| Terms & Conditions |
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| 1.Indirect Access Service (“IDA”) |
”Service” We
arrange with fixed line and mobile service providers (“Telecom
Operator”) to automatically divert you onto our system
upon dialling the access numbers provided by us. You will
then be able to make your calls which will billed by Veda
Telecom Ltd. Our website and call centre can explain if you
have any further queries
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| 2. What we are responsible for: |
Upon diversion of your call
to our system (a) processing your calls by connecting them
to your destination numbers (b) recording your call data (c)
billing (d) invoicing where applicable (e) making reasonable
efforts to terminate your call
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| 3. What we are not responsible for: |
(a) the working of your
phone or handset (b) the networks of other Telecom operators
(c) changes in laws affecting these services (d) Matters beyond
our reasonable control (e) connecting you to emergency services
– your Telecom operator will still do this for you.
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| 4. The limit of our responsibilities:
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We are responsible to you
without limit for deaths, personal injuries & any other
things for which we cannot limit our liability by law. Otherwise
we are only liable to you personally (not to third parties)
for the direct consequences of our failures to provide the
Services to you under the terms of this Agreement & subject
to a total limit on our liability to you which is capped at
the value of the higher of £30 or the amount on our
last invoice to you. A call made using the Services will be
carried over Telecom Operator’s network & those
of other telecommunications service providers as well as being
carried by our system. We cannot be held liable for any failure
of “Telecom Operator” or of any other service
providers who might be involved in carrying or attempting
to carry your call over their network.
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| 5. What you are responsible for: |
(a) complying with this
Agreement; (b) paying “Telecom Operator” for your
rental phone line; (c) paying for Services and calls made
using any Equipment.; (d) only connecting properly approved
Equipment to your “Telecom Operator” line; (e)
if you are using our dial up internet access service you must
identify, install,
use & keep updated appropriate virus protection, firewalls,
filters & access controls which are appropriate to your
needs; (f) compensating us for any fines, damages, costs,
claims or expenses that we incur as a result of you using
our Services in breach of the terms of this Agreement; (g)
use of any Equipment & your “Telecom Operator”
phone line by a third party.
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| 6. Your use of the Services: |
(I) You may make private
residential telephone, fax, email & internet calls using
the Services. (II) You may not use the Services for (a) business
purposes (b) any purpose not specified in 7(I) (c) internet
for schools (d) abusive, obscene, defamatory, criminal or
menacing purposes (e) in a manner that congests or causes
harm or damage to our system, the networks of other operators
or to any equipment connected either to the public telephone
network &/or to the
public internet.
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| 7. Charges: |
(a) Our prices are available
on our website & from our call centre. Please check our
prices regularly. (b) Our prices are affected by the charges
made to us by other telephone service operators & we may
be forced to change prices to you on short notice. We will
give as much notice as practicable of price increases
(but not reductions). (c) We calculate charges using data
from our system. (d) Except where otherwise stated in our
price lists, we publish charges as per minute rates.
We round invoice totals up to the nearest
whole pence. (e) We reserve the right to make minimum charges
or call set up charges which will be publicised on our website.
(f) We reserve the right to charge for administration costs
incurred in following up direct debit failures, defaults on
payment & bad debt & reserve the right to employ debt
collection agencies, to assign the right to collect your debt
or to factor your debt to a third party for collection. (g)
Late payments may attract interest at 5% above Bank of England
base rate which compounds each day that payment is overdue.
(h) We reserve the right to charge for providing fully itemised
invoices, duplicate invoices & call records (if available).
(i) We reserve the right to charge for providing fully itemised
invoices, duplicate invoices & call records (if available)
& will charge £1 per payment extra if you choose
not to make payments to us by direct debit or continuous credit
card mandate. (j) We may suspend the Services for non payment
of charges. However, on receipt of payment in full of all
charges properly due and owing, we will reinstate the Services.
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| 8. Credit limits: |
We may set a credit limit on your account in
our sole discretion & can stop you making calls if you exceed
the limit until a payment is made to us. |
| 9. Accepting the terms of this Agreement:
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if you start to use our Services then this will
be treated as acceptance of the terms of this Agreement. We
will provide a minimum of four weeks’ notice on our website
of any material changes to terms of this Agreement. You should
check our website regularly. If you continue to use our Services
after the effective date of the new terms then you will be regarded
as having accepted the revised terms.
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| 10. Suspending & / or stopping this
agreement & the service: |
(a) You: by giving us one week notice, how ever
efforts will be made to stop the service as soon as possible.
If you not already started using this service you may cancel
the agreement within 7 days of signing the form or registering
on the website. (b) Us: We can suspend / terminate the service
due to non payment of charges or any misuse within immediate
effect or if required by any regulatory authority. |
| 11. Data Protection: |
We & (our agents, subcontractors
& employees) will only use any data that you give to us
or that our system accumulates as a result of your use of
the Services to (a) work out how to improve our services;
(b) detect fraud, theft & losses; (c) communicate with
you about technical issues, changes, improvements, offers
& promotions relating to the Services; (d) offer you information
about additional services that we, our group companies &
other carefully selected companies may wish to offer to you.
We may disclose information to other companies in our “Group”
of companies (that is to say any company which is directly
or indirectly owned by Tele2AB of Sweden) for any of the purposes
set out above. A list of such companies is available on request.
If you would like us to change the way that we process your
information then please write to us c/o “The Data Protection
Officer” at our address.
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| 12. Credit Checking: |
We may carry out credit & fraud prevention
checks with
a licensed credit agency & with other Group companies in
relation to your
use of the Services. Both
the credit agency & us will keep a record of your payment
details &
application & this may be shared with other agencies to
help make credit &
insurance decisions about you & members of your household
& for debt collection & fraud prevention
purposes.
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| 13. Disputes: |
If you have any complaints or queries about our
Services then please, in the first instance call our customer
services team. If we cannot resolve the issue then you may also
refer the complaint to Ofcom Riverside House 2a Southwark Bridge
Road, London SE1 9HA Tel: (020) 7891 3000 www.ofcom.org.uk
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| 14. General Legal Principles: |
Subcontractors & associated
companies: We may use third parties including associated companies
to provide the Services although we will remain responsible
to you for the Services at all times. We may assign the benefit
of all or any part of our rights under this Agreement to any
Group company provided that we tell you about this promptly
afterwards in writing. Invalid clauses: If any sentence or
clause of this Agreement shall be or be held to be invalid
by a court or a relevant regulator then the other sentences
& clauses shall continue to be effective. Delayed exercise
or non enforcement of contractual rights: Failure by either
you or us to exercise or enforce any right given to us by
law or by this Agreement shall not be regarded as taking away
those rights from us & shall not prevent the exercise
or enforcement of those rights at a later date. If you fail
to comply with the terms of this Agreement on one occasion
& we choose not to respond to this failure then this decision
not to respond does not prevent us from responding if you
fail to comply with the terms of this Agreement on a second
occasion. Sending of formal notices & communications:
Any notice, invoice or other document which may be given by
either you or by us under this Agreement
shall be considered to have been given if delivered in person
or by post to us at the address shown overleaf or to you at
the address that you gave us when you first contacted us (you
are responsible for telling us if you move). Such notice shall
be considered received immediately if delivered by hand or
within 72 hours of posting if sent by post. Entire Agreement:
this page & the pricing pages of our website record between
them our entire legal relationship with you (collectively
the “Agreement”). All other documents that we
issue are for guidance only & are not legally binding.
Our customer service staff have no power to change our Agreement
terms. Governing Law: This Agreement shall in all respects
be governed by & understood in accordance with English
law & both you & we agree to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the English courts. Both you & we agree
that we can elect to take any dispute to a suitable arbitrator
or mediator as an alternative to going to court.
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