GB CONNECTIONS LLC WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
Last Modified: September 28, 2026
Acceptance of the Terms of Use. These terms of use are entered into by and between you and GB CONNECTIONS LLC (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of https://gbconnections.com/, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through https://gbconnections.com/ (the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, found at https://gbconnections.com/privacy-policy/, and our Terms and Conditions of Sale, found at https://gbconnections.com/terms-conditions/. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, or the Terms and Conditions of Sale, you must not access or use this Website.
This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States or any of its territories or possessions. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.
Changes to the Terms of Use. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time, in our sole discretion. Changes will be posted to this page with an updated “Last Revised” date. We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Accessing the Website and Account Security. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website, and any good(s), service(s), or material(s) we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict user access, including registered user access, to some parts of the Website or the entire Website.
You are responsible for both: (1) Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website; and (2) Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
To access the Website and/or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Intellectual Property and Confidentiality. The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, technical designs, finite analysis studies, drawings, specifications, models, diagrams, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned or licensed by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of such material, and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
Nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Company’s proprietary business information, proprietary technology, designs, patents, confidential information, or trade secrets (collectively, “Company Technology”) without our prior express written permission.
These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial internal business use only, unless otherwise permitted by us. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, including illustrations and photographs, except as follows: (1) Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials. (2) You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes. (3) You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal or internal business use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution. (4) Subscribing users will be able to print off those categories of documents they have access to, general users/public will be able to print off data sheets. (5) We provide downloadable technical files, running procedures, specification sheets, or product catalogs, you may download a copy solely for your internal business evaluation, provided you agree to not disseminate these materials to others, keep all confidential markers intact, and use them in accordance with these Terms as well as our Terms and Conditions of Sale.
You must not: (1) Modify copies of any materials from this site. (2) Copy, download or use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text. (3) Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site. (4) Use any of the Company Technology, including any nonpublic, proprietary, or confidential information (including but not limited to product designs, testing data, and specifications) to design, market, manufacture, or sell any competing goods, or disclose such information to any third party.
You must not access or use for any unauthorized commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.
If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out in this section, please address your request to: info@gbconnections.com.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in violation of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Trademarks. The Company name, the term “GB CONNECTIONS LLC,” or “GBC,” and all trademarks, certification marks, service marks, trade names, domain names, favicons, social media addresses, service names, trade dress and logos, including all goodwill associated therewith, in each case whether or not registered, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, and all reissues, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, are the sole property of the Company. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Prohibited Uses. You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website: (1) In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries). (2) For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise. (3) To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material without our prior written consent, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation. (4) To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing). (5) To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.
Additionally, you agree not to: (1) Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real-time activities through the Website. (2) Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website. (3) Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent. (4) Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website. (5) Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. (6) Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website. (7) Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. (8) Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination; Hold Harmless. We have the right to: (1) Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website. (2) Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone using or accessing the Website.
YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY DURING, OR TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF, INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER THE COMPANY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
We assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.
Reliance on Information Posted; Technical Disclaimers. The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general informational purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
TECHNICAL NOTICE: Any specialized resources made available for review, viewing, or download on or through this Website, including but not limited to, the Company’s Notes for Performance Properties and Running Procedures are provided strictly as general reference and informational guides. (1) They do not constitute professional engineering calculations, guaranteed calculations, or site-specific instructions. (2) As a user of these products, you represent and warrant that you act as a “Learned Intermediary” possessing superior, proprietary knowledge of your specific wellbore trajectory, local geology, geophysics, pressures, fluids, and environmental load combinations. (3) You maintain sole, absolute responsibility for all casing string design, material compatibility, and connection selection. (4) Rotating casing for drilling-with-casing operations or aggressive, high-volume, hydraulic fracture stimulations are non-standard uses and require independent engineering verification. The Company assumes no liability or obligation for damages, losses, or downhole failures associated with reliance on the technical resources hosted on the Website.
This Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers, and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Changes to the Website. We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
Information About You and Your Visits to the Website. All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
Online Purchases, Fabrication, and Service Transactions. All transactions carried out through our Website or resulting from visits made by you for the purchase of products, and/or services, are strictly governed by our Terms and Conditions of Sale. As stated in our Terms and Conditions of Sale additional terms and conditions, including custom order terms (also known as “one-offs”), such as but not limited to, acknowledgments or third-party inspections, may also apply in certain instances to certain specific and limited transactions. Those respective terms custom order terms are not disturbed by these Terms of Use and are not incorporated into these Terms of Use.
Linking to the Website and Social Media Features. You may link to our homepage, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.
This Website may provide certain social media features that enable you to: (1) Link from your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on this Website. (2) Send emails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on this Website. (3) Cause limited portions of content on this Website to appear to be displayed or appear to be displayed on your own or certain third-party websites.
You may use these features solely as they are provided by us, solely with respect to the content they are displayed with, and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions we provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, you must not: (1) Establish a link from any website that is not owned by you. (2) Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed on, or appear to be displayed by, any other site, for example, framing, deep linking, or in-line linking. (3) Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage. (4) Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
The website from which you are linking, or on which you make certain content accessible, must not violate the Prohibited Uses set out in these Terms of Use.
You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.
Links from the Website. If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
IP Ownership & License. All content on this Site, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, software, product specifications, engineering data, and drawings (collectively, “Site Content”), is the property of the Company or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws. No Site Content may be reproduced, distributed, displayed, transmitted, published, modified, or otherwise used without the prior written consent of the Company, except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Site and Site Content solely for your personal, non-commercial internal business use only in connection with evaluating or purchasing our products, unless otherwise permitted by us. This license does not include any right to resell the Site or Site Content, to use data mining or robots, or to use the Site in any manner that could damage, disable, or impair the Company or its servers. The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to revoke this license and terminate your access to the Site and Site Content at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, and without prior notice.
DMCA. The Company respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that content on this Site infringes your copyright, please notify our designated DMCA agent in writing at, GB Connections LLC, 950 Threadneedle St, Suite 130, Houston, TX 77079, info@gbconnections.com, 713-465-3585. Your notice must comply with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Upon receipt of a compliant notice, we will expeditiously remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material. Repeat infringers’ access to the Site will be terminated.
Engineering Resources Disclaimer. By using this Website you hereby acknowledge, warrant, represent and agree to the following Engineering Resources Disclaimer:
ALL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, ENGINEERING DATA, PRODUCT DIMENSIONS, LOAD RATINGS, APPLICATION NOTES, CAD FILES, NOTES FOR PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES, RUNNING PROCEDURES, DATA SHEETS, AND RELATED MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE (“TECHNICAL MATERIALS”) ARE PROVIDED SOLELY FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. TECHNICAL MATERIALS ARE NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING ADVICE AND DO NOT ESTABLISH A PROFESSIONAL-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ANY USER. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING ALL TECHNICAL MATERIALS WITH A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER APPROPRIATE TO THE INTENDED APPLICATION BEFORE RELYING ON SUCH MATERIALS IN ANY DESIGN, INSTALLATION, OR ENGINEERING DECISION. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE TECHNICAL MATERIALS ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION OR JURISDICTION. WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR INJURY ARISING FROM RELIANCE ON TECHNICAL MATERIALS WITHOUT INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL VERIFICATION.
Geographic Restrictions. The owner of the Website is based in the State of Texas in the United States. The Website is intended to support sales across the United Sates and in some circumstances worldwide where access and use are permitted by applicable law. We make no representation that the Website or any of its content is appropriate, available, or lawful in every jurisdiction. Access to the Website may be restricted in certain countries or for certain persons, and we reserve the right, at any time and in our sole discretion, to limit, block, or otherwise restrict access to the Website (in whole or in part) to any person, geographic area, or jurisdiction, including through geo-blocking or other technological measures. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws, rules, and regulations.
Export Controls and Sanctions. You may not use, access, purchase from, or otherwise receive products or services through the Website in violation of U.S. export control laws or economic sanctions, or applicable import/export laws of any other jurisdiction. We may refuse, cancel, or limit any order or transaction, and may restrict access to the Website, where we determine (in our discretion) that applicable laws or our compliance obligations may be implicated.
Disclaimer of Warranties. You understand that we cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Internet will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other code that may manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to this site for any reconstruction of any lost data. We do not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of the Internet. By using this Website you hereby acknowledge, warrant, represent and agree to the following Disclaimer of Warranties.
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. WEB SITE OWNER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. WEB SITE OWNER DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR CONTENT CONTAINED IN THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WEB SITE OWNER DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION REGARDING USE, OR THE RESULT OF USE, OF THE CONTENT IN TERMS OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND WEB SITE OWNER MAY MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY TIME. YOU, AND NOT WEB SITE OWNER, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT. WEB SITE OWNER MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH CONTENT.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE BY THE COMPANY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT, FABRICATION SUPPORT, FIELD SERVICES, AND OTHER MATERIALS, ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EXCEPT ONLY TO THE EXTENT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULT, OR BE PERFORMED ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED, OR IN ANY PARTICULAR TIME FRAME.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation on Liability. By using this Website you hereby acknowledge, warrant, represent and agree to the following Limitation on Liability:
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY FOR PERSONAL INJURY (INCLUDING DEATH), PROPERTY DAMAGE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE OR WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN NO EVENT WILL OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).
WEBSITE USERS EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, OR DAMAGES RELATED TO THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES ARE GOVERNED STRICTLY BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE.
SELLER AND BUYER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS STATEMENT COMPLIES WITH THE EXPRESS NEGLIGENCE RULE AND IS CONSPICUOUS.
Indemnification. By using this Website, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, any use of the Website’s content, technical procedures, or product specification databases other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction. All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Texas, U.S.A., without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction), and exclusive of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
Any legal suit, action, or proceeding initiated by the Company seeking the enforcement of these Terms of Use or related to collections/non-payment shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Texas, in each case located in the City of Houston and County of Harris. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Dispute Resolution and Mandatory Arbitration. By using this Website you hereby acknowledge, warrant, represent and agree to mandatory arbitration. PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY.
WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION OF ACTIONS COMMENCED BY THE COMPANY FOR COLLECTIONS AND NON-PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING INVOICES. ANY CONTROVERSY, CLAIM, OR DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE, THE WEBSITE, OR THE BREACH, INTERPRETATION, PERFORMANCE, OR TERMINATION THEREOF, SHALL BE RESOLVED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MANDATORY PROCEDURES: THE PARTIES SHALL, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING WRITTEN NOTICE BY ONE PARTY TO THE OTHER THAT A DISPUTE EXISTS, ENDEAVOR TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE THROUGH GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION. IN THE EVENT THE PARTIES FAIL TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE THROUGH NEGOTIATION, THE CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM SHALL BE SETTLED EXCLUSIVELY BY BINDING ARBITRATION ADMINISTERED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (“AAA”) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES. THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL SHALL CONSIST OF ONE (1) NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR. THE ARBITRATION SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL, CONDUCTED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, AND THE PLACE OF ARBITRATION SHALL BE HOUSTON, TEXAS, U.S.A. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL STRICTLY APPLY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, U.S.A., AND SHALL HAVE NO POWER TO ADD TO, SUBTRACT FROM, OR MODIFY THESE TERMS. ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES INCIDENTAL TO THE ARBITRATION, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, SHALL BE BORNE EXCLUSIVELY BY THE LOSING PARTY. THE ARBITRATION AWARD SHALL BE FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE, AND JUDGMENT ON THE AWARD MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, HAVING JURISDICTION.
To the extent any dispute is not subject to arbitration under these Terms of Use, each party irrevocably consents to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Harris County, Texas for the resolution of such dispute. Each party waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such proceeding in Harris County, Texas, and waives any claim that any such proceeding brought in such courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Limitation on Time to File Claims. Any claim arising out of or related to these Terms of Use must be brought within two (2) years after such claim arose, except that claims arising from the purchase and sale of products are subject to the limitations period prescribed by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the state whose law governs the claim, which shall not be contractually reduced below the minimum period permitted by such law.
Waiver and Severability. No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement. These Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy incorporated herein by reference), constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and us with respect to your use of the Website, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and/or proposals. In the event of a conflict between these Terms of Use and the Terms of Conditions of Sale with respect to the purchase of any of our goods and/or services, the Terms and Conditions of Sale shall control.
Your Comments and Concerns. This website is operated by GB CONNECTIONS LLC, 950 Threadneedle St, Suite 130, Houston, TX 77079. All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: info@gbconnections.com or by phone at 713-465-3585.