During an investigation into the properties of the DSLReports, the following was found in 2022:
Measurements
With a clean browser on a wired Linux desktop the following download speeds and times it takes to display the final download speed are measured. The results are:
- 75.7 Mbps (61 seconds)
- 77.0 Mbps (64 seconds)
- 76.2 Mbps (66 seconds)
- 76.3 Mbps (63 seconds)
- 75.0 Mbps (65 seconds)
Accuracy and consistency
Based on the measurements above the median is 76.2 Mbps and the standard deviation is 0.7.
Note that the standard deviation is larger than the significant number. Based on the standard deviaton the result should be presented as 8 * 10^1 Mbps.
Free to use
This speed test is free to use. The following ads are shown:
- Uptrends
- WebNX
Hence this speed earns 0 points.
Easy to use
This speed test works fine in:
- Edge on Windows
- Chrome on Windows
- Chrome on Android
- Safari on iOS
- Firefox on Linux
According to Google (Gone) and Bing this speed test is mobile friendly.
The Tingtun Page Checker found the following barriers:
- Use alt on img elements [1.1.1] (3)
- Primary language of page [3.1.1] (1)
- Submit forms without submit buttons [3.2.2] (2)
- Provide descriptive labels [3.3.2] (2)
- Use a button to identify the purpose of a form control [3.3.2] (2)
- Define ids for elements [4.1.1] (8)
- Use HTML form controls and links [4.1.2] (2)
- Accessible name for image links [4.1.2] (1)
- Title attribute to identify controls [4.1.2] (2)
- Use the title for frame and iframe elements [4.1.2] (7)
Hence this speed test earns 0 points.
When you use this speed test for the first time 2 clicks are needed to start the test. A restart of the speed test requires 2 clicks. Hence this speed test earns 0 points.
Privacy friendly
This speed test requires the following cookies:
- auid
Hence this speed test earns 0 points.
Informative
This speed test gives the following information:
- a graph of the download speed
- the upload speed
- a graph of the upload speed
Hence this speed test earns 3 points.
Fast
The average of the measured time to complete the test is 64 seconds.
Other findings
An analysis of this webpage with ZOMDir's Page Inspector yielded the following findings:
- There are one or more findings regarding the headings
- There are one or more findings regarding the alternative texts for images
- There are one or more deprecated elements
- There are no email addresses available
Overall score
Based on the above findings DSLReports has earned 3 points. Because this test is to slow it isn't compared with other tests.