Abstract-In this paper, we introduce and evaluate a community-based music voting service that relies on a DHTbased peer-to-peer network. Each community is created as a separate DHT overlay that is connected to a specific entertainment premise such as a cafeteria. A small-scale user testing was conducted in a laboratory environment to examine the attitudinal, social and perceived behavioral control factors associated with the community-based music voting service. Data was collected using questionnaires and short group interviews. The results indicate that the community-based services are seen attractive, and the service as such a very interesting and applicable idea, but the functionality would need to be enhanced.

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In this paper, we present the user evaluation results of a Community-centric Music Voting service that relies on a DHT-based P2P network. For each user community, an independent DHT-overlay is established. These separate DHT-overlays are then connected to specific commercial premises or larger areas. A user evaluation was conducted in a real usage environment, where the user communities were comprised of the clientele of a bar. In the user evaluation, we examined the effect of the attitudinal, social and perceived behavioural control constructs on the usage intentions towards the Community-centric Music Voting service. The research data were collected with both quantitative questionnaires and short interviews. The results indicate that the suitability to the users' behavioural models and the earlier experiences with mobile services are the two most important factors affecting the usage intentions towards the Community-centric Music Voting service.