I agree, getting ahold of all the actual empeg IP addresses would be next to impossible to do, I'm sure most of them have unrouteable ones anyway, and it would also probably be seen as a security risk. That's not what I meant...

What I was suggesting, was meant more as a visual hit counter for this forum, not of the actual empegs themselves. That's why I suggested using the IP address of peeps connected to this forum, not their actual empeg's IP address.

I think It would give us a good idea of the spread of the user base, and general interest in the empeg across the globe. You would get both home and work locations for owners, and locations of people who browse the forums, but aren't actually owners. All in all, it would be good, valid data. Heck, somebody at Sonic Blue would probably be interested in it for marketing reasons...