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IMHO it didn't fail. The internet "failed", becoming something much more centralized and oligopoly-like. In my area, IRC servers were maintained by local ISP a
by epx 7y ago
IMHO it didn't fail. The internet "failed", becoming something much more centralized and oligopoly-like.
In my area, IRC servers were maintained by local ISP administrators plus some help of local volunteers. As local, dial-up ISPs consolidated and ended up absorbed or put out of business by telecoms, IRC networks become orphans.
- clarry 7y agoI'm still connected to ircnet via my ISP's server. Not that it makes much of a difference from user perspective. Freenode works just fine and I don't need ISP's server for it.