By signing these Terms of Use, organizations participating in the FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program (“RHCPP”) and participant organizations (“RHCPP Participants”) have the right to connect to the Internet2 Network through a recognized Internet2 Network Connector (“Connector”), provided that the RHCPP Participant has made separate arrangements with a Connector to implement an Internet2 Network connection.

I.               Billing and Payment

Internet2 will invoice the RHCPP Participant for its Internet2 Network Use Fee (“Fee”) upon RHCPP Participant’s acceptance of these Terms of Use.  Payment is due upon receipt of Internet2 invoice. The Fee is non-refundable.  Payment grants RHCPP Participant the right to connect to the Internet2 Network for a period of three hundred sixty-five (365) days upon Internet2's receipt of RHCPP Participant's payment and confirmation of RHCPP Participant’s connection arrangements.  For purposes of invoicing, the start of RHCPP Participant’s three hundred sixty-five (365)-day connection period will be set to the nearest first day of the month following approval of the connection.  Authorization to use the Internet2 Network, through a Connector, will be established upon: a) Internet2's receipt of payment from RHCPP Participant of the RHCPP Participant's portion of the Fee; b) Internet2's receipt from RHCPP Participant of the payment voucher generated from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) website; and c) Internet2's receipt of written confirmation from Connector of RHCPP Participant's connection arrangements through Connector.

Please send completed payment vouchers to fcc-rhcp-billing@internet2.edu.

II.             2009 Internet2 Network Use Fee (“Fee”) per connection: $25,000

Click here for budgetary quote form.

III.           Internet2 Network Usage

RHCPP Participants may use their Internet2 Network connection for any lawful purpose as allowed under the Internet2 Network Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”).

The Internet2 Network is provided on an as is, as available basis, including unscheduled outages, with all faults, and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.  No statement, oral or written, given by Internet2, any of its employees, or any other person will create a warranty, nor may any Internet2 Network Connector, Internet2 Network Participant, Internet2 Network RHCPP Participant, or other person rely on any such statement for any purpose.

IV.           Acceptance of Terms

Clicking the “I have read and agree to the Terms of Use” check-box will generate email auto-confirmation of application together with a copy of the [full text; PDF format] Terms of Use and relevant links for reference by RHCPP Participant with Cc: to Internet2 fcc-rhcp-application@internet2.edu.

Internet2 cannot and does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, or fitness for a particular purpose of the information available through this site, nor do we guarantee that this site will be error-free and continuously available.