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-The [#NZADSL] [IRC] channel was originally formed by MarkFoster as a chatroom for the [ADSL Mailing List|http://www.unixathome.org/adsl]. [ADSL] is
the means by which most people from NewZealand have
BroadBand delivered to their homes, and access to this is
invariably controlled by [TelecomNZ], who are fairly well known as being a [Monopoly] in this arena. The
MailingList had its heyday in
the late 90s
and early 00's ([
ADSL] being fairly new technology
and quite contentious due
to the lack of competition in the market) but is fairly quiet nowadays. It is still there, however,
and suitable for discussion
of technical issues relating to [ADSL]
and its implementation from core to edge
.
+The [#NZADSL] [IRC] channel was originally formed by MarkFoster (and others)
as a chatroom for the [ADSL Mailing List|http://www.unixathome.org/adsl] - which was shut down in 2008
. [ADSL] was
the means by which most people from NewZealand had
BroadBand delivered to their homes during the turn of the century period
, and with
access to this invariably controlled by the then-lines-monopoly
[TelecomNZ], the
MailingList was very busy during
the late 90's
and early 00's with discussions on various
ADSL and broadband related topics. Discussion regularly covered technical solutions
to end-user situations and also discussion on
the problems caused by
lack of competition in the marketplace - later somewhat resolved by Local Loop Unbundling
and the separation
of Telecom into Retail organisation Spark,
and wholesaler Chorus
.
-The main reason the [#NZADSL] room was started was to bring together technical people from the MailingList in a forum where they could discuss [ADSL] issues in realtime. A useful sideeffect was that [#NZADSL] has
over time attracted all sorts of [NZ] geek types representing various [ISP]s and other [IT] outfits
.
+The main reason the [#NZADSL] room was started was to bring together technical people from the MailingList in a forum where they could discuss [ADSL] issues in realtime. A useful sideeffect was that [#NZADSL] did
over time attracted all sorts of [NZ] geek types representing various [ISP]s and other [IT] organisations. A reasonably high level of tech savvy was expected of participants
.
-Chat regularly swings between the inane and the ridiculous, but it's still enjoyable.
-
-You're welcome to participate, but joiners should make sure they have engaged brain before entering. There's not much tolerance for lack-of-Cloo.
-
-is
the [IRC] Network of choice for [#NZADSL]. You'll find various
[LUG] members
from up and down
[NZ] also frequent
the chatroom, not that I reccomend you come to [#NZADSL] to ask a [Linux] question. You'll likely be forcibly redirected
to a more appropriate channel
. :)
+UnderNet was
the [IRC] Network of choice for [#NZADSL]. Many
[LUG] participants
from across
[NZ] also frequented
the chatroom, making it of relevance
to this wiki
.
