend login names and password access to the Service if at any time BT considers that there is or is likely to be a breach of security.
10.6 BT reserves the right (at its sole discretion) to require the Customer to change any or all of the passwords used by the Customer in connection with the Service.
10.7 The Service does not prevent the Customer implementing additional security eg. firewalls on the Customer's equipment.
11.1 BT accepts unlimited liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence. Paragraphs 11.2, 11.3 and 11.4 do not apply to such liability.
11.2 BT has no liability for any loss that is not reasonably foreseeable, nor any loss of business, revenue, profits, or savings the Customer expected to make, waste expense, financial loss or data being lost or harmed.
11.3 BT's liability to the Customer in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise in relation to this Contract is limited to £100,000 for any one incident or series of related incidents and to £200,000 for all incidents in any period of 12 months.
11.4 BT is not liable to the Customer either in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for the acts or omissions of other providers of telecommunications or Internet services (including internet registration authorities) or for faults in or failures of their equipment.
11.5 Each provision of this Contract, excluding or limiting liability, operates separately. If any part is held by a court to be unreasonable or inapplicable, the other parts will continue to apply.
12.1 If either party is unable to perform any obligation under this Contract because of a matter beyond that party's reasonable control such as lightning, flood, exceptionally severe weather, fire, explosion, war, civil disorder, industrial disputes (whether or not involving that party's employees) or acts of local or central Government or other competent authorities, or events beyond the reasonable control of that party's suppliers, that party will have no liability to the other for that failure to perform.
12.2 In the event of:
BT may change the conditions of this Contract upon 28 days notice to the Customer published at www.btopenzone.com. If BT changes the conditions to the material detriment of the Customer, the Customer may terminate this Contract upon written notice to BT.
14.1 Either party may terminate this Contract or the Service on 30 days notice to the other.
14.2 BT may terminate this Contract immediately on notice if:
A person who is not party to this Contract has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Contract, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
This Contract is governed by the law of England and Wales and both parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.