Terms Of Service

Updated 9th December 2022

Content Delivery Service Agreement – 5centscdn.net

This Agreement is entered into on the date the order is placed, (the “Effective Date”) by and between Customer listed below (“Customer Name”) and 5centsCDN.Customer and 5centsCDN are sometimes referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Parties.”

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING ON THE “ORDER NOW” BUTTON ON THE ORDER FORM REFERENCED HEREIN OR BY SIGNING OUR SERVICE ORDER or AGREEMENT or PAYING AN INVOICE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 5CENTSCDN’S PRIVACY POLICY & ACCEPTABLE USAGE POLICY. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES ALSO CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT

Customer desires to engage 5centsCDN for the purpose of, but not limited to, providing content delivery network and related services to Customer’s live video and audio content on the World Wide Web (the “Website”) and providing metered bandwidth to Customer over the Internet.

Supplemental Terms:

CDN Commitment & Interim Payment

Customer will commit for Bandwidth monthly usage and customer also agrees to add credits in advance to the account by making interim payments equivalent to the monthly commitment or agreed by the billing team which will added as a account credit and can be applied towards the overage invoices.

To carry out these tasks, the Parties agree to the following:

1. Definitions

1.1. Browser.

The term “Browser” refers to a program used to provide interactive, graphical access to sites on the World Wide Web.

1.2. Internet.

The term “Internet” refers to the global network of computers using the TCP/IP protocol for communication.

1.3. Web.

The term “Web” refers to the World Wide Web. The Web is a graphical interface used to access sites on the Internet.

1.4. Website.

The term “Website” refers to a series of interconnected Hypertext Markup Language documents capable of residing on a single CDN server or computer.

2. CDN Services.

5centsCDN will provide content delivery network and related services to the Customer (the “CDN”):

More details on networks click here!

2.1. Storage.

Disk space through 5centsCDN’s website as amended on CDN’s server for storage of the parts of the Website and any data files associated with the Website at various times. Additional disk space is available at a rate per GB each month as listed on 5centsCDN’s website as amended from time to time at 5centsCDN’s sole discretion.

2.2. Bandwidth.

Monthly/Yearly bandwidth (data transfer) as stated on 5centsCDN’s website as amended from time to time at 5centsCDN’s sole discretion. Bandwidth generally expires 1 months or yearly after purchases unless explicitly stated otherwise. Bandwidth are not carry forwarded or rolled over!

2.2.1 Midgress Bandwidth.

On Enterprise network enabled by Akamai charges 50% of the Midgress BW! Midgress BW is the Total object bytes transferred from one Edge server to another Edge server. This includes prefetched content and inter-media format fragments.

2.3. Availability of 5centsCDN.

5centsCDN’s Content Delivery Network will be available to Internet users approximately 24 hours a day, normal maintenance and unforeseen hardware or communications problems excepted. To minimize server downtime during peak usage periods, 5centsCDN will schedule routine maintenance during the hours of lowest on average usage of 5centsCDN’s network.

2.4. CDN SLA & Service Credits.

Only BW service credits will be credited to client account. 5centsCDN guarantees CDN performance of 99%. In the event that our network does not experience 99% performance or uptime in a given month, 5centsCDN will refund 5% of the customer’s monthly service fees for those servers affected, for each 60 minutes of CDN downtime experienced up to 100% of the monthly service fees.

5centsCDN is not liable for any down time due to origin server or network at the Customer side.

2.5. Recording Service SLA.

5centsCDN is not liable for any down time due to origin server or network at the Customer side.

2.6. Log Information.

Customer will have access to basic usage statistics via the Web. Raw logs can be made available upon request and at a cost.

MultiCDN Customers has limited access to raw logs as not all partners store raw logs or may require to add it as a ADD ON to activate the same.

2.7. Backups.

Customer is solely responsible for all backups. Basic & Standard storage packages Customer is solely responsible for all backups. 5centsCDN will take necessary steps to avoid complete data loss, by taking backup but not guaranteed.

Cloud storage redundancy is assured.

3. Compensation.

No refunds would be entertained by 5centsCDN. The price for all services provided by 5centsCDN to Customer will be in US Dollars as described on 5centsCDN’s website. 5centsCDN’s pricing may be amended from time to time at 5centsCDN’s sole discretion. 5centsCDN may provide limited technical support as part of Customer’s service package, and may charge customer additional fees for such services. Unless otherwise determined by 5centsCDN in its sole discretion, 5centsCDN will invoice customer for any and all 5centsCDN products and services on a monthly basis. All invoices are due and payable upon receipt. All sales are final and unless otherwise agreed to by 5centsCDN in writing.

4. Term and Cancellation.

4.1- The initial term of this Agreement shall be for 12 months in case of yearly commitment or on a Month to Month basis unless otherwise specified in writing and/or set forth in the Order Form (the “Initial Term”) at the time of ordering the service. The Initial Term shall begin upon receipt of payment from Customer. After the Initial Term, this Agreement shall always continue to automatically renew at the then current 5centsCDN pricing on the anniversary of Customer’s beginning term date.

4.2- This Agreement may be terminated (A) by giving 5centsCDN thirty (30) days prior written notice in case of yearly commitment or seven (7) days in case of Month to Month commitment, (B) by 5centsCDN in the event of nonpayment by Customer, (C) by 5centsCDN at any time, without notice, if, in 5centsCDN’s sole and absolute discretion and/or judgment, Customer is in violation of any term or condition of this Agreement and related agreements, 5centsCDN’s Usage Policy, or if Customer’s use of the Services disrupts or, in 5centsCDN’s sole and absolute discretion and/or judgment, could disrupt, 5centsCDN’s business operations. Unless the Customer raises a cancellation request, the system would be generating and sending automated invoices, which should also be met by the customer in case of dispute generated on a later date.

4.3- 5centsCDN reserves the right to cancel service(s) at any time. All fees paid in advance of cancellation will be pro-rated and refunded by 5centsCDN to customer if 5centsCDN initiates its right of cancellation and customer is NOT in violation of these Terms and Conditions. If cancellation is caused by customers and/or its client’s breach of the Terms and conditions, then customer agrees that no refund is due and any prepaid charges are considered liquidated damages to 5centsCDN. Customer understands that service(s) may be canceled at any time effective the end of the contract.

4.4- All account cancellations must be done via our electronic cancellation form or by opening up a cancellation ticket or by submitting a cancellation request from control panel. Notifications of cancellation must be made at least 7 days prior to successive rebill period. 5centsCDN reserves the right to deny, forfeit, or refuse to refund at any time if necessary. Third party cancellations are not accepted.

4.5- Early termination or cancellation of yearly contract, customer agrees to pay the remaining contract period amount in full at the time of cancellation.

4.6- In case of Refunds in special scenarios, the process would take 7 to 14 business days to complete the process and to credit the amount to the customer’s bank account or credit card, or PayPal account. This time taken to complete the process may vary based on the PAYMENT GATE provider used by 5centsCDN.

5. Customer Warranties.

Customer represents and warrants to 5centsCDN that:(a) Customer owns or has the right to use all material provided to 5centsCDN, including all text, graphics, sound, video, programming, scripts, and applets; and

(b) The use, reproduction, distribution, and transmission of the content, or any information or materials contained in it, on and from 5centsCDN’s server computer does not: (1) infringe or misappropriate any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or any other proprietary rights of a third party; (2) violate any criminal laws; (3) constitute false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, an invasion of privacy, violate a right of publicity, or violate any other law or regulation.

6. Limitations of Warranties and Liability.

Customer agrees that its use of Services and its reliance upon information provided by 5centsCDN are entirely at Customer’s own risk. Customer acknowledges and agrees that 5centsCDN exercises no control over, and accepts no responsibility for, the content of data, scripts, or other information passing through 5centsCDN’s host computers, network hubs and points of presence or the Internet. THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN AS IS, AS AVAILABLE BASIS. NEITHER 5centsCDN, ITS CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FOR THE SERVICES OR ANY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH. NEITHER 5centsCDN NOR ITS CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO ANY OF THEM MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES. 5centsCDN IS NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY, FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM CUSTOMER OR STORED BY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER’S CUSTOMERS VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY 5centsCDN. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY ANY 5centsCDN EMPLOYEE, CUSTOMER, OR AGENT WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY CUSTOMER OR ANY OF CUSTOMER’S CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. The parties hereby agree that the terms of this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

7. Limitation of Liability.

7.1- Customer agrees neither 5centsCDN nor any of its employees, Customers, or agents shall be held responsible or liable for situations where the Services are accessed by third parties through illegal or otherwise unauthorized means, including situations where such data is accessed through the exploitation of security gaps, weaknesses or flaws (whether known or unknown to 5centsCDN at the time) which may exist in the Services or 5centsCDN’s equipment used to provide the Services.

7.2- Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall 5centsCDN or any of its employees, Customers, or agents be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or loss of profits, revenue, data or use by Customer, any of its Customers, any Reseller Customer or any other third party, whether in an action in contract or tort or strict liability or other legal theory, even if 5centsCDN has been advised of the possibility of such damages. No 5centsCDN Person shall be liable to Customer, any of its Customers, any Reseller Customer or any other third party, for any loss or damages that result or are alleged to have resulted from the use of or inability to use the Services, or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, loss of data, errors, viruses, defects, delays in operations, or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not limited to acts of God, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to 5centsCDN’s records, programs, equipment or services.

7.3- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, 5centsCDN’s maximum liability under this Agreement for all damages, losses, costs and causes of actions from any and all claims regardless of the legal theory or the nature of the cause of action shall not exceed the actual dollar amount paid by Customer for the Services which gave rise to such damages, losses and causes of actions during the twelve (12) month period prior to the date the cause of action arose or the injury or loss occurred.

7.4- Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that if 5centsCDN takes any corrective action under this Agreement because of an action of Customer or one its Customers that corrective action may adversely affect other Customers of Customer or other Reseller Customers, and Customer agrees that 5centsCDN shall have no liability to Customer, any of its Customers or any Reseller Customer due to such corrective action by 5centsCDN.

7.5- This limitation of liability reflects an informed and voluntary allocation of risks between the parties and applies to risks both known and unknown that may exist in connection with this Agreement. The terms of this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

8. Prohibited Uses and Activities.

5centsCDN may immediately take corrective action, including removal of all or a portion of the Customer’s content, disconnection or discontinuance of any Services if Customer, or anyone accessing Customer’s account or server space, engages in any of the prohibited Uses or Activities set forth in Section 16 of this agreement. Customer hereby agrees that 5centsCDN shall have no liability to Customer or any of Customer’s Customers due to any corrective action that 5centsCDN may take (including, without limitation, disconnection of Services).

A. Violations of Intellectual Property Rights.

Customer agrees that it shall not violate any intellectual property rights and that it shall not resell services to any party which violates intellectual property rights. Any violation of any individual or entity’s intellectual property rights including, rights of privacy and rights of publicity are prohibited. 5centsCDN is required by law to remove or block access to content appearing on or through the Services upon receipt of proper notice of copyright infringement (see “Copyright Infringement Notice Information” below).

B. Spamming.

Customer agrees not to send spam or resell its services to anyone who sends spam. The term “spam” includes, but is not limited to, the sending of unsolicited bulk and/or commercial e-mail messages over the Internet or maintaining an open SMTP policy. In the event of of a dispute 5centsCDN reserves the right to determine, in its sole and discretion, whether e-mail recipients were from an opt-in email list.

C. Misrepresentation of Transmission Information.

Customer agrees not to forge, misrepresent, omit, or delete message headers, return mailing information and/or Internet protocol addresses to conceal or misidentify the origin of any message or to resell services to anyone who engages in said conduct.

D. Viruses and Other Destructive Activities.

Use of the Services for creating or sending malicious, destructive or nuisance code, examples of which include but are not limited to, viruses, worms and Trojan horses, or for pinging, flooding or mail-bombing, or engaging in denial of service attacks is prohibited and is a breach of this agreement. Customer also agrees not to engage in any other activity that is intended to disrupt or interfere with, or that results in the disruption of or interference with, the ability of others to effectively use the Services (or any connected network, system, service or equipment).

E. Malicious or Unauthorized Hacking.

Customer agrees not conduct or promote any “Hacking” activity, and agree that “Hacking” as herein defined includes but is not limited to, the following activities: illegally or without authorization, accessing computers, accounts or networks, penetrating or attempting to penetrate security measures, port scans, stealth scans, and other activities designed to assist in malicious or unauthorized hacking or cracking. Any such activity on the part of Customer is a material breach of this Agreement.

F. Export Control Violations.

The exportation of encryption software outside of the Canada and/or violations of Canada law relating to the exportation of software is prohibited.

G. Child Pornography.

The use of the Services to store, post, display, transmit, advertise or otherwise make available child pornography is prohibited. 5centsCDN will, as required by law, notify law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the presence of child pornography on, or being transmitted through the Services.

H. Other Illegal Activities.

The use of the Services to engage in any activities that are determined by 5centsCDN, in its sole and absolute discretion, to be illegal or which in 5centsCDN’s opinion are likely to be found to be illegal is prohibited. Such illegal or potentially illegal activities include, but are not limited to, storing, posting, displaying, transmitting or otherwise making available ponzi or pyramid schemes, password and cracking information, fraudulently charging credit cards or displaying credit card information or other private information of third parties without their consent, and failure to comply with applicable online privacy laws. 5centsCDN will cooperate fully with appropriate law enforcement agencies in connection with any and all illegal activities occurring on or through the Services.

I. Obscene, Defamatory, Abusive or Threatening Language.

Use of the Services to store, post, transmit, display or otherwise make available obscene, defamatory, harassing, abusive or threatening language is prohibited.

J. Other Prohibited Activities.

Engaging in any activity that, in 5centsCDN’s sole and absolute discretion, disrupts, interferes with or is harmful to (or threatens to disrupt, interfere with, or be harmful to) the Services, 5centsCDN’s business, operations, reputation, goodwill, Customers and/or Customer relations, or the ability of 5centsCDN’s Customers to effectively use the Services is prohibited. Such prohibited activities include making available any program, product or service that is designed to or could be used to violate this Agreement. In addition, the failure by a Customer to cooperate with 5centsCDN in correcting or preventing violations of this Agreement by, or that result from the activity of, a Customer of the Subscriber is a violation of this Agreement.

9. Copyright Notice Infringement Information.

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 5centsCDN has adopted a policy that provides for termination of live streaming account hosted by 5centsCDN that are found to infringe on copyrights of third parties. Customer expressly acknowledges that they are aware of this provision and Customer waives any claims it may have should it be injured by the enforcement of this provision. If a copyright holder believes that there has been a violation of their copyright on a website that is hosted by 5centsCDN and the copyright holder demands that 5centsCDN remove the website or disable the material in question, 5centsCDN will remove the website or disable the material if the copyright holder provides 5centsCDN with all of the following information:

A signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the Customer of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

1. Identification of the copyrighted work that is claimed to have been or being infringed, or, in the case of claimed infringement of multiple copyrighted works, a representative list of such works.

2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or is the subject of infringing activity and that should be removed or access to which should be disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the person giving the notification, such as an address and telephone, and, if available, an email address at which such person may be contacted.

3. A statement that the person giving the notification has a good faith belief that use of the material in question is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

4. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the person giving the notification is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

10. Right to Monitor and Remove Unacceptable Content.

5centsCDN has the right, but not the duty, to review and monitor all content submitted for or included on the CDN, and in its sole discretion to remove any content that 5centsCDN finds objectionable for any reason, without prior notice to Customer.

11. Assignment.

This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party or by operation of law to any other person, firm, or entity without the express written approval of the other Party.

12. Modifications.

This Agreement may be amended at any time and from time to time at 5centsCDN’s sole and absolute discretion by posting changes to the 5centsCDN website and Customer hereby agrees to review the 5centsCDN website for changes that shall become part of this Agreement.

13. Force Majeure.

5centsCDN will be excused from delays in performing or from failing to perform its obligations under this Agreement to the extent the delays or failures result from causes beyond the reasonable control of the Party. However, to be excused from delay or failure to perform, the Party must act diligently to remedy the cause of the delay or failure.

14. Undefined Terms.

Terms that are not specifically defined in this Agreement are used as set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code 2-201.

15. Joint Drafting And Neutral Construction.

This Agreement is a negotiated document and shall be deemed to have been drafted jointly by the Parties, and no rule of construction or interpretation shall apply against any particular Party based on a contention that the Agreement was drafted by one of the Parties including, but not limited to Civil Code, the provisions of which are hereby waived. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a neutral manner.

16. Validity Of Agreement.

If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the rest of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected or invalidated.

17. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement, including all Exhibits, Appendices, and Attachments, contains the entire agreement of the Parties relating to the rights granted and obligations assumed in this Agreement. Any oral representations or modifications concerning this instrument shall be of no force or effect unless contained in a subsequent written modification signed by the Party to be charged.

18. Venue And Applicable Law.

This Agreement shall be governed, construed, and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the province of Alberta(without respect to principles of conflicts of law), and the Parties submit to jurisdiction of and venue in the Edmonton, Alberta in any legal proceeding necessary to interpret or enforce this Agreement or any part of this Agreement.

19. Billing Terms.

Customer agrees to pay any overage invoices generated at the each billing cycle which is monthly. Both Bandwidth overage and Storage overage is charged as per the packages or agreed BW or storage per GB pricing opted. Customers also agrees to add credits in advance to the account by making interim payments equivalent to the monthly commitment or as agreed by the billing which will added as a account credit and can be applied towards the overage invoices.

Users can enjoy up to 120% or more of BW for uninterrupted streaming. Please note that the exact information about the amount of extra bandwidth might not be available in real-time. The user will pay accordingly by the end of each month. 5centsCDN is not responsible for any illegal re-streaming or hotlinking of streams or CDN assets.

5centsCDN is not responsible for any illegal re-streaming or hot linking of streams or CDN assets. Customer agrees to deliver content with or without security and responsible for all overage bandwidth usage. Customer also agrees to pay overage invoices generated, 5centsCDN will investigate if dispute is generate but in order investigate the customer account has to be in good standing and all invoices has to be paid in full. Any credits or adjustments will be added as a account credit which can be used towards paying any future invoices.

19.1 Suspension Terms.

Payments has to be credited on or before 3rd of every month, our system will automatically suspend account on 4th of every month @ 11 am MST.

19.2 Late Payment Charges.

5centsCDN applies late payment on a case to case basis but services will be suspended upon non payment. There will be reactivation cost as well which will be communicated to the client at the time reactivation if any.19.99% after 7 days past the due date.

19.3 Transaction Fees.

5centsCDN will cover one transaction fee per invoice for all invoices above $500. For example transaction fee for wire transfer for an invoice amount of $800 is $25 which is covered by 5centsCDN and if the client transfers two wire transfers instead of one in this case first transaction fee of $ 25 is covered by 5centsCDN and the second transaction fee will added to the next invoice as misc charges.

19.4 Credit Period.

The term “Credit Period” refers to the time period 5centsCDN Inc. extends credit to the customer, a time frame of 15 Days(Any may vary on a client to client basis) in total. At the end of the credit period, the customer of the business is expected to have met all financial obligations in exchange for the products or services which were obtained on credit.

Up to 15 days there will not be any service charges. After the end of the term of 15 days, a service charge of 20% of the total invoiced amount will be levied against each effective invoice in addition to the respective invoices for availing more than 15 days credit period.

19.5 Pre Auth.

Customers paying with credit cards agrees to complete a pre auth form to the amount equivalent to the monthly commitment, this is done on a case to case scenario.

19.6 Auto Capture.

Auto capture of customers credit card on file is processed 5 days before due.

19.7 Data Erased if Service NOT renewed.

If the service is not renewed within 10 days, all DATA will be PERMANENTLY ERASED. All cloud storage data will be also permanently wiped to ensure the confidentiality of your data and consequently, it will not be possible to recover any data.

19.8 Fair Usage Policy.

On a case by case basis for new clients or new account migration we may offer free bandwidth. If the customer is misusing or the usage goes beyond a limit that is not acceptable 5centsCDN as the right limit the BW or place the account on hold or charge overage at the rate of 5 cents per GB.

20. Attorney Fees And Costs.

In any action brought under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its actual costs and attorney’s fees pursuant to Alberta and all other litigation costs, including expert witness fees, and all actual attorney’s fees and litigation costs incurred in connection with the enforcement of a judgment arising from that action or proceeding. The provisions of the preceding sentence shall be severable from the provisions of this Agreement and shall survive the entry of any such judgment. The Parties submit to jurisdiction and venue in the province of Alberta in any legal proceeding arising regarding this Agreement. Client agree pay any collection fee or commission if the invoice is transferred to collections.

21. Advance Support Services

We will provide advance support services once the client pays for the same which includes:

The payment will be recurring every month where the client needs to pay the amount upfront to avail the same.

Free Trial TOS

Updated 9th December 2022

Terms Of Service

The Trial is available for 15 days.
The maximum available BW is 100GB. The client will have to either upgrade or pay if this limit is exceeded. You would be paying overages charged at $0.05/GB
Live concurrent viewers are restricted to 10 viewers.
Stream names allocated are 5. You may request more stream names here.
Live transcoding is limited to 15 minutes per session with a 5centsCDN watermark.
Multistreaming is limited to 15 minutes per session with a 5centsCDN watermark.
Video file transcoding is limited to 5 minutes per file with a 5centsCDN watermark.
A maximum of 3 free trials can be ordered within a period of 6 months.
Fair usage policy applies.
Trial usage limits can be removed based on customer testing use cases. Contact sales via live chat or email.
After the Trial is expired, all Data will be permanently erased. All cloud storage data will also be wiped to ensure the confidentiality of your data. It will not be possible to recover any data.
Once the Trial account is terminated, no data can be restored. Hence, do not use a Trial account for production purposes.
Paypal payment is not accepted for activating trial accont.

PAY AS YOU GO TOS

Updated 07 July 2021

1. Account Activation Fee of $5 USD minimum is required to activate the account. This setup fee is credited back to your account, which may be used later to pay off any invoice under your account.

Pay as you go package is auto recharged in case your credit card/billing information is saved on the site.

2. Lifetime free account after signup with per GB pricing as follows:

For more info click here.

3. Credit notification

The first alert will be sent when your credit balance reaches $0. However, we don’t disable CDN delivery or zones until you have a negative credit balance of 40% from your last ADD funds invoice payment.

5centsCDN sends out 2 more notifications after the first alert.

The first notification email is sent out once your account credit balance reaches a negative 20% from your last ADD funds invoice payment.

7 days after the first alert and with the negative credit balance of 40% from your last ADD funds invoice payment, a second email is pushed that notifies you about your account being set to inactive.

4. Minimum top-up of $5 to $5000, and it varies based on network plan as stated below. Credits never expire unless credit is added within 365 days. If new credits are added within 365 days, the unused credits will be carried forward.

Credit Expiry Notification

For more info click here.

5. Live streaming module ( i.e. Push (RTMP ingest), Pull, MBR, DVR, Scheduled Playlist, Simulcast, and Livestream Transcoding) is NOT available on PAYG plan

6. To upgrade to premium network contact sales, you will need an active and good stand account to upgrade.

7. For zones more than 10, $10 per zone would be charged in all the PAYG plans. Total of 100 zones can be purchased within each plan. For additional Zones, please contact sales.

8. Per GB BW is as follows:

9. The DISK overage of $0.05 per GB is applicable to the PAYG plan.

10. The File Transcoding & Recording Minute’s overage of $0.01 /minute is applicable to the PAYG plan.

11. Overages are calculated at the end of every month.

12. File Transcoding and Cloud Storage usage reset each month.

13. Billing is prepayment via ADD funds and there are no refunds.

14. Data Erased if Service is not renewed. If the service is not renewed within 7 days from suspension, all Data will be permanently erased. All cloud storage data will also be permanently wiped to ensure the confidentiality of your data and it will not be possible to recover any data.

PAYG Working Logic

Reports are run on the client’s account every 60 minutes. Client usage is added to the system as a billable item if the usage is above 1 GB.
The billable amount is compared with the client’s credit balance every hour.
If the sum of billable items is greater than $15 or the available credit balance, an invoice is generated and paid using the same.
Client account with due payments is monitored every hour. Pay As You Go services are set to be inactive after a negative credit balance of 40% from your last ADD funds invoice payment or after 7 days from credit balance reaches $0, whichever comes first.
Upon paying all due invoices, all Pay As You Go services for the client are automatically reactivated.

Note 1: If the client has more than one Pay As You Go service, all services are inactivated. Clients cannot make partial payments in order to re-activate individual services. If a client desires to do so, they can contact customer support where individual services can be manually re-activated.
Note 2: Regular TOS applies along with this TOS.
Note 3: Delivery via Volume & Premium Network PoPs. Contact the sales department to upgrade to the premium network!

PAYG HLS LIVE / VOD BW limitation with minimum credit

Bandwidth is limited to 512 Kbps per connection for HTTP Pull Zones (with HLS|Dash Optimization) or for VoD Pull Zones in PAYG Plan. To remove the limitation, maintain a minimum credit balance as follows:

PayG Standard Plan $100
PayG Volume Plan $200
PayG Premium Plan $300
PayG Enterprise Plan $400

Otherwise the Bandwidth Limit will be applied by default to the HTTP Pull & VoD Pull zones of PayG subscribers.

PAYG Pull/Push limit for Volume, Standard and Premium packages:

Unlimited usage but it starts at 10 zones. However, in case the clients want an upgrade, they should contact the help center.
However, for the Enterprise package, each additional zone costs 1 USD per month.

MONTHLY PLAN

Updated 31st January 2022

Terms Of Service

The plan is prepaid monthly. What’s included? https://cp.5centscdn.com/cart.php?gid=1
The account of the existing client should be in good standing for the upgrade to a monthly plan with the overage invoices duly settled on or before the due date if any.
The account will be automatically suspended by the system if there are any outstanding invoices.
SLA will NOT be applicable due to volume network pricing, ONLY best effort.
The BW overage of $15 per TB is applicable to the monthly plan.
The DISK overage of $50 per TB is applicable to the monthly plan.
The File Transcoding & Recording Minute’s overage of $0.005 /minute is applicable to the monthly plan.
Overages are calculated at end of every month.
BW, DISK, File Transcoding & Recording usage emails are sent out at 70% and 95%.
Upon 100% BW usage, the services will be disabled unless ADDON BW is purchased.
ADDON BW purchased will expire at the end of the billing cycle of the parent product.
BW, File Transcoding, Recording Minutes and Cloud Storage usage reset each month.
DVR or Live recording data is retained as per the client setting under the specific stream name.
Billing is prepayment and there are NO refunds
Data Erased if Service NOT renewed. If the service is not renewed within 7 days from suspension, all DATA will be PERMANENTLY ERASED. All cloud storage data will be also permanently wiped to ensure the confidentiality of your data and consequently, it will not be possible to recover any data.

Note 1: Delivery via Volume & Premium Network PoPs, contact sales to upgrade to premium network!
Note 2: Late payment fee of 19.99% of the total invoice amount will be added after 7 days past the due date. EG: If the total invoice amount is 100 USD and the due date is 1st of the month, a late payment fee of 19.99 USD will be added on the 8th and hence, the total invoice after late payment fee will be 119.99 USD.
Note 3: Regular TOS applies along with this.
Note 4: Customers using our custom servers will have to make their Monthly payments for their plans, products & services they are using before the End Of Every Month.
Note 5: Account On Hold Provision:
-In order to put your account on hold, you must notify us at least 7 days in advance.
- We will apply a charge of $ 1 per month for accounts that are put on hold in order to save your configurations.
- If your account is on hold along with any active storage, additional charges may be applicable based on the amount of storage used.
- The charges per Gigabyte (GB) of storage will be communicated to you prior to the hold being placed on your account. ( $1 + per GB of storage)
- It is important to note that all active services linked to the account will be suspended when it is put on hold.

Yearly PLAN

Updated 07 July 2021

Yearly Plan TOS

The plans are prepaid yearly with the following bandwidth package https://cp.5centscdn.com/cart.php?gid=26
The account of the client should be in good standing for the upgrade to an yearly plan with the overage invoices duly settled on or before the due date if any
The account will be automatically suspended by the system if there are any outstanding invoices.
SLA will NOT be applicable due to volume network pricing, ONLY best effort.
The BW overage of $30 per TB is applicable to the yearly plan.
The DISK overage of $50 per TB is applicable to the yearly plan.
The File Transcoding & Recording Minute’s overage of $0.005/minute is applicable to the yearly plan.
DISK & File Transcoding & Recording Minute’s Overages are calculated at end of every month.
BW, DISK, File Transcoding & Recording usage emails are sent out at 70% and 95%.
Upon 100% BW usage, the services will be disabled unless ADDON BW is purchased.
ADDON BW purchased will expire at the end of the billing cycle of the parent product.
File Transcoding, Recording Minutes and Cloud Storage usage reset each month.
Yearly plan BW usage reset at the end of the billing cycle of the product.
DVR or Live recording data is retained as per the client setting under the specific stream name.
Billing is prepayment and there are NO refunds.
Data Erased if Service NOT renewed. If the service is not renewed within 7 days from suspension, all DATA will be PERMANENTLY ERASED. All cloud storage data will be also permanently wiped to ensure the confidentiality of your data and consequently, it will not be possible to recover any data.

Note 1: Delivery via Volume & Premium Network PoPs, contact sales to upgrade to premium network!
Note 2: Late payment fee of 19.99% of the total invoice amount will be added after 7 days past the due date. EG: If the total invoice amount is 100 USD and the due date is 1st of the month, a late payment fee of 19.99 USD will be added on the 8th and hence, the total invoice after late payment fee will be 119.99 USD.
Note 3: Regular TOS applies along with this.

INFRINGEMENT DMCA

Updated 9th December 2022

Infringement/DMCA

Illegal content is not allowed on our network. Accounts will be deactivated without any notice if we discover this type of content in your account files.
If any copyright issue arises, we will contact you. If you do not respond within 24 hours, the account will be deactivated.
We monitor your content in order to improve end users experience as well as to prevent illegal content from propagating on our network.
Illegal content is not allowed on our network. Accounts will be deactivated without any notice if we discover this type of content in your account files.
If any copyright issue arises, we will contact you. If you do not respond within 24 hours, the account will be deactivated.
We monitor your content in order to improve end users experience as well as to prevent illegal content from propagating on our network.
We respect and value your content, therefore we will make sure your content is not streamed on our network without your permission.

To Content Owners

Please send your claims to legal@5centscdn.com with all supporting documents.

A physical or electronic signature of the person that owns the copyright or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
Identification of the work or works that you are claiming infringement upon and a list of all the works.
The location and identification of the material that you want removed.
The address, telephone number, and email address where you can be contacted.
A statement that says you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the way it is being used has not been authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement that the information in your notice is correct and that you are either the owner of the copyright or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

PRIVACY

Updated 9th December 2022

Privacy

We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

What Do We Use Your Information For?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
To process transactions (your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested)
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
To send periodic emails

The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to?keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be kept on file for more than 60 days.

Do We Use Cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart and understand and save your preferences for future visits.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone or by contacting customer service.

Do We Disclose Any Information To Outside Parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Data Deletion Policy

Please note that 5centsCDN will not be responsible for the consequences of the following actions, and 5centsCDN can not be held accountable for the same:

– Deletion of any data by the user or upon requesting 5centsCDN to perform the deletion that may result in the loss of valuable data.
– Any data loss caused during the movement or transfer of files.
– Data loss resulting from a crashed server or any other unforeseen circumstances.

If the user is looking to delete particular data or requests 5centsCDN for the deletion, they will receive a consent form through email. This will be written proof of the user’s consent for future records.

Third Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Terms And Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at the following links:

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on March 1st, 2017.

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Updated 9th December 2022

Acceptable Use Policy

This AUP applies to your access to the 5centsCDN network and use of its Services. By using or accessing 5centsCDN website or Services you agree to be bound by this AUP.

Do not use 5centsCDN in any jurisdiction for unlawful, obscene, offensive or fraudulent content or activity, such as advocating or causing harm, interfering with or violating the integrity or security of a network or system, evading filters, sending unsolicited, abusive or deceptive messages, viruses or harmful code, or violating third party rights. If there is a complaint or notice of violation, use may be suspended until resolved, and terminated if not resolved promptly.

Do Not Use 5centsCDN Services To:

Send spam or spam message boards, blog comments, etc.
Attempt non-authorized access to computers or networks or relays through any third party systems
Overburden a recipient or computer system
Distribute harmful or destructive programs or content
Violate intellectual property, privacy, publicity or any other rights or laws
Engage in any other abusive or illegal activities, which shall be determined by 5centsCDN

We strive to both protect our users and uphold the law. Should it ever become necessary to respond to a legal request, we will do so if it is a legally binding request from a governmental authority. These may be sent to legal@5centsCDN.com

5centsCDN may make changes or updates to the policies at any time without notice. The updated AUP will be deemed effective immediately upon posting of the modified policy at www.5centsCDN.com.

SLA

Updated 9th December 2022

SLA for CDN

Effective Date: This Service Level Agreement was last updated on March 1, 2017

This (“5centsCDN”) (“SLA”) provides 5centsCDN Customers (“Customer”) with certain rights and remedies regarding 5centsCDN’s services and content delivery network performance. This SLA applies only to 5centsCDN Customers and applies only to the services that are directly provided by 5centsCDN. 5centsCDN provides a 99% performance based SLA that guarantee on Customer content that is stored and delivered on the 5centsCDN content delivery network, or is stored on Customer equipment and delivered on the 5centsCDN network. Subject to the terms and conditions of this SLA, 5centsCDN will provide service credits for any failures to meet its stated uptime guarantee.

Definitions

“Content” means objects which are delivered from an 5centsCDN cache server.
“Cache Server” means 5centsCDN owned and operated servers for delivering Customer Content which are located on the 5centsCDN global content delivery network at 5centsCDN Points of Presence (POPs) or MultiCDN partners.
“Origin Server” means either 5centsCDN’s or Customer’s Internet web server where Customer Content is stored for retrieval by the Cache Servers.
“Service Outage” means an instance in which a service covered by the 99% performance based SLA guarantee is completely unavailable for more than 60 consecutive minutes.
“MultiCDN Partners” means 5centsCDN partner CDN networks.
“Base Fee” consists solely of the base monthly fee paid by Customer for the 5centsCDN service and excludes all other fees that might be paid by Customer, including, by way of example and not limitation, setup fees, charges for additional services, incremental bandwidth usage, professional services, and any other type of optional additional services.

Data Deletion Policy

99% performance based SLA

5centsCDN provides 99% performance based SLA which guarantee Customers, covering the following items:

“Service Outage” means an instance in which a service covered by the 99% performance based SLA guarantee is completely unavailable for more than 60 consecutive minutes.
“MultiCDN Partners” means 5centsCDN partner CDN networks.
“Base Fee” consists solely of the base monthly fee paid by Customer for the 5centsCDN service and excludes all other fees that might be paid by Customer, including, by way of example and not limitation, setup fees, charges for additional services, incremental bandwidth usage, professional services, and any other type of optional additional services.

Measurement

5centsCDN periodically (every (1) minute or more often) measure availability of 5centsCDN POPs using pingdom.com. 5centsCDN reserves the right to periodically change the measurement points and methodologies it uses without notice to Customer.

Guarantee of Stream Quality

5centsCDN stream quality is measured using computerised monitoring of streams that originate from the 5centsCDN service. 5centsCDN makes best efforts to maintain a consistent stream quality and 5centsCDN will issue service level credits to a Customer should the stream quality grade fall below a mutually agreed level of acceptable quality if any other than the measurement done using pingdom.com on a monthly basis. Subject to the terms, conditions, and exceptions of this SLA, should the measured Customer stream delivered by the 5centsCDN service fall below the agreed acceptable level for the period of one calendar month, 5centsCDN will issue as per table below:

97 - 99% 5%
95 - 97% 10%
90 - 95% 15%
Lower 50%

Exceptions

Customer shall not receive any credits under this 5centsCDN SLA in connection with any 5centsCDN Service Outage caused by or associated with:

Circumstances beyond 5centsCDN’s reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of any governmental body, war, insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay in transportation, unavailability of or interruption or delay in telecommunications or third party services, failure of third party software or inability to obtain raw materials, supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for provision of the 5centsCDN SLA.
DNS issues outside the direct control of 5centsCDN.
Scheduled maintenance and emergency maintenance and upgrades.
Failure or unavailability of hardware that is provided or controlled by customer, including, but not limited to, the Customer Origin server(s).
Failure or unavailability of software applications or code that are provided to 5centsCDN by Customer, or the interactions of these items.
Customer’s acts or omissions (or act or omissions of others engaged or authorized by Customer), including without limitation, any negligence, willful misconduct, or use of the 5centsCDN services in breach of the 5centsCDN Master Agreement or TOS or 5centsCDN’s Acceptable Use Policy.
False SLA breaches reported as a result of outages or errors of any 5centsCDN measurement system.
Stream buffering occurring due to or associated with conditions outside of 5centsCDN network or immediate control.
Failure of a service that is not covered or guaranteed by the 5centsCDN SLA, including, but not limited to, the 5centsCDN control center and the 5centsCDN reporting system.
SLA credits will only be issued to Customers who have paid in full for services covering the time period within which the credit has been requested.

Credit Request and Payment Procedures

In order to receive a credit under this SLA, Customer must make a request by submitting the request through 5centsCDN ticketing system. All requests must include the Customer contact name, email address, phone number, company name, the date(s) of the Service Outage, and a description of the reason for the credit request. Each request in connection with a breach of this SLA in a particular calendar month must be received by 5centsCDN within thirty (30) days after the Service Outage in question has occurred, and the Service Outage must be able to be confirmed by 5centsCDN measurement tools. Credit requests that are related to an SLA breach of 5centsCDN Guarantee of Stream Quality must be submitted within seven (7) days after the end of the calendar month when the stream quality is in question. Each valid credit will be applied to an invoice of Customer within two billing cycles after 5centsCDN initial receipt of Customer’s request. Credits are exclusive of any taxes charged to Customer or collected by 5centsCDN.

Miscellaneous

Notwithstanding anything in this SLA to the contrary, the total amount credited to a Customer in connection with any calendar month will not exceed the Base Fee paid by the Customer for such month. All credits are calculated on the basis of a thirty (30) day month. To be eligible for a credit, Customer must follow 5centsCDN published instructions for use of the Service. Improper use of 5centsCDN Service will result in ineligibility for a Service credit. Service credits shall not be available for Customers that are in breach of the 5centsCDN Master Service Agreement, including, but not limited to, breach for non-payment. Notwithstanding any provision otherwise in this SLA or the Master Service Agreement, this SLA sets for Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for Service Outage or other service related issue for a Service provided to Customer by 5centsCDN.

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Terms Of Service

Content Delivery Service Agreement – 5centscdn.net

Supplemental Terms:

CDN Commitment & Interim Payment

1. Definitions

1.1. Browser.

1.2. Internet.

1.3. Web.

1.4. Website.

2. CDN Services.

2.1. Storage.

2.2. Bandwidth.

2.2.1 Midgress Bandwidth.

2.3. Availability of 5centsCDN.

2.4. CDN SLA & Service Credits.

2.5. Recording Service SLA.

2.6. Log Information.

2.7. Backups.

3. Compensation.

4. Term and Cancellation.

5. Customer Warranties.

6. Limitations of Warranties and Liability.

7. Limitation of Liability.

8. Prohibited Uses and Activities.

A. Violations of Intellectual Property Rights.

B. Spamming.

C. Misrepresentation of Transmission Information.

D. Viruses and Other Destructive Activities.

E. Malicious or Unauthorized Hacking.

F. Export Control Violations.

G. Child Pornography.

H. Other Illegal Activities.

I. Obscene, Defamatory, Abusive or Threatening Language.

J. Other Prohibited Activities.

9. Copyright Notice Infringement Information.

10. Right to Monitor and Remove Unacceptable Content.

11. Assignment.

12. Modifications.

13. Force Majeure.

14. Undefined Terms.

15. Joint Drafting And Neutral Construction.

16. Validity Of Agreement.

17. Entire Agreement.

18. Venue And Applicable Law.

19. Billing Terms.

19.1 Suspension Terms.

19.2 Late Payment Charges.

19.3 Transaction Fees.

19.4 Credit Period.

19.5 Pre Auth.

19.6 Auto Capture.

19.7 Data Erased if Service NOT renewed.

19.8 Fair Usage Policy.

20. Attorney Fees And Costs.

21. Advance Support Services

Free Trial TOS

Terms Of Service

PAY AS YOU GO TOS

Credit Expiry Notification

PAYG Working Logic

PAYG HLS LIVE / VOD BW limitation with minimum credit

PAYG Pull/Push limit for Volume, Standard and Premium packages:

MONTHLY PLAN

Terms Of Service

Yearly PLAN

Yearly Plan TOS

INFRINGEMENT DMCA

Infringement/DMCA

To Content Owners

Please send your claims to legal@5centscdn.com with all supporting documents.

PRIVACY

Privacy

What Do We Use Your Information For?

How Do We Protect Your Information?