ITs on its way its call the FRitz Chip after some Sentator in America and the name ----TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.com/what-is-tcpa.html
BTW Simple solutions dont have to be expensive.
An old friend of mine set of a company called. Myzones which offers broadband WiFi throughout Manchester.
He started off in his living room at home with a linux box which he built himself for less then £300.
AS for IRC I agree but you have to think about the type of person using MIRC and IRC channels its not normally what hese numnuts use to groom kids with because there are a larger number of intelligent users on IRC and MIRC