As we turn our heads from the obvious fact the world is on fire, we find, smothered in Colorado, a silent attack on free speech.

Peak Internet of Colorado offers ISP services to the Pikes Peak region. Russell Petrick tried their services and was disappointed. He says that their speed was consistently below the benchmark they advertised. When Petrick complained, he says that Peak Internet told him he was getting above their stated minimum speed, so he should be happy with the 12 Mbps he was getting, even if it didn’t reach the advertised 20 Mbps top speed.

Petrick complained online on Yelp and elsewhere. Peak Internet, an American company that values American ideals like freedom of speech, recognized Petrick’s right to complain and responded forthrightly to the complaint. No, wait, Peak Internet strongly disagreed with Petrick’s complaints so it responded online with specific facts and circumstances showing how particular elements of Petrick’s complaints were untrue.

Wait, no. I forgot. This is America. So Peak Internet….. Read More