Good point Ben & Salty, for the price we pay, we can't really complain. If you're not happy here I'm sure Ben will totally refund your $.
It's been my experience here over the years when chat's been down for a day or even longer - it eventually comes back to life. Funny when its working great no one stops to say hey thanks Ben for providing the chatroom.
There is the irc way to access chat but I'm always forgetting how to do that. But there are some recipes listed here in the archives.
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