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1. Definitions
1.1. In these conditions (unless the context otherwise
requires):
(a) “Billing Period” means any period which we may bill you in
respect of fromtime to time;
(b) "the Contract" means the contract between you and us for the
provision of the
Services subject to these terms and conditions;
(c) "the Services" means the ability for you to make telephone
calls via our telecommunications network in accordance with the
terms of the Contract;
(d) "Commencement Date" means the date upon which your calls are
carried by our telecommunications network, as communicated to
you by us;
(e) "we" "us" and "our" means @mber (the trading name of IPX
Telecom Limited,registered in England under Company Number
5541757 of Hallmark House,Downham Road, Ramsden Heath, Essex
CM11 1PU);
(f) "Personal Data" has the meaning ascribed to it in The Data
Protection Act 1998, as amended from time to time;
(g) “Call Plan” means the monthly tariff (which may or may not
be chargeable) which you select and which you may change at any
time, such change to takeeffect at the start of your next
Billing Period;
(h) "Working Hours" means the hours 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to
Friday but not including public bank holidays;
(i) "you" and "your" means the person named in the application
process and/or, where the context requires, it includes a person
we reasonably believe is acting on that person’s authority;
(j) “ @mber xtra” means an @mber service that offers both CPS
and, when it becomes available, WLR; and
(k) “ @mber xtra Customer” means a customer of @mber who is
notified of the @mber xtra service either before or when they
agree to become an @mber xtra Customer or who have asked us to
become a @mber xtra Customer.
1.2. Words in the singular shall include the plural and vice
versa and references to legal persons shall include natural
persons and vice versa.
1.3. The headings in these conditions are intended for reference
only and shall not affect their construction.
2. The Services
2.1. We will provide you with the Services in accordance with
the Contract.
2.2. The Services do not include the provision of any telephone
or other equipment, unless specifically purchased from Amber. The Services do not include the provision of
any line rental or maintenance service unless one of the
following applies:
2.2.1. We have taken over responsibility for your telephone
connection in
accordance with Clause 2.7;or
2.2.2. You otherwise have chosen to purchase your line rental
from us in which case Clause 2.7 shall no longer form part of
these terms and conditions.
2.3. We shall provide the Services with the reasonable care and
skill of a competent telecommunications service provider.
2.4. All times, dates and periods given for performance of the
Services are given in good faith but without any responsibility
or liability to you or any third party in the event of a failure
to perform on our part.
2.5. The Service will not include the ability to make calls to
the following countries: Nigeria, Columbia, Russian Federation,
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sao Tome, or Kuwait; unless we
permit such access (at our own discretion) after a request made
by you to our customer services team during Working Hours by
dialling 020 7096 9209. We may withdraw your ability to make
calls to such
countries at any time at our discretion and without notice to
you.The restrictions of Article 2.5 will not apply in the case of prepaid clients of the @mber service.
2.6. If you have given us your permission, we will register your
telephone number on the Telephone Preference Service ("TPS")
registry. The TPS is a do-not-call service, which is designed to
assist customers in reducing the number of national commercial
calls received at home.
2.7. @mber has the option to provides you with the ability to make
calls via our telecommunications network and to take over responsibility for your Telephone lines.If your telephone
connection is provided by BT or certain other Telecommunications Operators,
said
operators may permit us to take over responsibility for your
telephone connection i.e. your line rental, including the
billing of your line rental charge, and you are an @mber xtra
Customer, we will do so subject to the following procedure:
2.7.1. We will provide you with at least one month’s written
notice before the proposed takeover date. This notice will give
you the opportunity to object to such a takeover within 14 days
of receipt of our notice.
2.7.2. On expiry of the notice in Clause 2.7.1. above, we will
send you a statutory transfer letter which will give you another
opportunity to object by contacting us within 10 days of receipt
of that letter.
2.7.3. On expiry of the period referred to in Clause 2.7.2.
above, the responsibility for your telephone connection will be
transferred to @mber and you will receive a letter from @mber
confirming that this has happened.
2.8.Such a takeover will involve terminating your existing agreement
with your
current network access operator. In the event that a takeover as set out in Clause 2.7
occurs, new terms and conditions will apply and will be provided
to you as provided with our notice under Clause 2.7.1. They will
also be available by contacting us on 0845 0349 049 or on our
website at www.ambertelecom.net. The new terms and conditions
will not be to your material detriment.
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4. Specific Provisions Relating to the @mber xtra Service
4.1 If you enter a Contract for the @mber xtra Service, it will
not include,telephone or other equipment or any line rental or a
maintenance service on your telephone line or the provision of
internet access unless one of the following applies:
4.1.1 we have taken over responsibility for your telephone
connection in accordance with clause 4.4;or
4.1.2 you otherwise have chosen to purchase your line rental
from us in which case clause 4.4 shall not apply to you.
Therefore, unless and until you enter a Contract with us to
receive the LR Service in one of the above ways, you will need
to continue paying your line provider for the rental and
maintenance of your line as well as for any calls carried over
to the relevant Network and unless you have entered into a
separate contract with us to receive our Broadband service, you
will need to continue paying your existing internet service
provider for the provisions of internet access (Broadband or
internet dial-up). We are not liable to you for any of these
payments.
4.2 Your @mber xtra Service may not include the ability to make
calls to the following countries: Nigeria, Colombia, Russian
Federation, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sao Tome, or Kuwait;
unless we permit such access (at our own discretion). We may
withdraw your ability to make calls to such countries at any
time at our discretion and without notice to you.
4.3 You acknowledge that if you do not have a Contract with us
for the LR Service, your telephone line and connection are
provided by BT or similar
network access operator and therefore, if there is a fault with
either the line or the connection, we advise you to contact them
as they should repair and maintain the line and connection in
accordance with the terms and conditions of your agreement with
them. In these circumstances, you will remain responsible for
all charges made by BT relating to your telephone line and
connection, together with
any repair and maintenance charges (unless caused by our
negligence).
4.4 In the event that future changes to the way in which we
purchase telecommunications services from BT and other network
access operators permit us to take over responsibility for your
telephone connection i.e. your line rental, including the
billing of your line rental charge (i.e. the LR Service), we
will do so subject to the procedure as detailed in the subsections of article 2.7:
4.4.1 we will provide you with at least one month’s written
notice before the proposed takeover date. This notice will give
you the opportunity to object to such a takeover within 14 days
of receipt of our notice;
4.4.2 on expiry of the notice in clause 4.4.1. above, we will
send you a statutory transfer letter which will give you another
opportunity to object by contacting us within 10 days of receipt
of that letter; and
4.4.3 on expiry of the period referred to in clause 4.4.2.
above, the responsibility for your telephone connection will be
transferred to @mber and you will receive a letter from us
confirming that this has happened. Such a takeover will
involveterminating your existing agreement with your current
network access operator.
4.5 In the event that a takeover as set out in clause 4.4
occurs, you will also be subject to the provisions governing the
LR Service as set out in these Conditions.
4.11 If you request International Access we will use reasonable
efforts to make it possible if available to you, but owing to
the nature of telecommunications Networks (and in particular
various international Networks), it is impossible to provide a
fault free service. As a result, we will not be responsible or
liable to you in any way in circumstances where we are not able
to provide the International
Access service to you or where you are unable to obtain a clear
connection to the international number you wish to call.
4.12 While the quality of International Access calls that you
may make will be similar to that of other leading service
providers in the UK, if from time to time the service is
unavailable or you experience any difficulty in obtaining a
reasonably clear connection, you may (except for Nigeria,
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan where our prior permission, to be
granted at our sole discretion, is required) dial
direct to the international number you wish to call without
using the Access Code. Please note that different call rates
will apply to such direct dialled calls and you may incur a
higher call charge.
4.13 Your Customer account may have been programmed so that you
are unable
to make calls using International Access. If you want to make
such calls, then you should telephone Customer Services. We may
agree to make the International Access facility available to you
after making credit checks (as permitted by clause 10.3) and we
may pursuant to clause 8.8, ask you at any
time to pay a reasonable deposit as security against any call
charges you incur.
We will be able to use this deposit to pay off any charges you
owe us unless you have informed us of reasonable grounds for
disputing such charges, in which case we shall provide
reasonable justification prior to making any such
deductions.
4.14 We may also set a credit limit (as permitted under clause
8.7) on the amount of Charges you may incur using International
Access. As our billing system is not updated instantly when you
make such call, you may exceed your credit limit, but if this
happens, you will still be liable for all call charges you
incur.
4.15 Since the Charges for International Access have already
been discounted and provide you with a competitive low
call rate, any other discounts or promotional offers on calls
that we may offer from time to time, do not apply in relation to
International Access.
5. Use of your information
5.1. We may hold information that you provide to us (such as on
an application or registration form) or that we may obtain from
another source (such as our suppliers, marketing organizations
or credit reference agencies). This information (“Your
Information”) may include your name, address, date of birth,
gender,telephone numbers, email address, bank and credit/debit
card information,occupation and employment data, lifestyle
information and details of how you use the Services which may
include the numbers you call, the type, date, time,location,
duration, cost of calls, messages or other communications, the
addresses you send messages to, together with general
information about the way you pay and manage your account.
5.2. Your information may be held and used by us for a number of
purposes and we may use third parties to support us with
purposes which include, without limitation:
5.2.1. processing your orders or applications; administering
your account and billing; settling accounts with those who
provide related services to us; disclosing your data to banks
and debit and credit card companies to validate your debit or
credit card details; dealing with requests, enquiries or
complaints and other customer care related activities; debt
recovery (also using recovery agents and
agents facilitating to contact you) and legal actions and all
other general administrative and business purposes.
5.2.2. carrying out any activity or disclosure in connection
with a legal, governmental or regulatory requirement on us or in
connection with national
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security, legal proceedings and for the prevention and detection
of crime or fraud
and the prosecution of offenders or suspected offenders;
5.2.3. carrying out activities connected with the running of our
business such as personnel training, quality control, network
monitoring, testing and maintenance of computer and other
systems and in connection with the transfer of any part of our
business in respect of which you are a customer or a potential
customer.
5.3. Credit Checking and account collections
5.3.1. We may use a combination of credit scoring and/or
automated decision making systems when assessing your
application.
5.3.2. If you proceed with an application we may subsequently
disclose details to credit reference agencies of your agreement,
the payments you make under it, account balances and information
about any default, dispute, queries and debts. We may also
disclose details of any reported change of address or changes of
which we become aware. We may also check and share your details
with fraud
prevention agencies who will record details of any false or
inaccurate information provided by you or where we suspect
fraud.
5.3.3. The information may also be used by us, credit reference
agencies and other organizations to:
5.3.3.1. help make decisions about other credit applications by
you or other members of your household with whom you are linked
financially; and
5.3.3.2. trace debtors, recover debts, prevent money laundering
and to prevent
and detect fraud.
5.3.4. Information held about you by the Credit Reference
Agencies may be linked to records relating to your partner.
Under certain circumstances, you may be entitled to request that
you and your partner are financially independent and your
application may then be assessed without reference to any
“associated” records, although you recognise that this may
adversely affect the outcome of
your application. You believe that there is no information
relating to your partner that is likely to affect our
willingness to offer financial services to you. You authorise us
to check the validity of this declaration with credit reference
agencies and if we discover any associated records, which would
affect the accuracy of this declaration we may decide not to
proceed with the application on
this basis.
5.3.5. Records held by Fraud Prevention agencies may also be
shared with other organisations to help them make decisions on
motor, household, credit, life and other insurance proposals and
insurance claims, for you and members of your household.
5.3.6. If you do not become our customer or if your application
is declined we will continue to hold information about you for
the purposes of dealing with customer enquiries, complying with any legal obligation and for crime and
fraud prevention
and detection.
5.3.7. You can ask us at any time for details of the credit
reference and fraud prevention agencies to whom your information
is disclosed and obtained from however we will not be able to
provide you with any information relating to reasons for your
failure to pass the credit scoring or automated decision making
systems operated by these agencies or other information held by
such agencies.
If requested we may be able to give you details of the sorts of
information we
take into account when assessing an application.
5.4. We may share Your Information with:
5.4.1. in the event that we undergo re-organisation or are sold
to a third party, you agree that any personal information we
hold about you may be transferred to that re-organised.
6. Allocation and use of Telephone Numbers
6.1. Where we provide you with a telephone number (including a
code) for the purpose of providing the Services you acknowledge
that the code and number are not your property and that we are
entitled to alter the telephone number (and/or the code) in our
sole discretion. We shall only change that number where
reasonably necessary after providing you with reasonable notice
of such change.
6.2. You acknowledge that you have no right to sell (or to agree
to transfer) or dispose of in any way, the number provided to
you by us.
7. Telephone line and connection
7.1. You acknowledge that the telephone line and connection are
provided by British Telecommunications plc ("BT"). If there is a
fault with either the line or the connection we advise you to
contact BT and BT should repair and maintain the line and
connection in accordance with the terms and conditions of your
agreement with it. You will remain responsible for all charges
made by BT
relating to your telephone line and connection (together with
any repair and maintenance charges (unless caused by our
negligence)).
7.2. We will endeavour to connect you to the Service by the date
we have agreed with you, but we do not guarantee to do so. If
you place an order for an additional service or otherwise
instruct us to change the Service (i.e. to bar calls) we will
use reasonable endeavours to complete your order as soon as
possible but our ability to do so may be affected by
circumstances outside our control and there may be a delay in
your order being completed. We will not be liable to you for any
costs, expenses or claims arising directly or indirectly out of
such delay.
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7.3. You give us your authority to act as your agent in choosing
carrier preselection on your behalf and to notify BT of any
change of carrier from time to time on your behalf.
8. Suspension of Services by us
8.1. We may suspend immediately the provision of the Services to
you until further notice without compensation (such notice to be
either oral or written) in the event that:
8.1.1. we are reasonably aware or suspect that you are in breach
of Clause 4;
8.1.2. we are reasonably aware or suspect that you are in breach
of Clauses 10.8 or 10.9 and have not remedied the breach within
7 days of being given notice that you are in breach and being
reminded to pay your bill from us;
8.1.3. you exceed the Credit Limit set out in clause 10.3; or we
are obliged to comply with an order, instruction or request of
the UK Government, and emergency services organisation or other
competent authority.
8.2. If we suspend the Services under Clause 8.1.1 or 8.1.2 or
8.2.3 only, you shall reimburse us our costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by our suspension of the Services and/or the
recommencement of the provision of the Services to you.
8.3. If we exercise the right to suspend the Services this shall
not affect our right to terminate the contract under Clause12.
9. Liability
9.1. Nothing in these terms shall exclude or limit our liability
for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or that of
our agents, or for any liability arising under Part I of the
Consumer Protection Act 1987.
9.2. Nothing in this Contract shall impose any liability on us
in respect of nonperformance or Services that are not performed
in accordance with the Contractwhere such non-performance is
directly due to your acts, omissions, negligence or default.
9.3. We shall not be liable for any loss that is not reasonably
foreseeable nor any loss calculated by reference to profits,
income, or business or loss of such profits, income, or business
or for any loss of data or goodwill.
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10. Charges and Payment
10.1. The charges for the Services shall be in accordance with
our current price list from time to time (to obtain a copy
please contact us on 020 3135 and shall be effective from the
Commencement Date.
10.2. We shall be entitled to amend our price list from time to
time and we will notify you of such changes by posting an
amended price list on our website at www.ambertelecom.net. If
the rates are decreased such decrease will be reflected in your
next bill. Should we increase the charges we shall provide you
with one month’s notice of such increase and the increase will
take effect from the end of that period. In this instance you
may be entitled to terminate this contract at any time on
providing us with not less than 10 days’ notice, such notice to
expire before the price increase takes effect.
10.3. Your account is limited in any one month to an amount
which will be set at the time of your application (“Credit
Limit”). We may lower your Credit Limit at any time. We may
suspend your service if your Credit Limit is exceeded. On
request we may agree to raise your Credit Limit.
10.4. If you exceed your Credit Limit, your outgoing calls may
cease.
10.5. As our billing system is not instantly updated each time
you make a call, it is possible to exceed your Credit Limit. You
will be liable for all charges incurred,including any charges in
excess of your Credit Limit, and will be asked to pay any
charges in excess of your Credit Limit before Services are
reinstated.
10.6. Charges will be calculated using details logged and
recorded by us.
10.7. Calls shall be charged in one second increments (with any
part seconds rounded up to the nearest second) individual call
charges will then be rounded up to the nearest half penny and
your total call charges rounded up to the nearest penny. There
is a minimum call charge of 2 pence. All charges are exclusive
of VAT.
10.8. We shall prepare and send to you a bill every month
detailing charges for the previous month. The bill shall be
payable within 14 days of receipt.
10.9. All bills shall be paid by way of BACS. If a payment is
defaulted we shall be entitled to pass on to you any fees which
we incur which may include third party
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charges and in addition we may lower your Credit Limit in
accordance with Clause 10.3, suspend or terminate your Service.
We shall also be entitled to charge you a monthly administration
fee (the amount of which is available on request) for each month
in which your settlement is in default
10.10. Where tariffs include inclusive minutes, which apply to
all call types up to a monthly limit, unused inclusive call
minutes cannot be carried forward from one month to the next.
10.11. Monthly charges incurred for periods of less than one
month will be calculated on a pro rata basis.
10.12. We may charge you interest both before and after judgment
at a rate equal to 2% above base rate from time to time of HSBC
Bank plc on the late payment of our bill. Interest is charged on
a per annum basis, calculated daily.
10.13. We reserve the right, at our absolute discretion, to
change the tariff you are on at any time for reasons including,
but not limited to, a breach by you of Clauses 4.1 and/or 4.2;
where you are using the Services for purposes that we consider,
in our reasonable opinion, are not in keeping with those
reasonably expected of a residential customer;or where the
Services are being used for
business purposes.
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12. Termination
12.1. In addition to the rights of termination provided by
Clause 10.2 and Clause
12.3 you may terminate the Contract at any time on providing us
with not less than 10 Working Days notice.
12.2. In addition to the rights of termination provided by
Clause 12.3, we may terminate the Contract at any time on
providing you with 30 days written notice.
12.3. Notwithstanding any provision of the Contract, either you
or we (without prejudice to our other rights) may terminate the
Contract by giving notice inwriting to the other, in the event
that:
12.3.1. the other is in material breach of any provision of this
Contract and (where such breach is remediable) fails to remedy
that breach within 14 days of written notice from the innocent
party specifying the nature of the breach; or
12.3.2. the other is subject to bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings or makes
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any arrangements or composition with or assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or if it goes into either voluntary
(otherwise than for reconstruction or amalgamation) or
compulsory liquidation or a receiver or administrator is
appointed over its assets.
12.4.If the Contract is terminated you shall immediately pay us
all outstanding
charges for your use of the Services up to the date of the
termination.
13. Matters beyond reasonable control
13.1. Neither you nor we shall be liable to the other for any
loss or damage which may be suffered by the other due to any
cause beyond its reasonable control including without limitation
any act of God, inclement weather, failure or shortage of power
supplies, flood drought, lightning or fire, strike, lock-out,
trade dispute or labour disturbance, any act or omission of
Government, highways authorities,
other public telecommunications operators or other competent
authority, war, act of terrorism, civil disorder or military
operations.
14. Transfer
14.1. You may not transfer the whole or any part of the Contract
without our prior
written consent.
14.2. We reserve the right to assign, subtract, transfer or
otherwise deal with the whole or any part of the Contract at any
time.
15. Disputes
15.1. If you have a complaint or query regarding any aspect of
the Services including your bill, please contact our Customer
Services team during Working Hours by dialling 0845 0349 049 or
by writing to us at IPX Telecom Ltd, Hallmark House, Downham
Road, Ramsden Heath, Essex CM11 1PU. Please include
your phone number in any correspondence.
15.2. If you are not satisfied with the Services you may also
refer any complaint to the Telecommunications Ombudsman, whose
details may be found atwww.otelo.org.uk, or to OFCOM, the
communications regulator at www.ofcom.org.uk or call OFCOM on
0845 456 3000.
16. General
16.1. We may change these terms and conditions at any time for
legal, regulatory
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or commercial reasons. We will notify you of all such changes in
writing and/or by publishing them on our website (
www.ambertelecom.net). To the extent that such changes are to
your material detriment or relate to an increase in the charges,
we will give you at least one month’s notice of such changes by
writing to you and/or publishing them on our website (
www.ambertelecom.net). If you
object to such changes you may terminate this agreement at any
time without penalty by giving us not less than 10 days’ notice.
16.2. The Contract sets out the whole agreement between you and
us for the provision of the Services and supersedes all prior
arrangements, understandings and agreements between you and us.
16.3. If any particular clause of the Contract shall be or be
held to be invalid or shall not apply to the Contract the other
clauses shall continue in full force and effect.
16.4. Save as otherwise provided in this Contract, any bill,
notice or other document which may be given by either you or us
under this Contract shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given if left at or sent by post to you at the address
stated in your application or any other UK address you supply to
us for this purpose, or to us at the address given on your last
monthly bill. Such
document shall be deemed to have been delivered immediately (if
delivered by hand) or 48 hours after posting (if sent by first
class post). References in this agreement to “in writing” also
include by SMS (where applicable), which must be sent to your
mobile phone number and by email, which must be sent to us, at
the address we notify to you by email, or to you, at the address
stated in your application or any other email address that you
supply to us for the purpose and notices given by SMS or e-mail
shall be deemed to have been delivered the day after the day the
notice is sent.
16.5. Monitoring or recording of your calls may take place for
our business purposes, such as quality control and training, to
prevent unauthorized use of our telecommunications systems and
to ensure effective systems operation and in order to prevent or
detect crime.
16.6. We make every effort to ensure the security of your
communications. You are however advised that for reasons beyond
our control, there is a risk that your communications may be
unlawfully intercepted or accessed by those other than the
intended recipient. For example, your communications may pass
over third party networks over which we have no control.
16.7. Failure by either you or us to exercise or enforce any
right conferred by statute or the Contract shall not be deemed
as a waiver of any such rights nor prevent the exercise or
enforcement of such rights at a later date.
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16.8. Except in the case of any permitted assignment of this
Contract under clause 14.2, a person who is not a party to this
Agreement has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise to enforce any clause of this
Contract.
16.9. The Contract shall in all respects be governed by and
construed in accordance with English law and both you and us
agree to submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts.
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