Talk:DSLReports

message: The controversy behind this article is unreal... folks keep adding links, removing links, and we already agreed to what is supposed to be in the article above.  There appears to be no sanity to this article. --Paul Laudanski 17:05, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Unabated Edits

message: Information regarding moderation practices by Lovefishing and modified by Mouseanon have been removed. The first instance was by Obliter claiming "Removed non-verifiable opinions". So what would it take to "verify" the so-called opinions? I have personally witnessed such behavior on the site, which is why I put the info back up that Obliter removed. Would that qualify as verification? Shortbus28
Ok then. How is this for verification? It is from the DSLR site itself as of Saturday, July 4th, 12:42pm Mountain Time
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/648
No user of the site has any right to post anything they feel like posting. If a user posts, they have to live with any editing or deletion or other moderator action without public complaint. Private complaints can be addressed via the contacts page.
and 
Any poster may be banned at any time by name, IP address or other identification without any prior warning and without any explanation given.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/site/1.5_TOS_-_Terms_of_Service
terms of use (plain english key points)
......We also reserve the right to edit or remove any information you upload, edit or remove your user account, for any reason whatsoever, and with no prior notice.
Using these rules, posts of moderation are deleted as public complaint and also used in regard to members complaining about the site on other forums or media as a "TOS" violation. The last one is a catch-all for anything they don't like.
Therefore, I fully believe the statements to be accurate and should be reinstated.Shortbus28  —Preceding undated comment added 19:12, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Unabated Edits, Again

message: The founder and history information appears to be inaccurate. The History of DSL Reports says that:
:"DSLReports was started by Justin in June of 1999. According to an interview that he gave around that time, he found himself with some extra time on his hands. At the same time, he discovered that broadband was hard to find in New York, availability fluctuated widely in other areas, and there was a general lack of information available to consumers everywhere who were interested in broadband."
That in turn links to an interview with Justin Beech at www.dotjournal.com which says:
:"JB: I started it mid 1999 during the y2k development freeze that left me too much time on my hands in my position as developer for an investment bank. DSL was a "hot thing" back then and covad and northpoint were gearing up. The few sites on the web that concentrated on ISP directories did not seem to offer much information for those who wanted broadband. I also wrote a complaint piece for slashdot about the difficulty of finding broadband in the big apple, and received feedback that led me to believe the story was remarkably different in different parts of the country.. so a lot of information one needed really depended on where you lived."
The Slashdot story appears to be Getting DSL, with a time consistent with the history and story. This is also consistent with the archive.org about page, which states in part "not until I get my mail folder sorted out", also suggesting a singular founder.
Looks as though the history needs to be corrected to say that it was created by Justin Beech. Who, it seems, edited the article to have it say exactly that. 82.33.8.37 20:05, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Founder and history

message: I think something should be said about the redirection of broadbandreports.com to dslreports.com, I don't know if the official name is broadbandreports or dslreports though
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/13466
:The official name is still Broadbandreports, but due to Google issues the URL is now always dslreports.com. Rhobite 04:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Official Name

message: *Could someone please provide some reliable independent sources regarding this forum?  Wickethewok 20:14, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: Can someone move this page to DSLReports... that is the branding they are sticking with now (see the site for the new logo).
Thanks!
Myriad Pro (talk) 21:13, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to DSLReports 

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