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'''AbleNET''' is an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] network. It was founded, May 2001, by [[AfterNET]] Co-Founder and long-time Admin Anthony Sanchez and several others from that network. The network was set up primarily as a chat network for friends, and as a response to growing disillusionment with the policies of some of the [[AfterNET]] administrators. Several users from AbleNET were involved in the creation of [[AfterNET]]; some even tracing their usage back to [[TheNET]] and [[InnerNET]].

AbleNET is a small network with an average of 150-300 users online at any given time. The [[Undernet]]-compatible [[IRCu]] [[Daemon (computer software)|daemon]] software is used on the servers. [[IRC_Services|Channel services]] are provided using [[srvx]]; the user authentication service is named AuthServ and the channel service is named X.

== Events ==

AbleNET is noted for its distinct lack of [[IRCOp]]s, instead using various services to control the flow of network stability and activity. Additionally, the Network is noted for its high standards of access, regarding the limit of multiple connections and unverifiable "bots".

=== 19th century ===

* '''[[1868 in rail transport|1868]]''' – The [[Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids Railroad]] is incorporated in [[Michigan]].

The network can be reached using irc.ablenet.org.

=== 20th century ===

* '''[[1901 in rail transport|1901]]''' – The [[St. Louis Southwestern Railway]] purchases the [[Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad]] in [[Arkansas]].

* '''[[1906 in rail transport|1906]]''' – At the annual stockholder's meeting, the charter for the [[Cleveland Short Line Railway]] is amended to specify [[Collinwood, Ohio]] and [[Rockport, Ohio]] as the terminals of the railroad.

* '''[[1912 in rail transport|1912]]''' – [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] leases the [[Dominion Atlantic Railway]] in [[Nova Scotia]].

* '''[[1986 in rail transport|1986]]''' – The [[Vancouver SkyTrain]] begins operations between [[Vancouver]]'s waterfront and [[New Westminster, British Columbia|New Westminster]].

=== 21stHistorical centuryTimeline ===

* May 2001, AbleNET is born and has served as a meeting place for chatters ever since.

* '''[[2005 in rail transport|2005]]''' – [[Kansas City Southern]] names [[Arthur Shoener]], formerly a vice president at [[Union Pacific Railroad]], as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and [[Texas-Mexican Railway]] divisions.

* May 2003, with the looming threat of the [http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[e-mail] Fizzer Worm] AbleNET joins with a vast collection of [[IRC]] networks and news communities to form [http://www.irc-unity.org/ IRC-Unity]<ref>http://www.irc-unity.org/</ref>.

* December 2005, AbleNET becomes the first IRC Network to offer "blogging" to their community.

== EventsFounder ==

Anthony Sanchez has been using and administering IRC Networks since 1995, starting as an IRCop with InnerNET subsequently [[NewNET]] during it's founding year. Later he went on to Admin servers for [[TheNET]], [[AfterNET]] and finally AbleNET.

Anthony was, coincidentally, the first to publish the story of the raid on and subsequent shutdown of the popular [[Lineage II]] private server, L2Extreme, on the AbleNET website.<ref>http://anthony.blogs.ablenet.org/l2extreme_fbi_shutdown</ref>

== BirthsExternal links ==

* [http://www.ablenet.org/ AbleNET IRC Website]

* '''[[1810 in rail transport|1810]]''' &ndash; [[Henry Keyes]], president of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] [[1869]]–[[1870]] (d. [[1870]]).

* [http://wiki.ablenet.org/wiki/SRVX SRVX Help Files & Command List]

* '''[[1816 in rail transport|1816]]''' &ndash; [[Samuel C. Pomeroy]], president of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] [[1863]]-[[1868]] (d. [[1891]]).

* [http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Chat/IRC/Networks/A/ Google Directory]

* '''[[1900 in rail transport|1900]]''' &ndash; [[C.L. Dellums]], cofounder of the [[Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters]] (d. [[1989]])

* [http://searchirc.com/network/AbleNET Search Irc]

* [http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=AbleNET NetSplit.de]

* [http://www.srvx.net/ SRVX IRC Services]

* [http://irc-unity.org/]

== DeathsReferences ==

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== References ==

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* Beck, Wayne ([[1957]]), ''Coton Belt News'', ''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html The History of the St. Louis Soutwestern Railway]''. Retrieved [[August 6]] [[2005]].

* ''[http://www.s363.com/dkny/lsms.html History of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company]''. Retrieved [[August 6]] [[2005]].

* ([[April 3]] [[2005]]), ''[http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history]''. Retrieved [[August 6]] [[2005]].