to answer ur question - i dont think i am banned coz i just downloaded mirc today. Do you know of other servers i can connect to
The messages you saw were from the first time I ever connected to that network. Either someone from my provider flooded them and they set very wide bans, they're a UK server and don't like connects from the US, or something else.
The disconnect message isn't always totally accurate.
You should be able to connect to DALnet, UnderNet, EFFNet (which is a zoo) - any of their servers, and you should be able to connect to byxnet.
As I said, if you have a problem, post the server and the actual message here, or on #acf@byxnet if you can get there, and we'll go from there.