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=== Tools === DSLReports was reported to have the most comprehensive package of internet and connection testing tools available.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083000543.html | title = Tools for Geeks | date= August 30, 2006 | access-date = February 3, 2017 | newspaper = The Washington Post | author = Steve Bass }}</ref> ==== Speed tests ==== The DSLReports speed test claimed to be the best speed test and the first popular speed test.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Speed test β how fast is your internet? {{!}} DSLReports, ISP Information|url = https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest|website = DSL Reports|access-date = November 9, 2015}}</ref> The speed test used HTML5. ==== Ping tests ==== DSLReports had a ping and jitter test.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ping test β how good is your internet? {{!}} DSLReports, ISP Information|url = https://www.dslreports.com/tools/pingtest/|website = DSL Reports|access-date = November 9, 2015}}</ref> ==== Other tests and tools ==== Other tools included stream tests, line monitoring, tweak testing, packet loss testing, and many other tools.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Speed tests, ping tests and bandwidth tools {{!}} DSLReports, ISP Information|url = https://www.dslreports.com/tools|website = DSL Reports|access-date = November 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/personaltech/21basics.html?_r=1&oref=slogin | title = How to Travel at a Million Files a Minute | date= August 20, 2008 | access-date = February 3, 2017 | work = The New York Times | author = AZADEH ENSHA }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thenakedpc.com/articles/v03/08/0308-02.html | title = DSL: Improve Your Speed, Part 3 β The Naked PC Newsletter (#3.08) | access-date = February 3, 2017 | publisher = TNPC News | author = Lee Hudspeth }}</ref> Some of these services were provided free of charge, but others require the user to purchase "tool points", which were approximately $1.
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