Quoting from http://www.gnutellanews.com/informat...gnutella.shtml
"The GnutellaNet concept is not to have one massive Gnutella service provider that can go down and bring the whole world to a screeching halt. If, say, New York was hit by Dr. Evil, GnutellaNet probably wouldn't even notice. So you lose your "Gnutella friends" in New York. Big deal. It's unlikely that New York is the only place where people share the recipe for strawberry-rhubarb pie"