Foonetic began as "Foonet" with several refugees from the Slashnet IRC network. It encompassed four servers all hosted on DSL or cable connections. Eventually we joined with another server on a T1 connection and became "Foonet"/"HavocNet." In need of a better name, we eventually chose Foonetic IRC, and registered our own domain. Now we have four servers across the Northeast and Midwest US. Two of our four servers is IPv6 accessible as well.