User:Lexein/AbleNET

AbleNET is an IRC network. It was founded, May 2001, by AfterNET Co-Founder and long-time Admin Anthony Sanchez and several others from that network. The network was set up primarily as a chat network for friends, and as a response to growing disillusionment with the policies of some of the AfterNET administrators. Several users from AbleNET were involved in the creation of AfterNET; some even tracing their usage back to TheNET and InnerNET.

AbleNET is a small network with an average of 150-300 users online at any given time. The Undernet-compatible IRCu daemon software is used on the servers. Channel services are provided using srvx; the user authentication service is named AuthServ and the channel service is named X.

AbleNET is noted for its distinct lack of IRCOps, instead using various services to control the flow of network stability and activity. Additionally, the Network is noted for its high standards of access, regarding the limit of multiple connections and unverifiable "bots".

The network can be reached using irc.ablenet.org.

Historical Timeline

• May 2001, AbleNET is born and has served as a meeting place for chatters ever since.
• May 2003, with the looming threat of the Fizzer Worm AbleNET joins with a vast collection of IRC networks and news communities to form IRC-Unity.
• December 2005, AbleNET becomes the first IRC Network to offer "blogging" to their community.

Founder

Anthony Sanchez has been using and administering IRC Networks since 1995, starting as an IRCop with InnerNET subsequently NewNET during it's founding year. Later he went on to Admin servers for TheNET, AfterNET and finally AbleNET.

Anthony was, coincidentally, the first to publish the story of the raid on and subsequent shutdown of the popular Lineage II private server, L2Extreme, on the AbleNET website.

External links

• AbleNET IRC Website
• SRVX Help Files & Command List
• Google Directory
• Search Irc
• NetSplit.de
• SRVX IRC Services
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