Is it true that there are never any netsplits on Freenode?
No, of course not, although there are patrons on Undernet #Callahans who’d like you to believe we make that claim. What is true is this: • There are far less splits on Freenode than on Undernet; • They are almost invariably resolved within a minute or two; • Freenode staff almost invariably broadcasts a message (for those who have chosen to receive such messages) within a minute or two after an unanticipated split to let people know what happened; • In many cases, Freenode staff will broadcast advance warnings of an impending split when they are about to perform maintenance which will – or may – cause a split; • And last but not least, you’ll never see the yawning five-minute, ten-minute, fifteen-minute chasms of lag that plague Undernet.
