DSLReports a (see "Online Status"[6]) North American-oriented broadband information and review site based in New York City.
[12][13] Over a four-hour period on April 27, 2011, an automated SQL Injection attack occurred on the DSLReports website.
[16] DSLReports rates and reviews cable, DSL and fiber optic internet services from providers all over North America.
The site also runs support and discussion forums and offers online tools for testing internet connection.
[21] DSLReport's editors post Internet-related news and opinion items on the site's front page throughout the day.
[22] However, since July 2, 2018, the site has not published new articles, as its main editor, Karl Bode, was laid off due to funding.
[28][29][30] Some of these services are provided free of charge, but others require the user to purchase "tool points", which are approximately $1.
[36] DSLReports has been written about or had their reports featured in CNN, USA Today, Forbes, NBC News, The Washington Post, The New York Times and Ars Technica, among others.
[45] The Associated Press reported that over 5,000 messages were posted to forum discussing a potential data cap imposed upon Comcast Corp. customers in 2003.