Sunday, November 29, 2009

Local bandwidth IRC for ZA

Here's the thing. IRC or Internet Relay Channel is usually associated with chatrooms. It also makes a great Internet Messaging platform. You can set up IM client like Pidgin to message and chat. However IRC in South Africa can be a hassle if you on local bandwidth. Most popular servers are overseas, but there are a number of local options.

1. ZANET

Popular chatroom server, one of the oldest around. Appears to have less "hacker-types" than it used to. A sign that IRC is losing its edge or just going mainstream?

2. SHADOWFIRE

Great place for gaming and edge of the Net attitude.

3. LAGNET

Bit of a mystery. It was set up in 1998 and seems to have been taken over by Indochat and foreign types.

4 MIXIT

Platform of choice for today's youth. Has a pidgin plugin and mobile client.

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