Outerweb

Outerweb is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) network.

Origins
The Outerweb IRC network started when an IRC channel for 's CAD Radio - an internet radio station - started up an IRC network called Xnet (now known as AfterX). This IRC network was chosen because within it was the official chat channel #ctrlaltdel.

Separation
After a short while of CAD Radio being on Xnet, it was abandoned due to network politics and stability. As it was an internet radio station, CAD Radio had servers for broadcasting the radio stream. Later on, these were set up as IRC servers running UnrealIRCd with ircservices. Soon after the creation the CAD Radio channel #cadradio soon thrived again and the CAD Radio network (irc.cadradio.net) was born.

Renaming
On the 14th of June 2004, proved successful enough at running an IRC network for a member of Xnet's staff "Xenon" moved to help out with irc.cadradio.net. The official chat channel soon followed and the network irc.cadradio.net was renamed to be the more generic CAD-Net.

CAD-Net became the official chat network for and many other CAD related channels were set up the network got a lot more notice which brought about fast expansion, including various other online comics and related IRC mergers including Sam and fuzzy, Questionable Content, Instant Classic, TalesMud, RoM, BSRF and various .box.sk channels.

Location
CAD-Net's headquarters from 2004-2006 resided in St. Catharines, Ontario (Network Services Records) with "FalconX", Syracuse, New York (Technical Record Filing and Programming) with "Em`Zee", and Cambridge, England (Network Support and Public Relations) with "Xenon". Two conventions were held in Syracuse, New York (aptly named CADcon).

OuterWeb
As of September 2005, has since dissolved their officiality due to conflicts of interest with the creator of the comic, Tim Buckley. Because the network was no longer officially supported by the creator of the comic, the network staff decided that it would be in the network's best interests to change the name of the network to "Outerweb". In April 2006, to secure OuterWeb's survival for the users still using the network, Xenon/X3N/Michael (now the only remaining staff member due to the original 2 founders having moved away) decided to merge with AthemeNet. Outerweb had since failed its trial period with AthemeNet, and only consisted of two servers run by Xenon and TIBS.

Current Status
As of early 2007, OuterWeb has shut down because of lack of user interest and support.

Links
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