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PcS bvba™ is proud to offer an exceptional level of performance, reliability, and service. That is why we are making commitments to our customers in the form of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) which provides certain rights and remedies regarding the performance of the PcS bvba™ network. The PcS bvba™ Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees our network/equipment reliability and performance.
Uptime Guarantee:
PcS bvba™ 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 PcS bvba™ monitoring systems or PcS bvba™ authorized/contracted outside monitoring services. If PcS bvba™ 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. PcS bvba™ will credit a full month's service. 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 PcS bvba™ 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...Verizon™ cutting a fiber line somewhere)
Backbone peering point issues (ie...UUnet™ having a router go down in Virginia that wipes out internet service for the entire East Coast)
Scheduled maintenance for hardware/software upgrades
DNS issues not within the direct control of PcS bvba™
Client’s acts or omissions, including without limitation, any negligence, willful misconduct, or use of PcS bvba™ service(s) in breach of PcS bvba™ Policy and Service Guidelines (AUP), by Client or others authorized by Client.

Connectivity:
PcS bvba's™ goal is to make the PcS bvba™ 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 PcS bvba™ service failure for more than 15 consecutive minutes, excluding service failures relating to PcS bvba's™ scheduled maintenance and upgrades. The PcS bvba™ network does not include client premises equipment or any Telco access facilities connecting Client's premises to such infrastructure. PcS bvba's™ goal is to keep Average Round-Trip Latency on the PcS bvba™ network to 85 milliseconds or less. PcS bvba™ defines “Average Round-Trip Latency”, with respect to a given month, as the average time required for round-trip packet transfers between the PcS bvba™ network and major US backbone peering points during such month, as measured by PcS bvba™. PcS bvba's™ goal is to keep Average Packet Loss on the PcS bvba™ network to 1% or less. PcS bvba™ defines “Average Packet Loss”, with respect to a given month, as the average percentage of IP packets transmitted on the PcS bvba™ network during such month that are not successfully delivered, as measured by PcS bvba™.
Measurement:
PcS bvba™ will periodically (on average every 10 minutes) monitor PcS bvba™ 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 PcS bvba™ network but not other networks to which Client may connect. PcS bvba™ 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 PcS bvba™ and made available to Client.
Hardware Failure:
PcS bvba™ stands behind all equipment on our network. Faulty hardware is rare, but cannot be predicted nor avoided. PcS bvba™ utilizes only name brand hardware of the highest quality and perfomance. PcS bvba™ will replace all faulty hardware affecting performance levels of equipment within 12 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.
Credits:
Credit requests must be made on the PcS bvba™ web site, by emailing to pcs@telenet.be. Each request in connection with network/server outages/downtime must be received by PcS bvba™ within five days of the occurance. Each request in connection with Average Round-Trip Latency or Average Packet Loss in a calendar month must be received by PcS bvba™ within five days after the end of such month. The total amount credited to a Client for PcS bvba™ not meeting SLA service levels will not exceed the service fees paid by Client PcS bvba™ for such services for the period in question. Each validly requested credit will be applied to a Client invoice within 30 days after PcS bvba's™ receipt of such request. Credits are exclusive of any applicable taxes charged to Client or collected by PcS bvba™. Upon Client’s request (in accordance with the procedure set forth below), PcS bvba™ will issue a credit to Client for network/server outages/downtime occurring during any calendar month that are reported by Client to PcS bvba™ and confirmed by PcS bvba's™ measurement reporting. Such credit will be equal to one MONTH’s worth of service. If Average Round-Trip Latency on the PcS bvba™ network for a calendar month exceeds 85 milliseconds, then upon Client's request, PcS bvba™ will issue a credit to Client equal to one MONTH’s worth of service. If Average Packet Loss exceeds 1% during a calendar month, then upon Client’s request, PcS bvba™ will issue a credit to Client equal to one MONTH’s worth of service.
General:
PcS bvba reserves the right to change or modify this SLA to benefit the Client, and will post changes to location currently housing this SLA at time of modification, which will be made available to Client. Except as set forth in this SLA, PcS bvba™ makes no claims regarding the availability or performance of the PcS bvba™ network or servers. Specific terms/points of this SLA may be adjusted on a case by case basis by the specific Service Agreement signed/agreed by client. In case of difference terms/points in SLA and Service Agreement, the Service Agreement terms/points prevail over this general SLA policy. The Service Agreement signed/agreed by client, is above and beyond this SLA, and Service Agreement terms are in affect, including, but not limited to, limitations of liability.