I may be in the minority here (or not, the forums do not reflect all of the actual players) - but I don't want such a channel. I've played many, many MMO's over the years, and every one of these "world chat" channels have devolved into cesspools. One of the things I like about FFXIV is that it DOESN'T have world chat. We have linkshells (and now Cross-World linkshells), and free company chats, and Shout for your current region - which can fill many communication needs. Even the Novice Network, I'm sad to say, is oftentimes pretty bad. When I returned to the game I was able to access the NN, and when I outleveled it I didn't mourn the loss.