That comment from Ted of Nemertes up above wasn’t visible earlier because I hadn’t checked my moderation queue yet today. In any case, Welcome to my blog, Ted.

Your comment about the nature of your research and published reports may very well be true, Ted. But the fact is that you have allowed your conclusions to be edited, massaged, and apparently misquoted by the media and by the IIA. I assume you care about the reputation of your firm, so I also have to assume that the reason you haven’t issued retractions and sued the hell out of the IIA is that you are being paid by them for more than simply access to your conclusions. Hopefully you are being paid a lot.

My suspicion is that we’ll see another “the sky is falling! Only bandwidth capping and traffic shaping can save us! Abolish network neutrality or your computer will become sluggish and unresponsive!” headline in 2010. It will once again quote “respected think-tank Nemertes Research” with a revised doomsday set (surprise) one year further into the future. I’d be really happy to be proven wrong, and would literally smile if I saw a correction or retraction issued by Nemertes with the same vigor as the original misinformation was released. But past experience suggests that I won’t be smiling.