Voyager Business Terms
Voyager Business Terms
1. Definitions
“we”, “our”, or “us” refers to Voyager Internet Limited, and “you” or “your” refers to the Customer (as referred to in a Service Agreement).
“Due Date” means the date that payment is due, as specified in the tax invoice.
“Service”, “Services”, “Product”, or “Products” shall refer to all goods and services of any kind that we provide to you as specified in a Service Agreement.
“Service Agreement” means any specific agreement between you and us pursuant to which we agree to supply you with specific products or services
and for the avoidance of doubt includes a wholesale services agreement where services are provided to a wholesale provider.
“Service Terms” means any specific terms between you and us pursuant to which we agree to supply you with specific products or services.
“Business Day” means a day on which registered banks are open for general banking business in New Zealand, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and
public holidays.
“Commencement Date”, unless otherwise specified, means the date on which we notify you that the Service is available.
“Terms” means these Terms (the “Business Terms”) together with any terms contained in a Service Agreement and Service Terms.
Other capitalised words, other than proper nouns, will be defined in these Business Terms or in a Service Agreement.
2. Our Charges
The cost (“Charge(s)”) for each Product or Service shall be outlined in a Service Agreement and shall begin from the Commencement Date, regardless of
when they begin to be used. You are liable for all Charges regardless of who uses the Product or Service.
If Services are provided for a specific term and that term has ended, then we will continue to charge you on a month to month basis for that Service
unless we agree to a new term. You shall remain liable for those Charges and these Terms shall continue to apply.
Part payment of any invoice will not amount to full and final settlement and the remainder of your invoice will remain due on the Due Date.
Unless we explicitly agree in writing (such as by you entering a wholesale service agreement), you are not permitted to resell any Product or Service and
you affirm that you are the end user of the Services and/or Products supplied by us.
We may vary our Charges from time to time. If we make changes to Charges for any of the Services we provide to you, we will notify you of the change
in writing and provide no less than 30 days’ notice of this. If you do not agree to the changes, you may terminate the Service which is the subject of the
changes. If you are within contract term with us, the Charges for the Services covered by that contract will not increase until the end of that contract,
unless an increase is as a result of a change in the price from a supplier for an input required for your Voyager Service.
4. Disputed Accounts
You agree that unless you dispute a Charge prior to the Due Date, then you accept that Charge as valid and agree to pay it in full and without any
deduction or claim for set-off for any alleged claim not directly related to the Charge. If you dispute a Charge, you must notify us immediately and
without delay, and in any event within 90 days of the date of our invoice to you (you agree that we will not be liable for any dispute raised later than
90 days from the relevant invoice). We will investigate the dispute, and while we are doing this you do not need to pay the disputed amount but are
required to pay any amount due that is not disputed. If we agree with your assessment, we will issue a billing adjustment. If we do not agree with your
assessment and you still dispute the account, then we agree that before we exercise our right to suspend or terminate any services or commence any
enforcement proceedings for recovery of any unpaid Charges we agree to meet within 5 working days to resolve the dispute in good faith and if not
resolved both parties may within a further 5 working days submit the dispute to a mediator agreed by the parties and if not agreed then appointed by
the President of the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Law Society.
For the avoidance of doubt, the dispute resolution provisions in this clause do not apply where there has been a breach which justifies immediate
termination of Service(s) in accordance with clause 14.
5. Overdue Accounts
If you do not pay an invoice by the Due Date, we may charge you interest at 10% per annum on the unpaid amount from the Due Date until the date
you pay it. Interest shall be calculated and compounded monthly. You must also pay any costs that are incurred by us (including all reasonable costs
incurred by us to our solicitor and and/or any costs charged to us by a debt collecting agency) in recovering the money that you owe us.
We reserve the right to suspend or restrict any Service that we provide for you until payment is made in full. Where your account is overdue we will give
you 5 working days’ notice before suspending any Service (we may restrict a service without notice to you in appropriate circumstances such as misuse
of our fair use policy). Where we suspend or restrict any Service pursuant to this clause you will continue to remain liable for all Charges regardless of
such suspension or restriction.
This section does not apply to the portion of any invoice that is validly disputed.
You may not assign or have someone else perform your side of any agreement with us without our prior written consent. We may assign or have
someone else perform our side of any agreement we have with you.
10. Notices
We will send invoices and other notices to the last email address you have given us. Please inform us in writing (via our online forms or email) if you
change address. Our address and contact details are available on our website, at www.voyager.nz
Any invoice or notice will be deemed to have been delivered on the other party:
11. No Waiver
If either party delays or fails to enforce any of its rights or remedies under any Agreement you have with us, this will not constitute a waiver by that
party of that or any other right or remedy available to it.
14. Termination
We require 30 days written notice for the termination of any Service. If that Service is being provided to you for a specific term and you cancel within
that term, then you must also pay us any applicable early termination fees to cover any costs/losses that Voyager will suffer in such circumstances, as
explicitly stated in the Service Agreement and/or Service Terms for relevant services terminated.
Either party may terminate any or all Services immediately and without penalty if the other party:
Without limitation to any other rights available to it, we may terminate Services to you without notice if any invoice is more than 3 months overdue in
payment.
If we require consent from owners of any site for access in order to supply you with a particular Service and the owners of that site withdraw such
consent or request us to remove our equipment, then we may terminate the Service provided to you by written notice with effect from the date on
which access to the site will be unavailable to us. You acknowledge and accept that we will not be liable to you in any way for failure to supply any
Service where we terminate such Service under this provision.
We may also cease provision of any service to you at any time for the following reasons; the relevant service is no longer feasible, we are unable to
provide it, we are withdrawing it from general availability, or we are replacing it with a new service. In this instance, we shall provide 30 days written
notice.
Termination due to breach of these Terms will not affect other rights and remedies. If Services are terminated due to breach, then you agree to pay us
any monies owing (including any applicable early termination fees, as set out in the Service Terms) and immediately return any equipment owned by us
at your cost. Where any equipment is not returned you will provide access for us to retrieve the equipment (at your cost) and failing that will reimburse
us for the cost of replacing such equipment.
You agree to pay for any damage or loss to our equipment caused by any reason other than normal wear and tear.
You agree to provide us access to any premises where our equipment is located or due to be located for the purposes of installing, maintaining,
replacing, or retrieving that equipment. We will endeavor to provide at least 24 hours’ notice of requiring access to your premises.
You acknowledge further that some of the Services we provide can depend on third party suppliers and that outages can be caused due to
circumstances outside our control. In such cases we will not be liable to you for any costs incurred for any such outage. In such an outage, we will
provide a letter for your insurance company.
Any compensation will be limited to service credits applicable under any applicable Service Terms or Service Agreement.
Further, and regardless of the cause of any outage or use of the Services, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Voyager excludes all liability for damage
or loss (including without limitation, financial or economic loss, damages for loss, any alleged loss of/in business projects, loss of profits, revenue or
anticipated savings, loss or damage to reputation or goodwill, indirect or inconsequential losses, punitive or special damages), arising in contract, tort,
(including negligence), equity or otherwise from the use, delay, or temporary or permanent unavailability of all or any part of the Services, or from any
action or decision taken as a result of using these Services. You agree to such exclusion of liability.
If for any reason, Voyager is found liable to Customer, notwithstanding the exclusion of liability set out above, in no case shall Voyager’s aggregate
liability for any loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, incurred by Customer, or anyone claiming through Customer, exceed the amount of fees,
if any, paid by Customer under this Agreement for the affected service in the 6 month period preceding the earliest of date of the alleged event giving
rise to any claim for damages or compensation.
The termination of Services with us does not affect any rights and responsibilities that are intended to continue or come into force after such
termination.
Standard Business Terms
Where there is a conflict between the meaning of these Business Terms and the terms and conditions in any Service Agreement or other specific
written agreement between you and us the Service Agreement, or specific written agreement, shall prevail.
Where there is an alleged conflict between these terms and any alleged oral/unwritten agreement between you and us, then these Business Terms will
prevail.
Neither you nor we intend to create rights in or grant remedies to any third party as a beneficiary of these Terms or any Agreement with you, and these
Terms or any Agreement with you shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of you and us.
• promptly give written notice to the other party specifying the cause and extent of its failure to perform
• take all reasonable steps to remedy or abate the cause and extent of its failure to perform
• resume performance of its obligations under the Service Agreement as soon as possible