Terms and
Conditions
By clicking the box next to the text "I have
read and agree to the Terms and Conditions" and pressing the
"Register" button You (as defined below) are deemed to have accepted
the following terms and conditions (together the "Conditions") which
set out the terms under which Flexible VoIP Limited ("We",
"Us" or "Our") will provide the Services (as defined below)
to You:
- Terms and Conditions
- Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy")
You acknowledge that We may amend the Conditions at
any time without Your prior consent by posting the amended Conditions on this
web page and any new, different or additional features changing the Services
will automatically be subject to these Conditions. Your continued use of the
Services after any such changes to the Conditions shall constitute Your
acceptance of those changes.
- DEFINITIONS
- The definitions and rules of interpretation in this condition
apply in the Conditions:
- "Account Details" means the details that You give to Us when You create an account
with Us.
- "Call Route" means the audio and/or functions that occur when a Phone Number
is dialled.
- "Chargeback" means a situation where We have initially received payment from
You, but that payment has been subsequently rejected by You or Your
credit or debit card issuer and the payment sums are returned to You.
- "Communications Regulator" means a government regulator responsible for Phone Numbers
and/or VoIP service provision.
- "Consumer" You
are a consumer if You are an individual not registering, using or
planning to use the VoIP Service or Phone Numbers as part of a business
trade or profession.
- "Contract"
means the contract between You and Us formed by Your acceptance of the
Conditions by ticking into the box next to the text "I confirm that
I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions" and pressing the
"Continue" button during the process by which You create an
account with Us.
- "Customer Portal" means the Customer Portal provided by Us in the "Customer
Portal" area at our Website that allows You to manage the Services
and/or Phone Numbers.
- "Dispute Resolution Policy" means any relevant dispute resolution policy including, but
without limitation, Ofcom.
- "Fair Usage" means that we expect Our Services to be used by a reasonable
human person and not automated by a computer system in any way.
- "Fair Usage Allowance" means the limit by which we determine what is fair usage of Our
Services
- "Fees"
means Our fees as set out at our Website.
- "Geographic Phone Numbers" means any phone number that is not a Premium Phone Number and
available for sale at our Website under the heading of Geographic Phone
Number for a Fee or for inclusion in your monthly plan with Us.
- "Intellectual Property Rights" means all patents, copyright and related rights, trademarks,
service marks, moral rights, rights in confidential information and any
other intellectual property rights in each case whether registered or
unregistered and including all applications for and renewals or
extensions of such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms
of protection in any part of the world.
- "Non-Geographic Phone Numbers" means any phone number that is not a Premium Phone Number and
available for sale at our Website under the heading of Non-Geographic
Phone Number for a Fee or for inclusion in your monthly plan with Us.
- "Phone Numbers" means Geographic Phone Numbers, Non-Geographic Phone Numbers and
Premium Phone Numbers provisioned and accessible on the public telephone
network.
- "Premium Phone Numbers" means any phone number selected and purchased from Our phone
number search and itemized on Our sales invoices as “Premium Number”
- "Renewal"
means the renewal of the Geographic Phone Numbers, Non-Geographic Phone
Numbers and Premium Phone Numbers in Your name with the Registry for the
period specified in the "Renewal Preferences" section of Your Customer
Portal or otherwise at our Website.
- "Renewal Fee" means Our fees as set out in the renewal price list which can be
found at our Website.
- "Sales Tax" means a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for
goods and services.
- "Services" means the services set out in clause 2 as amended from time to
time.
- "You" or "Your"
means the person who is entering into this Contract with Us.
- "VoIP User" means a single data connection to Our VoIP Service to allow a
call to be made or received.
- "VoIP Service" means the provision of a platform to allow audio conversations
using Voice over Internet Protocol across a data connection.
- “Website” means our Website at www.flexiblevoip.com.
- Headings in these conditions shall not affect their
interpretation.
- A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated
body (whether or not having separate legal personality).
- Words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include
the singular.
- A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to
it as it is in force for the time being, taking account of any amendment,
extension, or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for
the time being in force made under it.
- Any obligation in the Contract on a person not to do something
includes, without limitation, an obligation not to agree, allow, permit
or acquiesce in that thing being done.
- PROVISION OF SERVICES
- We will provide to You the following Services in accordance with
the Conditions:
- The Services shall include (but shall not be limited to):
- purchase of Geographic Phone Numbers, Non-Geographic Phone
Numbers and Premium Phone Number
- provision of VoIP Services
- providing a Customer Portal to allow You to manage the Geographic
Phone Numbers, Non-Geographic Phone Numbers and Premium Phone Number
- providing telephone and e-mail support for the Services between
the times displayed at our Website at Our sole discretion;
- providing the Privacy Service (where applicable); and
- providing relevant software, hardware and infrastructure
maintenance and upgrades at Our sole discretion and without a
requirement on Us to give notice to You of such maintenance or upgrades.
- Without prejudice to Our other rights and remedies, We may at Our
sole discretion suspend the provision of the whole or any part of the
Services (temporarily or permanently) and will have no liability to
provide the Services on the occurrence of any of the following events:
- an event of Force Majeure as set out in
clause 12.3;
- the issue by any court of competent
jurisdiction or other competent authority (including, but without
limitation, a person appointed under a Dispute Resolution Policy for
the determination of a dispute) of an order which is binding on Us
which has the effect of suspending Our Services; or
- if You fail to pay any Fees or any other
sums owing by You to Us when they fall due.
- To the fullest extent permitted by law and save as provided
elsewhere in the Conditions, the Services are provided by Us on an
"as is" and "as available" basis and no warranty or
representation (express or implied) of any kind is given that the
Services will be provided on an uninterrupted, timely, secure or
error-free basis.
- PURCHASE & RENEWAL OF GEOGRAPHIC PHONE NUMBERS, NON-GEOGRAPHIC
PHONE NUMBERS, PREMIUM PHONE NUMBERS & VoIP SERVICE
- You acknowledge and agree that Premium Phone Numbers cannot be
ported, transferred or generally removed or used in any other capacity,
other than part of a subscription to Our VoIP Service, until 18 months or
greater of monthly subscription Fees have been paid.
- You acknowledge and agree that Geographic Phone Numbers and
Non-Geographic Phone Numbers cannot be ported, transferred or generally
removed or used in any other capacity, other than part of a subscription
to Our VoIP Service, until 6 months or greater of monthly subscription
Fees have been paid.
- You acknowledge that You will not rely on the provision or
continued provision of a Phone Number until confirmation of completion of
provisioning of the Phone Number is notified to You by way of the Phone
Number appearing in Your Customer Portal.
- Subject to clause 4.3, We will automatically renew Services on a
monthly basis as part of your inclusive subscription or at the Fee shown
at our Website (which shall be non-refundable) for such renewal.
- If the Phone Number passes its subscription date and has not been
renewed You acknowledge that at Our discretion We may:
- renew the Phone Number on Your behalf; and
- change the Call Route to a route of Our choice and collect and
retain any revenue generated from such change.
- If We decide to renew the Phone Number after the subscription date
You have the right for a period of 7 days after the subscription date to
pay Us the Renewal Fee. On receipt of the Renewal Fee by Us within the 7
day period, You will retain ownership of the Phone Number and as soon as
reasonably practicable We shall restore the Phone Number to Your Customer
Portal.
- If We do not receive the Renewal Fee within the 7 day period
stipulated at clause 4.6, We shall have the right:
- in Our sole discretion to terminate the Contract and change
ownership of the Phone Number
- You acknowledge and agree that You will not bring or pursue any
claim against Us or any other third party approved by Us who places
advertisements on your Phone Number arising from the placement by them of
any advertising on the Phone Number.
- You acknowledge and agree that You retain no legal or equitable
ownership of or interest in any Intellectual Property Rights subsisting
in any advertising placed on the Phone Number by Us or any other third
party approved by Us.
- CALL PLANS, CALL PACKS, VOIP USERS & FAIR USAGE
- You acknowledge and agree that when using Our “Unlimited UK
Landline & Mobile” VoIP User and/or Our “UK Landline and Mobile PAYG
Call Pack”, that this Service is only available to UK landline numbers
prefixed 01, 02 & 03 and all major mobile networks as updated from
time to time.
- You acknowledge and agree that when using Our “Unlimited UK + EU
Land & Mobile” VoIP User and/or Our “UK + EU Landline and Mobile PAYG
Call Pack”, that this Service is only available to all major landline and
mobile network operators in the European Union and excludes any calls to
Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
- You acknowledge and agree that off peak is determined as the time
period from 7pm - 7am weekdays & all weekend.
- You acknowledge and agree that all of Our PAYG Call Packs and VoIP
User Call Plans only entitle one VoIP User to make an outbound call at
one time and are subject to Fair Usage.
- You acknowledge and agree that Our Fair Usage Allowance is set
from time to time based on the average fair and reasonable needs of
administering a business.
- You acknowledge and agree that Our “Unlimited UK + EU Landline
& Mobile” and Our “Unlimited UK Landline & Mobile” VoIP User Call
Plans are:
- not intended or suitable for high volume contact centres, making
automated phone calls, high volume outbound sales & marketing or any
other usage than that equivalent to the average fair and reasonable
needs of administering a business and;
- capped at Our Fair Usage allowance with all further calls beyond
that limit charged at the prevailing PAYG Call Costs as shown on our
Website.
- TRIAL ACCOUNTS AND FREE PLANS
- You acknowledge and agree that Our 30-day trial Service is
provided for no other reason than to assess Our Services prior to
purchase.
- You acknowledge and agree that Our 30-day trial Service and Free
Plans for Fax, Call Forwarding and SIP Trunking are limited to one plan
per customer and that we reserve the right at any time to terminate
provision of this Service and prioritise demand from customers using Our
Services that pay a Fee.
- YOUR OBLIGATIONS
- You shall:
- comply at all times with any terms and conditions, rules and
regulations or similar which govern the use or registration of Our
Services whether issued by a Registry or otherwise;
- notify Us immediately if You know or have reason to suspect that there
has been any unauthorised use of the Services;
- notify Us immediately if You know or have reason to suspect that
there is or may be any court proceedings or other proceedings (including
but without limitation any complaint, proceedings or similar under any
Dispute Resolution Policy) which involve the Services and/or Phone
Numbers;
- ensure that We have Your correct name, postal address, phone, fax
and email information and credit and/or debit card details at all times;
- provide identification, documentary evidence and information that
We reasonably require in order to be able to carry out the Services and
You agree that We may keep copies of any identification and documentary
evidence on Our files for the purposes of providing and maintaining the
Services;
- notify Us of the authorised representatives whose instructions We
may accept on Your behalf;
- not use or suffer the Services to be used for any unlawful
purpose or for the publication of, linking to, issue or display of, any
unlawful material which breaches any Intellectual Property Rights or any
material which is obscene, pornographic, threatening, malicious,
harmful, abusive, defamatory or which breaches the rights including
Intellectual Property Rights of any third party or which is or
encourages criminal acts whether under English law or regulations, the
laws or regulations of Your country or of any other location where the
results of such purpose or the material in question can be accessed;
- not use the services of any third party for the purposes, in breach
of generally accepted standards and codes of practice for the use of the
Internet, including but not limited to:
- the impersonation of another person whether
living or dead; or
- the publication of, issue or display of any
material that refers to Us or any of Our products or services without
Our prior written consent.
- not use or suffer the Services to be used for any other purpose
than Fair Usage.
- You agree and acknowledge that:
- We are under no obligation to register or continue to process a
registration to provide VoIP Services or provision Phone Number;
- We have made no representations or warranties to You as to the
availability of Our Services
- the provision of Phone Numbers is subject to the requirements of
Communications Regulators
- We have the right to pass on any additional charges made by a
Communications Regulator in order to register, renew or maintain
howsoever the Phone Numbers;
- We are not liable for the actions of any Communications Regulator
which affect the Phone Number whether before, during or after the
renewal process or provision of Phone Number and/or VoIP Service; and
- in the event of a Chargeback by Your credit card company or other
credit institution We shall have the immediate right at Our sole
discretion to take ownership of the Requested Phone Number and suspend
provision of the Services. Where We exercise Our right under this clause
5.2.7, the Services will be reinstated upon payment by You to Us of Our
Fees and a reinstatement fee of 50.00 GBP.
- the provision of Our Services shall only be provided to You on
the strict basis that the You consent to the processing of Your data as
stated in Our Privacy Policy.
- WARRANTIES
- By entering into this Contract You warrant that:
- all the identity, contact and credit and/or debit card
information supplied to Us by You in accordance with clauses 2 & 3
is correct, current and complete;
- all passwords or any other identifiers that You use in connection
with the Services will at all times be kept confidential, used properly
and will not be disclosed to any unauthorised person;
- any activity carried out in connection with the Services which
requires the use of passwords or other identifiers will be carried out
by You or someone authorised to act on Your behalf;
- You accept full liability for all actions done, charges incurred
and losses suffered by You for any activity carried out in connection
with the Services which requires the use of Your passwords or other
identifiers, whether carried out with Your authorisation or not;
- You will obtain all necessary permissions, licenses and consents
that may be or are required from time to time to enable Us to provide
You with Services;
- You will not use the Services or allow them to be used for the
publication, web forwarding, linking to, issue of or display of any
material which in Our absolute discretion may harm Us, Our reputation or
otherwise bring Us into disrepute; and
- You will comply fully with the Dispute Resolution Policy and
agree to any decision resulting therefrom.
- INDEMNITY
- You will fully indemnify and keep Us and Our officers, partners,
employees and agents fully indemnified against all liabilities, costs,
claims, expenses, demands, damages, penalties and losses (including
professional costs and expenses) whether directly or indirectly suffered
or incurred by Us arising out of or connected with:
- Your breach of the Contract; or
- Your breach of any warranty given in clause 6; or
- any use or misuse of the Services as a result of or attributable
to Your actions.
- FEES AND PAYMENT
- Any sums payable by You to Us under this Contract are exclusive of
VAT or any other Sales Tax and shall be made in the currency stated at
our Website.
- All sums payable to Us under this Contract shall be paid in full
without any deduction set-off or withholding other than as required by
law. You shall not be entitled to assert any credit, set-off or
counterclaim against Us in order to justify withholding payment of any
such amount in whole or in part.
- We are under no obligation to commence the Services, unless and
until We have received the required Fees and any other sums outstanding
from You to Us.
- Where You authorise the payment of any Fees by credit and/or debit
card, We may deduct other amounts becoming payable under this Contract
under that credit and/or debit card without obtaining additional or
further authorisation from You.
- Where You have registered more than one credit and/or debit card
with Us, We will take the Fees in the order of preference You designate
to them in Your Customer Portal.
- Subject to clause 9.5 We will not provide credit notes or refunds.
- LIABILITY
- Nothing in this Contract excludes or limits Our liability for
death or personal injury caused by Our negligence or any damage or
liability incurred by You as a result of fraud or fraudulent
misrepresentation by Us.
- We will not be liable to You in contract, tort or otherwise,
including negligence for any direct or indirect immediate or
consequential loss, damage, costs, expenses or other claims arising out
of or in connection with this Contract for:
- loss of profit;
- loss of business, contracts or revenue;
- loss of expected savings or goodwill;
- Subject to clause 8.1 Our total liability to You, whether under
these Conditions or otherwise, including liability for negligence, shall
be no more than 5,000 GBP.
- All conditions, warranties or other terms which might have effect
between You and Us or be implied or incorporated into this Contract
whether by statute, common law or otherwise are hereby excluded to the
fullest extent permitted by law, including without limitation any implied
conditions or warranties.
- TERMINATION
- We will provide the Services to You for the Initial Period and
will continue to provide them beyond the Initial Period, subject to
termination in accordance with this clause 11.
- Following the Initial Period either party may terminate the
Contract by giving 30 days written notice to the other.
- Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which We may
have, We may terminate the Contract without liability to You immediately
on giving notice to You if You fail to pay Us any sum due under the
Contract on the due date for payment and You remain in default not less
than seven days after being notified in writing to make such payment.
- Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which the
parties may have, either party may terminate the Contract without
liability to the other immediately on giving notice to the other if:
- the other party commits a material breach of any of the terms of
the Contract and (if such a breach is remediable) fails to remedy that
breach within 30 days of that party being notified in writing of the
breach; or
- the other party (being a company) is deemed unable to pay its debts
within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being a
natural person) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or has no
reasonable prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of
section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986; or
- the other party has a receiver, manager, administrator or
administrative receiver appointed over its assets or income, has passed
a resolution for its winding-up, or has a petition presented to any
court for its winding-up or an administration order; or
- the other party suspends or ceases, or threatens to suspend or
cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of its business.
- Subject to clause 11.7, if You are a Consumer You have the right
to cancel the Contract by notice to Us in writing within 7 days and
receive a full refund at no additional cost from either; the date the
Contract is formed, or the date that You receive confirmation from Us
that the Contract is formed, whichever is the later.
- You will no longer have the right to cancel the Contract set out
in clause 11.5 once We have commenced the Services with Your consent.
- On termination of the Contract for any reason You agree that:
- We shall have the right at Our sole discretion to immediately
delete Your account with Us;
- Your entitlement to use any of Our Services will immediately
cease;
- GENERAL
- Confidential Information
- Each party undertakes that it shall not at any time disclose to
any person any confidential information concerning the business,
affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other party, except as
permitted by clause 12.1.2.
- Each party may disclose the other party's confidential
information:
- to its employees, officers, representatives
or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of
carrying out the party's obligations under this Contract. Each party
shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives or advisers
to whom it discloses the other party's confidential information comply
with this clause 12.1.2.1; and
- as may be required by law, court order, Dispute
Resolution Policy or any governmental or regulatory authority.
- No party shall use any other party's confidential information for
any purpose other than to perform its obligations under this Contract.
- Intellectual Property
- You acknowledge and agree that You will not own or acquire
ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights in or relating to the
Services other than those rights expressly granted by this Contract.
- Force Majeure
- Neither party shall have any liability under or be deemed to be
in breach of this Contract for any delays or failures in performance of
this Contract which result from circumstances beyond the reasonable
control of that party (a "Force Majeure"). The party affected
by such circumstances shall promptly notify the other party in writing
when such circumstances cause a delay or failure in performance and of
when they expect the circumstances to cease to do so. If such
circumstances continue for a continuous period of more than 90 days,
either party may terminate this Contract by written notice to the other
party.
- Data Protection
- Any personal data that We obtain from You during the provision of
the Services will be held by Us in accordance with Our Privacy Policy. Without
prejudice to Clause 11.4.1 You acknowledge and agree that details of
Your name, address and payment record may be submitted to a credit
reference agency for the purposes of checking your credit worthiness.
- Amendments
- We have the right to amend this Contract at any time by giving
You Notice (as defined below in clause 12.10). Any such Notice shall not
take effect for 28 days. After the 28 day notice period has elapsed any
amendments specified in the Notice shall take immediate effect.
- You may request an amendment to this Contract by giving Us Notice
in accordance with clause 12.10.3.
- We reserve the right not to agree or incorporate into these terms
and conditions any amendments that You may propose pursuant to clause
12.5.2.
- Assignment
- You may not, without Our prior written consent (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld), assign, transfer, mortgage, charge,
declare a trust of or deal in any other manner with this Contract or any
of the rights and obligations under or arising out of this Contract (or
any document referred to in it), or purport to do any of the same. You
may not subcontract or delegate in any manner any or all of Your
obligations under this Contract to any third party or agent.
- We may, at any time, assign (absolutely or by way of security and
in whole or in part), transfer, mortgage, charge or deal in any other
manner with the benefit of any or all of Our obligations or any benefit
arising under or out of this Contract.
- Entire Agreement
- This Contract contains the whole agreement between the parties in
respect of the subject matter of this Contract and supersedes and
replaces any prior written or oral agreements, representations or
understandings between them relating to such subject matter. The parties
confirm that they have not entered into this Contract on the basis of
any representation that is not expressly incorporated into this
Contract.
- Waiver
- No failure or delay by Us in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Contract shall impair the same or operate as a
waiver of the same nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise of the same or
the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and
remedies provided in this Contract are cumulative and not exclusive of
any rights and remedies provided by law.
- Severance
- If any provision of this Contract is prohibited by law or judged
by a court to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, the provision shall,
to the extent required, be severed from this Contract and rendered
ineffective as far as possible without modifying the remaining
provisions of this Contract, and shall not in any way affect any other
circumstances of or the validity or enforcement of this Contract.
- Notices
- Any notice required to be given by Us under this Contract or
otherwise, shall be emailed to You at the email address as given to Us
by You in accordance with this Contract.
- Any notice given in accordance with clause 12.10.1 shall be
deemed to have been duly received:
- if sent by e-mail, when read; or
- if posted to Your Customer Portal, 14 days
after such posting,
whereafter any
provisions contained in such notice shall be deemed to take effect immediately
save for the provisions of clause 12.5.1.
- Any notice required to be given by You under this Contract, shall
be in writing, signed by a duly authorised representative and shall be
sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery or by commercial
courier, to the other party at its address as set out below:
- 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A
4NE, United Kingdom
or as otherwise
notified by Us in accordance with the provisions of this clause 12.10.
- Any notice given in accordance with clause 12.10.3 shall be
deemed to have been duly received if sent by pre-paid first-class post
or recorded delivery, at on the two days after posting; or if delivered
by commercial courier, on the date and at the time that the courier's
delivery receipt is signed.
- Third parties
- For the purposes of the Contracts (Rights of Third parties) Act
1999 and notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract is not
intended to, and does not, give any person who is not a party to it any
right to enforce any of its provisions.
- Law and jurisdiction
- This Contract, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in
connection with it or its subject matter, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales.
- The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and
Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim
that arises out of, or in connection with, this Contract or its subject
matter.
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