DQE Communications (DQE) does not permit linking to the DQE Web Site except in accordance with this Linking Policy.

Obtaining Permission to Establish a Link

Any request for linking to the DQE Web Site ("Linking Request") must be sent to dweber@dqe.com for approval before activating any link. Your Linking Request must include the name, address, telephone number, contact name, e-mail address and web site address of your company or the company whose web site you intend to link ("Your Web Site"). If Your Web Site is not yet operational, you must also send a description of the nature of the content to be displayed on Your Web Site, and a description of the company and its services and/or products. If Your Web Site is password or otherwise protected, you must grant DQE access to Your Web Site. DQE has the right, but not the obligation, to review Your Web Site and its content, but any such review does not constitute endorsement.

If DQE agrees to your Linking Request, you will be notified by e-mail. If and when DQE approves your Linking Request, DQE grants to you a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable right to establish a link to the Web Site using one of the methods described below under "Establishing a Link."

Your establishment of any link to the Web Site signifies your agreement to this Linking Policy. Upon acceptance of your Linking Request, this Linking Policy becomes a legally binding agreement between you and DQE, and becomes part of the DQE Terms of Use Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Linking Policy and the Terms of Use Agreement, this Linking Policy will prevail only as applied to the subject matter of this policy.

Establishing a Link

There are three acceptable ways to link the DQE Communications Web Site at www.dqecom.com once your Linking Request has been accepted by DQE Communications. They are:

1.FULL DQE COMMUNICATIONS GRAPHIC
A full DQE Communications graphic is the preferred method of linking to the Web Site. The graphic appears with the DQE Communications name and registration mark®.

2.LOGO BUTTON
A logo button, as provided upon request and authorization, may be linked to the Web Site.

3.TEXT-BASED LINK
You may link from a text-based reference to DQE Communications if the reference contains uppercase "DQE COMMUNICATIONS". The reference must also contain the registration mark. Or you may write out the URL as: www.DQECom.com.

Restrictions

No changes or modifications to the DQE trademarks are permitted. DQE’s domain name and trademark(s), if used, must be reproduced as described and displayed above including use of above-identified PMS colors and appropriate use of the trademark designations ("TM" or ®) in each instance. Use of any DQE trademark for purposes other than linking to the Web Site is expressly forbidden. Approved links to the Web Site may link to, but not replicate, the Web Site’s content.

The DQE name and trademark(s) may not be used or associated with any obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, indecent, profane, defamatory or unlawful site or materials in any way, or in any manner that DQE, in its sole discretion, believes would adversely affect the name, reputation or goodwill of DQE, its services, products, affiliates, business partners, employees, officers, directors, service providers or representatives. DQE reserves the right to revoke its permission to establish a link (as described above) at any time and for any reason or no reason. If DQE notifies you of such revocation, you must immediately cease all use of the DQE name, domain name and trademark(s) and terminate the link between the Web Site and Your Web Site.

Intellectual Property

DQE retains and reserves all right, title, and interest in and to DQE’s trade names, trademarks, logos, and domain names, and all related copyrights and other intellectual property rights. DQE’s Intellectual Property rights are further described in DQE’s Terms of Use Agreement.

No Endorsement

The establishment of any link between the Web Site and any other site does not constitute or imply any endorsement by DQE of Your Web Site or any third-party sites, or the products, content, materials or information presented or made available by such sites.

You acknowledge and agree that DQE, its affiliates, business partners, employees, officers, directors, service providers and representatives, are not responsible for any damages or losses caused or alleged to have been caused by the use of any third-party sites, or from the products, content, material or information presented by or available through those sites, or related in any way to any link between the Web Site and Your Web Site.

General

All the terms and conditions of the DQE Web Site Terms of Use Agreement that are not expressly modified or supplemented by this Linking Policy apply to the subject matter of this policy.

DQE reserves the right to modify this Linking Policy at any time by posting such modifications to the Web Site. Your continued maintenance of any active link to the Web Site or use of any DQE name, domain name, or trademark in connection with such link shall signify your agreement to such modifications. We encourage you to periodically review the posted Linking Policy. You may at any time print, download and/or store a copy of this Linking Policy. If you experience any difficulty in printing, downloading or storing this Agreement, please contact us dweber@dqe.com.