HickoryTech Internet - Service Information

Available FREE with DSL Pro, DSL Prime and the Enhanced Dialup Package.

Are you concerned about what your child or employee is accessing on the Internet? If so, HickoryTech's Filtered Internet Access is the option for you. Filtered Access is a service from HickoryTech, which enables you to safeguard your Internet access.

Having a home computer and Internet access has become as ordinary as having cable television. Families access the Net for different reasons: parents do work, kids have fun and learn, or they simply use it as a means to communicate with relatives and friends. As wonderful as the Internet can be, it also has a dark side. Interlaced among the million or so web sites on the Net are thousands of highly offensive sites filled with pornography, torture, hate and other images you would never let into your home or business.

For no additional charge, HickoryTech can filter the Web before it gets to your home or office. It uses the latest automated search technology to thoroughly seek out, identify and block over 96% of all highly offensive sites in the following categories:

Pornography
Drugs
Hate
Obscenity

Bomb Making
Torture
Gambling

Did you know that hundreds of new pornographic web sites are added to the Internet every day? Filtered Access from HickoryTech is an access management tool which parents, teachers and business owners can use to filter access to the Internet.

Protect your children from offensive messages found on the Internet. Let us do the blocking so you don�t have to. Unlike parental control software, HickoryTech's Filtered Internet Access cannot be disabled and is not susceptible to tampering.

There is no special software to install. Simply contact HickoryTech and request Filtered Access for your account at no additional charge. Everything else is handled on our end.

For an additional $2.00 per month, Enhanced package dialup users can add a second username password to your account enabling you to also retain your unfiltered access.

Filtered Access is also available for business packages for a minimal monthly fee,

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Please note: Filtered Access filters only websites while browsing. It DOES NOT filter email messages.

Disclaimer: No filter is 100% effective and HickoryTech Internet does not represent that its Filtered Access as 100% effective. HickoryTech Internet will not be responsible or liable for (1) the unexpected transmission of offensive material to the end user; (2) technology or user actions that cause the filter to be defeated; and (3) offensive material or Internet site that might circumvent the filter in any way. HickoryTech Internet makes no guarantee, representation or warranty, express or imply, that any such web sites, materials or information which any end user finds or may find objectionable will be filtered. The customer acknowledges and agrees that HickoryTech Internet�s filtering service may not be 100% effective. The customer also agrees not to begin a lawsuit or otherwise make a claim against HickoryTech Internet as a result of the failure of the filter process system which results in objectionable or offensive material being delivered to the end user. HickoryTech Internet makes no guarantee as to the continuous availability of the Filtered Access. HickoryTech Internet reserves the right to change filtering providers or modify the filtering service at any time.