City of Portland Free High Speed Internet Access

Important information concerning legal rights, requirements. Read carefully.

To access the Internet through the City of Portland Wi-Fi Hotspot Access Service, please read the following important legal information and then click the YES button to get started if you are willing to accept the following terms and conditions of use:

Your Warnings

This is a FREE service. It comes with no warranties or assurance of performance and by using it you agree that neither the City of Portland nor any of its personnel or affiliates will be liable for any and all consequences that occur through your use of the service. The hotspot access service is provided “AS IS, WHERE IS.”

You Understand And Agree:

• This hotspot access service provides no security features whatsoever.
• You accept all responsibility for your use or inability to use this hotspot access service.
• You will be solely responsible for any and all statements made by you and all of your acts or omissions that occur, through the use of this hotspot access service. We strongly recommend that you not disclose, receive or transmit any data or content that is confidential or that you would not want intercepted by others in this hotspot without taking appropriate steps to encrypt or secure the information.
• That no computer or communications system can be made completely secure and accessing the Internet via a Wi-Fi access service through the City of Portland hotspots may subject your computers or communication devices to attack by third parties who intentionally or unintentionally transmit or spread malicious code, viruses, infections or contamination, or steal or view your data and information.
• You may experience weak signal strength, depending on a number of factors, including where you are in relation to the hotspot signal generators, the number of users currently accessing the hotspot access service, what other radio frequency devices are in use with the hotspot zone, or how well your computer or access device handles Wi-Fi signals and interference.

City of Portland Liability Disclaimer

• The hotspot access service is provided without warranty, express or implied, as to performance, merchantability, title, infringement or fitness for any particular purpose. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the hotspot access service is assumed by you. Under no circumstances shall the City of Portland or its personnel and affiliated parties be liable to you or any third party for any claim or cause of action arising out of or in connection with the hotspot access service, including without limitation any use for purposes not in compliance with the City of Portland acceptable use policy below.
• The City of Portland shall not be liable to you for any liability or damage caused or initiated by third parties and affecting your computers, personal data devices, communication devices, software, data, property or services that may result from use or access of the hotspot access service. The City of Portland assumes no responsibility and accepts no liability for any failure by you to obtain access or make a connection to the internet via the hotspot access service or a failure in telecommunication lines or wireless signals, or electric power sources operating the hotspot access service or your access device. The City of Portland does not warrant that access to, or operation of, the hotspot access service will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any errors will be corrected.
• The City of Portland may terminate, suspend or interrupt this service to you at any time for any reason or no reason as the City of Portland, in its sole discretion, may determine.