phrenzyIRC is an IRC network whose principle server is based in Oakland, California. It has been running for many years under the same name, and was created due to dissatisfaction within a group of chatters with other larger IRC networks in 2003.
If you are interested in creating your own chat room (known as a channel in IRC) then we recommend you read over our comprehensive help section — we usually have operators available to help you if you get into trouble.
The IRC Network is currently run by two friends in the United Kingdom who have several years of computing experience behind them.
You can find the operators in the #help channel