By Brian Boyko

Certainly, we did not expect our examination of Network Neutrality to get quite the attention that it did, nor did we expect the complications that arose around it.

We want to thank everyone who participated in commenting and writing to Network Performance Daily and on Slashdot.org.

As stated in our first article on the subject, Network Performance Daily does not have an official stance on the subject of Network Neutrality – save two.

The first is that Network Neutrality is an issue – that it is not something to be ignored and should be debated and considered from multiple angles. Internet policy is perhaps one of the most important policy decisions lawmakers can make today, because the laws we make today will affect technologies in the future.

The second is that we believe that, whatever views of the debate that you hold, and whatever your opinion, the experiences that you learn the most from are not the experiences that conform to your expectations. That’s a piece of wisdom I learned from Eric S. Raymond, when he spoke at Rutgers University and NJIT in 2002 – it was the first story I ever covered.

We hope that whatever your positions, you’ve taken away something unexpected from our coverage.

-- Brian Boyko
-- Editor, Network Performance Daily