when abs.net (whom hosts baltimore-r (now known as hidden51)) would get attacked, uworld (the primary oper service bot on undernet, also hosted at abs (talk about putting all your eggs in one basket)) would be down too, making it nearly impossible to reop channels. Granted EUworld was there as a backup, sometimes.
EFnet Does have a channel service far superior to that of undernet and dalnet, and here's why.
#1 Chanfix doesn't care what your channel name is, or what type of activity goes on there. It simply ops the top five 'regular' ops and leaves.
#2 No User Login or Registration. You aren't forced to apply for protection on EFnet, and there are no 'passwords' you have to 'login' to the bot with.
#3 No Oper Intervention. Chanfix monitors the network for opless channels, and when it senses one, it simply joins, reops and leaves. You don't have to kiss an opers ass to get them to reop your warez channel like you do on other networks which are too facist to allow protection for channels with questionable content.
and as far as irc.att.net.. it did NOT have the most bandwidth. It ran off four T1's. The bandwidth was nearly maxxed with 10,000 users.
And it wasn't delinked due to DoS. It was delinked because the way it was setup, att.net had to pay a third party (superlink.net) to host the server every month, provide the long haul T1's, and pay for hardware.
They simply got sick of paying for it with 0 return, and decided to focus on the att.net community port.
Also, the ircadmin of the server had problems with undernet routing, which made her frustrated, and I believe influenced the delink.
As far as the best opers, I'll agree with you there.. =]
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when abs.net (whom hosts baltimore-r (now known as hidden51)) would get attacked, uworld (the primary oper service bot on undernet, also hosted at abs (talk about putting all your eggs in one basket)) would be down too, making it nearly impossible to reop channels. Granted EUworld was there as a backup, sometimes. EFnet Does have a channel service far superior to that of undernet and dalnet, and here's why. #1 Chanfix doesn't care what your channel name is, or what type of activity goes on there. It simply ops the top five 'regular' ops and leaves. #2 No User Login or Registration. You aren't forced to apply for protection on EFnet, and there are no 'passwords' you have to 'login' to the bot with. #3 No Oper Intervention. Chanfix monitors the network for opless channels, and when it senses one, it simply joins, reops and leaves. You don't have to kiss an opers ass to get them to reop your warez channel like you do on other networks which are too facist to allow protection for channels with questionable content. and as far as irc.att.net.. it did NOT have the most bandwidth. It ran off four T1's. The bandwidth was nearly maxxed with 10,000 users. And it wasn't delinked due to DoS. It was delinked because the way it was setup, att.net had to pay a third party (superlink.net) to host the server every month, provide the long haul T1's, and pay for hardware. They simply got sick of paying for it with 0 return, and decided to focus on the att.net community port. Also, the ircadmin of the server had problems with undernet routing, which made her frustrated, and I believe influenced the delink. As far as the best opers, I'll agree with you there.. =] dB