The agreement states that minimum fee commitments in Service Orders are non-cancelable, cannot be reduced during the term, and are non-refundable regardless of actual usage. Payment obligations are not conditioned on future feature delivery or representations made outside the agreement.
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This provision establishes binding financial obligations that persist for the full duration of a Service Order term irrespective of actual service consumption, creating potential exposure for subscribers who contract for capacity exceeding their operational requirements.
Under this clause, subscribers remain obligated for the full minimum commitment amount in a Service Order regardless of how much of the service they actually use, and fees paid are non-refundable. The agreement requires that payment obligations are assessed independently of any feature or functionality expectations not documented in the agreement itself.
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Compare across platforms →"Minimum commitments in Service Orders are (a) based on Services purchased and not actual usage; (b) non-cancelable; and (c) cannot be decreased during the specified term. Fees paid for minimum commitments and actual usage are not refundable. Subscriber's payments of fees are neither (x) contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features nor (y) dependent on statements not set forth in the Agreement.Excerpt from Fastly's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The non-cancelable fee structure engages general commercial contract law principles and may interact with consumer protection regulations in certain jurisdictions; however, as this agreement primarily governs business-to-business subscriptions, consumer protection statutes with …
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This provision establishes binding financial obligations that persist for the full duration of a Service Order term irrespective of actual service consumption, creating potential exposure for subscribers who contract for capacity exceeding their operational requirements.
Under this clause, subscribers remain obligated for the full minimum commitment amount in a Service Order regardless of how much of the service they actually use, and fees paid are non-refundable. The agreement requires that payment obligations are assessed independently of any feature or functionality expectations not documented in the agreement itself.
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