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Back To School Sweepstakes

Terms and Conditions


1. No purchase or subscription to Internet service provider is necessary to enter. This sweepstakes, begins August 17, 1998 at 12:01 AM EDT and is open to all legal United States residents at least 18 years old at time of entry, except employees of U S WEST and its retailers, sales representatives, distributors, advertising agencies, promotional suppliers and the immediate families and households members of each. Sweepstakes ends October 31, 1998 at 11:59PM EDT.


2. To enter: Register your new Internet Access account within 30 days of the date on which your request for service was received by U S WEST. You may obtain a copy of the official sweepstakes rules (WA and VT residents may omit return postage for rule requests) and you may also enter by sending your name, address, city, state and telephone number on a 3x5 card to:

   Back To School Sweepstakes
   PO Box 167888
   Irving TX  75016-7888
Mail entries must be postmarked by October 31, 1998 and received by November 30, 1998.


3. No mechanical reproductions of entries allowed. With respect to mail entries, sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, or postage-due entries. Limit one entry per person.


4. The prize winner will be drawn at random from among eligible entries received on or about December 10, 1998. The drawing will be administered by an independent judging organization whose decisions are final and binding with regard to this sweepstakes. PRIZE: (20) Dell Computers. (Approximate Retail Value: $2,500 each). Total Value of All Prizes: $50,000.


5. All entries become property of sponsor and will not be returned. Odds of winning the prize will be determined by the number of eligible entries received. Except at sponsor's discretion, no cash redemptions, substitutes, or transfer of prizes allowed. All prizes claimed will be awarded. In case of unavailability of any prize, sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. Prize winners grants to sponsor the right to use his/her name and likeness in advertising and promotion without further compensation or permission, except where prohibited by law. Any and all taxes on prizes are responsibility of winners. By accepting this prize the winner and any guests agrees that sponsor will not be held responsible for any system damage, loss of property, accidents, injuries, or death that may occur in the receipt, awarding or use or possession of prizes. Winners will be notified by e-mail or by U.S. Mail , and will be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and a liability/publicity release with 14 days of notification. If prize notification e-mail, prize notification letter, or prize is returned as undeliverable, the corresponding prize will be awarded to an alternate winner. Failure to return affidavit may result in the prize being awarded to an alternate winner. Limit one prize per household address. Void where prohibited by law. To obtain a copy of the winners' names, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to

   Back To School Sweepstakes
   PO Box 167888
   Irving TX  75016-7888 
by December 31, 1998.



Sponsor: U S WEST, Inc., Denver, Colorado


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