#Whitelanes was created by our beloved (*coughs* ) founder ^mIchIkOh^ in 2000. Why the name Whitelanes?  ^mIchIkOh^ was thinking of having a channel of her own with a catchy name that an ordinary chatter would remember when he/she comes back to DALnet. Channel founders during that time would usually create channels with school names or with a word to which all the chatters in that channel can relate to. In our case, a name of a famous village/subdivision. The funny thing is... Whitelanes isn't even a famous place, but White Plains is... ^mIchIkOh^, being a kid that time with no knowledge of places other than her home, created the channel anyway.

            After sometime, when MP3 channels were starting to grow, ^mIchIkOh^ being amused with all the colors in an MP3 channel, thought of transforming #Whitelanes into one as well. That was the time when #Whitelanes started to become well-known to chatters and MP3 downloaders alike.

            There was a time when all the channels were dropped (including #Whitelanes of course) because of the abundance DDOS attacks against DALnet. We even feared that DALnet won't be open as a chatting network anymore. Anyway, when DALnet was operational again, server administrators didnt allow file sharing anymore. And that included MP3's also. So #Whitelanes became a chatting channel again.

            Until now, #Whitelanes is still alive and kickin and is making more friends everytime. Operators and chatters may come and go but #Whitelanes will still be there to welcome them back anytime. It's what you call a "home" away from home...