AustNet
was founded in the summer of '96 by Ryan Mills (ryan) and Roger Yerramsetti (RogerY).
It originally aimed to serve as an independent Australian
based chat community. After active interest from all
corners of the globe, it has expanded to cover Europe,
Canada, the United States and Asia. With a userbase
expected to peak at 10,000 concurrent users by mid-2001,
we're happy with both the direction and growth of something
that started literally from nothing more than an idea.
The
principle concept behind the network is to promote active
participation by both the administration and user
communities alike and to actively manage and maintain a
network that serves as a communication tool for thousands of
users around the world. With over 50 volunteers
managing the network on a daily basis and thousands of users
active in various channels, the future of the network looks
bright.
Our
in house services,
written by Roger, handle over 51,000 registered users and
12,000 channels network wide. Their aim is to serve
our users with both nickname and channel registration, and
facilitate the online environment.
If
you're new to IRC, we strongly recommend browsing through
the reference
library to find out a bit of history about IRC in
general, and reading our New
User's Guide to help you on your way. All in all,
AustNet is home to many of us and we're glad to have you
aboard.
Cheers,
Ryan
Mills (ryan@austnet.org)
