Anne Noonan
Registered User
Join date: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2
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04-15-2006 19:12
I am just about to start my own business in SL and have invested a lot of my own US$ into it.
The current outage (running to nearly 4 hours now) is seriously concerning me. I hope my business will be succesful and generate me a lot of income (both in L$ and in turn US$).
But... my income will depend on people actually being able to be at my club 24/7. A 4 hour outage like this could loose me thousands of Lindens and impact my traffic and dwell.
So, my point is. Will LL consider offering compensation to business owners for outages? I appreciate that not all outages are LLs fault (like this one). So maybe some form of opt in insurance policy for business owners to sign up for with a monthly L$ fee attached. Then in the event of an outage the owner is compensated in L$ to the level they applied for.
Just a thought... this long outage has me kinda at a loose end and a bit worried!
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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04-15-2006 22:05
Hello Anne. Oh, we do have a credit policy in place for unscheduled downtime. In the Terms of Service: From: someone 3.8 Service Credit for Unscheduled Downtime. You will be eligible to receive Service Credit toward recurring service fees (e.g. monthly account fees, 90 Day account fees, annual account fees, and land use fees) for Unscheduled Downtime. "Unscheduled Downtime" is an unplanned or unscheduled interruption in Service availability for a period of at least twenty-four (24) hours during which you are unable to access the Service. Unscheduled Downtime is measured from the time the Service is 100% unreachable for a period of at least twenty- four (24) hours until Service is once again restored. The following are excluded from the calculation of Unscheduled Downtime: (i) scheduled maintenance downtime; (ii) problems outside of our Service (upstream providers, or your inbound connection) not affecting 100% loss to our Service; (iii) interruptions or failure of Service caused by you or your representatives (including inaccurate configuration, third-party software, abuse or over-utilization of resources, hacked servers, attacks, exploits, or server hardware failures); and (iv) causes beyond Linden's reasonable control and occurring without Linden's fault or negligence, including natural disasters, wars, terrorist acts, riots or other violent upheaval, governmental restrictions and actions, and performance failures of a third party outside Linden's control. The amount of any Service Credit will be based on the pro rata percentage of Unscheduled Downtime during your billing cycle (e.g., if there is 1 day of Unscheduled Downtime in a 30-day month for your monthly account, you will receive a Service Credit for 1/30th of your recurring service fees). Any Service Credit will be credited to you during your next billing cycle.
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