5 USING THE SERVICE

5.1 Connecting the service

You must reasonably co-operate with us to allow us , or a supplier , to establish and supply the service to you safely and efficiently.

5.2 Quality of the service

We will provide the service to you with due care and skill. In the event of unexpected faults we will use reasonable endeavours to ensure the service is restored as soon as possible.

5.3 Permitted uses of the service

(a) When you use the service , you must comply with:

(i)  all laws,

(ii)  all directions by a regulator ,

(iii)  all notices issued by authorisation of or under law (for example, under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)), and

(iv)  reasonable directions by us .

(b) You must not use, or attempt to use, the service :

(i)  to break any law or to infringe another person's rights (including damaging any property or injuring or killing any person or infringing someone's copyright),

(ii)  to transmit, publish or communicate material which is defamatory, offensive, abusive, indecent, menacing or unwanted,

(iii)  to expose us to liability, or

(iv) in any way which damages, interferes with or interrupts the service , the PPS network or a supplier's network used to supply the service.

(c) We may ask you to stop doing something which we reasonably believe is contrary to paragraph (b) above. You must immediately comply with any such request. If you do not, then we may take any steps reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with paragraph (b) above or the request.

(d) You acknowledge that, where the service is a carriage service , we , or any supplier whose network is used to supply the service , may be required to intercept communications over the service and may also monitor your usage of the service and communications sent over it.

5.4 Unusually high use

We may contact you if we become aware of an unusually high use of the service by you (including to verify any costs or charges which you may have incurred) however we are under no obligation to do so. For example, if you suddenly make an unusually high volume of calls to international destinations using the service we may contact you to determine whether that use is likely to continue. If so, we may ask you to make a pre-payment usage charge under clause 8.2(b) . Please note that we may also be entitled to suspend the service under clause 12.1(a)(iv) for an unusually high use of the service .

5.5 Compliance with third party rules

When you use the service it is your responsibility to comply with any rules imposed by any third party whose content or services you access using the service or whose network your data traverses.

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