Whether you're a diehard iPhone or BlackBerry Storm fanatic or a recent inductee to these popular devices
This new application from Cisco will help you quickly understand the “gist” of what your network speed can deliver at any given time.
Sample Cisco GIST Application Screen
(for iPhone and iPod Touch) -
this is how the application will appear
on your iPhone/iPod Touch.
Cisco GIST Testing Methodology
Speed tests are performed by downloading a known quantity of data from a server nearest to your location. Cisco GIST is hosted on Akamai’s EdgePlatorm – a network of over 48,000 secure servers worldwide. The size of the data is different for the different types of network connections, so that the test will take roughly the same amount of time from the user’s perspective. For a cellular network test, 256KB are downloaded. For wireless, 512 KB are downloaded. A single download is performed, timed in milliseconds, and results are reported in terms of 1000 bits per second (kbps). Test results might be impacted by network routing, traffic, congestion and the responsiveness of our server. Results might also vary by the user’s geographical location.
Users can submit their test location enabling the global user community to learn the places with the fastest speeds and compare cellular and wif-fi speeds with iPhone and Blackberry Storm users around the world.
User Speed Classifications
Web Grade
Your connection can support web browsing, e-mail, text messaging and other basic tasks.
Music Grade
Your connection is good enough for audio streaming or downloads and basic web browsing.
Video Grade
Your connection is strong enough to handle all the rich media the web has to offer.
Requirements
- Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.
- Requires iPhone 3.0 Software Updates.
What's new in this version?
This complete update to Cisco GIST for iPhone (February 2010) adds a variety of new features and performance improvements.
Cisco GIST Feature Enhancements
- Brand new user interface supports both portrait and landscape views
- Location of the local download/test server is displayed
- integrated map view shows location of test results
- Speed test results may be tagged with photos and location names
- Speed test results may be shared via Twitter directly from the app