Nondiscrimination and Interconnection Obligations. The Awardee agrees to (i) adhere to the principles contained in the FCC's Internet Policy Statement (FCC 05-151, adopted August 5, 2005); (ii) not favor any lawful Internet applications and content over others; (iii) display any network management policies in a prominent location on the service providers webpage, provide notice to customers of changes to these policies, such policies include any business practices or technical mechanisms they employ, other than standard best efforts Internet delivery, to allocate capacity; differentiate among applications, providers, or sources, limit usage and manage illegal or harmful content; (iv) connect to the public Internet directly or indirectly, such that the project is not an entirely private closed network; and (v) offer interconnection, where technically feasible without exceeding current or reasonably anticipated capacity limitations, on reasonable rates and terms to be negotiated with requesting parties. This includes both the ability to connect to the public Internet and physical interconnection for the exchange of traffic. (a) Notwithstanding the above, the Awardee may not offer interconnection to anyone that will provide services that duplicate services provided by projects funded by outstanding telecommunications loans made under the RE Act. Further, interconnection may not be used for an ineligible purpose under the Recovery Act. (b) These obligations are subject to the needs of law enforcement and reasonable network management. As such, the Awardee may employ generally accepted technical measures to provide acceptable service levels to all customers, such as caching and application-neutral bandwidth allocation, as well as measures to address spam, denial of service attacks, illegal content, and other harmful activities. (c) In the event the Awardee contracts with another entity to operate the Project, the Awardee shall require such entity to comply with the terms of this Section, expressly including this Section in their contractual arrangement. (d) These obligations do not apply to the Awardee's existing network.
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Samples: Loan/Grant and Security Agreement (General Communication Inc), Loan/Grant and Security Agreement (General Communication Inc), Loan/Grant and Security Agreement (Gci Inc)
Nondiscrimination and Interconnection Obligations. The Awardee Rapid agrees to (i) adhere to the principles contained in the FCC's Internet Policy Statement (FCC 05-151, adopted August 5, 2005); (ii) not favor any lawful Internet applications and content over others; (iii) display any network management policies in a prominent location on the service providers provider's webpage, provide notice to customers of changes to these policies, such policies include any business practices or technical mechanisms they employ, other than standard best efforts Internet delivery, to allocate capacity; differentiate among applications, providers, or sources, limit usage and manage illegal or harmful content; (iv) connect to the public Internet directly or indirectly, such that the project is not an entirely private closed network; and (v) offer interconnection, where technically feasible without exceeding current or reasonably anticipated capacity limitations, on reasonable rates and terms to be negotiated with requesting parties. This includes both the ability abi lity to connect cotmect to the public Internet and physical interconnection intercotmection for the exchange of traffic.
(a) Notwithstanding the above, the Awardee may not offer interconnection to anyone that will provide services that duplicate services provided by projects funded by outstanding telecommunications loans made under the RE Act. Further, interconnection may not be used for an ineligible purpose under the Recovery Act.
(b) These obligations are subject to the needs of law enforcement and as well as reasonable network management. As such, the Awardee Rapid may employ generally accepted technical measures to provide acceptable service levels to all customers, such as caching and application-application neutral bandwidth allocation, as well as measures to address spam, denial of service attacks, illegal content, and other harmful activities.
(c) . In the event the Awardee Rapid contracts with another entity to operate the Project, the Awardee it shall require such entity to comply compl y with the terms of this Section, expressly including this Section in their contractual arrangement.
(d) . These obligations do not apply to the AwardeeRapid 's existing network.
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Samples: Grant Agreement
Nondiscrimination and Interconnection Obligations. The Awardee Awardees agrees to (i) adhere to the principles contained in the FCC's ’s Internet Policy Statement (FCC 05-151, adopted August 5, 2005); (ii) not favor any lawful Internet applications and content over others; (iii) display any network management policies in a prominent location on the service providers provider's webpage, provide notice to customers of changes to these policies, such policies include any business practices or technical mechanisms they employ, other than standard best efforts Internet delivery, to allocate capacity; differentiate among applications, providers, or sources, limit usage and manage illegal or harmful content; (iv) connect to the public Internet directly or indirectly, such that the project is not an entirely private closed network; and (v) offer interconnection, where technically feasible without exceeding current or reasonably anticipated capacity limitations, on reasonable rates and terms to be negotiated with requesting parties. This includes both the ability to connect to the public Internet and physical interconnection for the exchange of traffic.
(a) Notwithstanding the above, the Awardee Awardees may not offer interconnection to anyone that will provide services that duplicate services provided by projects funded by outstanding telecommunications loans made under the RE Act. Further, interconnection may not be used for an ineligible purpose under the Recovery Act.
(b) These obligations are subject to the needs of law enforcement and reasonable network management. As such, the Awardee Awardees may employ generally accepted technical measures to provide acceptable service levels to all customers, such as caching and application-neutral bandwidth allocation, as well as measures to address spam, denial of service attacks, illegal content, and other harmful activities.
(c) In the event the Awardee contracts Awardees contract with another entity to operate the Project, the Awardee Awardees shall require such entity to comply with the terms of this Section, expressly including this Section in their contractual arrangement.
(d) These obligations do not apply to the Awardee's Awardees’ existing network.
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Samples: Broadband Initiatives Program Loan/Grant and Security Agreement
Nondiscrimination and Interconnection Obligations. The Awardee agrees to (i) adhere to the principles contained in the FCC's ’s Internet Policy Statement (FCC 05-151, adopted August 5, 2005); (ii) not favor any lawful Internet applications and content over others; (iii) display any network management policies in a prominent location on the service providers provider's webpage, provide notice to customers of changes to these policies, such policies include any business practices or technical mechanisms they employ, other than standard best efforts Internet delivery, to allocate capacity; differentiate among applications, providers, or sources, limit usage and manage illegal or harmful content; (iv) connect to the public Internet directly or indirectly, such that the project is not an entirely private closed network; and (v) offer interconnection, where technically feasible without exceeding current or reasonably anticipated capacity limitations, on reasonable rates and terms to be negotiated with requesting parties. This includes both the ability to connect to the public Internet and physical interconnection for the exchange of traffic.
(a) Notwithstanding the above, the Awardee may not offer interconnection to anyone that will provide services that duplicate services provided by projects funded by outstanding telecommunications loans made under the RE Act. Further, interconnection may not be used for an ineligible purpose under the Recovery Act.
(b) These obligations are subject to the needs of law enforcement and reasonable network management. As such, the Awardee may employ generally accepted technical measures to provide acceptable service levels to all customers, such as caching and application-neutral bandwidth allocation, as well as measures to address spam, denial of service attacks, illegal content, and other harmful activities.
(c) In the event the Awardee contracts with another entity to operate the Project, the Awardee shall require such entity to comply with the terms of this Section, expressly including this Section in their contractual arrangement.
(d) These obligations do not apply to the Awardee's ’s existing network.
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Samples: Broadband Initiatives Program Loan/Grant and Security Agreement