Network reach experiment
 

Hey, somebody want to do an experiment on the Gnutella network with me?

I don't have a clue if this experiment is relevant at all to prove or disprove Gnutella's abilities, but anyway here's the idea.

Somebody create a text file (or other type of file) and call it a specific name that we'll both agree on. The name has to be cryptic, maybe long, and probably randomly created so that it is unique.

The file will be placed in the shared directory of someone who lives very far away from me. I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. So maybe if someone living in... Russia? or South Africa?... shares that uniquely named file, I can search for it and try to download it. I want to try this at different times of the day, like the working hours of Canada and the working hours in Europe.

Then we can post the results here!

I'd offer to help you out with your experiment, but the network wouldn't be reaching very far to get to me from you... you see, I live in Leduc, Alberta, Canada (Howdy neighbour!), and a reach of 30Km really isn't that much of a reach huh?

I put this file into my shared folders:
9879121598798418981 Nikita.txt

Try to get it! I'm living in Muenster/Germany. Good luck!