I have a suggestion.. I doubt it will do any good, but it's a suggestion none-the-less.

For those of you that want AO IRC to stay up (I myself wouldn't mind it for the few times i got there, but am pretty much neutral) why doesn't someone offer to purchase the right to use irc.antionline.com from Jupiter Media and have it pointed at their... or requestion that Jupiter Media point it at your server for free, it never hurts to ask.. And then you can maintain the AO IRC server.. After all I'm sure someone here has the resources to run an IRCd.. instead of complaining about losing it, try to reach a compromise..