Uptime
Guarantee:
Psychz Networks strives to maintain a 99.5% network and
server uptime service level. This uptime percentage is a
monthly figure, and is is calculated solely by Psychz Networks
monitoring systems or Psychz Networks authorized/contracted
outside monitoring services. If Psychz Networks fails to
meet it's 99.5% uptime guarantee, and it is not due to one
of the exceptions below, credits will be made available
to each client, upon request, on a case by case basis. Psychz
Networks does not credit a full month's service for minor
downtime. This would not be financially healthy for Psychz
Networks, and in turn would only negatively affect the service
level Psychz Networks provides to you. "Partial refunds
for partial downtime" is our standard policy. In extreme
circumstances, Psychz Networks may distribute full month
credits, but this is dealt with on a case by case basis.
Details on how credit amounts are calculated can be found
below.
Exceptions:
Customer shall not receive any credits under this SLA in
connection with any failure or deficiency of the Psychz
Networks network caused by or associated with:
· Circumstances beyond reasonable control, including,
without limitation, acts of any governmental body, war,
insurrection, sabotage, embargo, "Acts of God"
(ie...fire, flood, earthquake, tornado, etc...), 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 Service Level Agreement
· Telco Failure (ie...cutting a fiber line somewhere)
· Backbone peering point issues (PAIX)
· Scheduled maintenance for hardware/software upgrades
· DNS issues not within the direct control of Psychz
Networks
· Client’s acts or omissions, including without
limitation, any negligence, willful misconduct, or use of
Psychz Networks service(s) in breach of Psychz Networks
Policy and Service Guidelines (AUP), by Client or others
authorized by Client.
· DDOs attacks or any IRC related attacks
Connectivity:
Psychz Networks goal is to make the Psychz Networks network
available to Client free of outages for 99.5% of the time.
An "outage” is defined as an instance in which
Client is unable to transmit and receive IP packets due
to a Psychz Networks service failure for more than 15 consecutive
minutes, excluding service failures relating to Psychz Networks
scheduled maintenance and upgrades. The Psychz Networks
network does not include client premises equipment or any
Telco access facilities connecting Client's premises to
such infrastructure. Psychz Networks goal is to keep Average
Round-Trip Latency on the Psychz Networks network to 85
milliseconds or less. Psychz Networks defines “Average
Round-Trip Latency”, with respect to a given month,
as the average time required for round-trip packet transfers
between the Psychz Networks network and major US backbone
peering points during such month, as measured by Psychz
Networks. Psychz Networks goal is to keep Average Packet
Loss on the Psychz Networks network to 1% or less. Psychz
Networks defines “Average Packet Loss”, with
respect to a given month, as the average percentage of IP
packets transmitted on the Psychz Networks network during
such month that are not successfully delivered, as measured
by Psychz Networks.
Measurement:
Psychz Networks will periodically (on average every 10 minutes)
monitor Psychz Networks network and server availability
using software and hardware components capable of measuring
application traffic and responses. Client acknowledges that
that such measurements may not measure the exact path traversed
by Client’s internet connection, and that such measurements
constitute measurements across the Psychz Networks network
but not other networks to which Client may connect. Psychz
Networks reserves the right to periodically change the measurement
points and methodologies it uses without notice to Client.
Full network and server reporting will be posted to a location
designated by Psychz Networks and made available to Client.
Hardware
Failure:
Psychz Networks stands behind all equipment on our network.
Faulty hardware is rare, but cannot be predicted nor avoided.
Psychz Networks utilizes only name brand hardware of the
highest quality and perfomance. Psychz Networks will replace
all faulty hardware affecting performance levels of equipment
within 48 hours, which includes hardware issues that cause
server crashes or speed issues. Hardware failure resulting
in complete network/server outage/downtime will be corrected
within two hours of problem identification. Router failure
is an exception to this SLA guarantee, and may require on-site
Cisco™ engineers or backbone provider emergency personnel
to correct the problem. Router failure is governed by current
Psychz Networks contracts with Cisco™ and backbone
providers in regard to the emergency repair service in case
of such an issue. Psychz Networks will replace all faulty
hardware on dedicated servers (rented or leased servers),
at no charge to the Client, with an unlimited free replacement
policy. This includes parts ordered as upgrades.
Credits:
In the event that there is no Web Site Availability, Psychz
Networks will credit the monthly service charge for the
Service as calculated below and as measured 24-hours a day
in a calendar month, with the maximum credit not to exceed
the monthly service charge for the affected month:
Web Site Availability Credit
95% to 99.4% = 25%
90% to 94.9% = 50%
89.9% or below = 100%
In order for YOU to receive a credit on YOUR account, YOU
must request such credit within five (5) business days after
YOU experienced no Web Site Availability. YOU must request
credit by sending an electronic mail message to sla@psychz.net.
For security, the body of this message must contain YOUR
account number/domain name, the dates and times of the unavailability
of YOUR web site, and such other customer identification
requested by Psychz Networks. Credits will usually be applied
within sixty (60) days of YOUR credit request. Credit to
your account shall be YOUR sole and exclusive remedy in
the event that there is no Web Site Availability.