The GCI speed test

https://www.gci.com/speedtest The GCI speed test 0 4/5 stars ★★★★☆ Hans van der Graaf

In general, the GCI speed test is not a recommended speed test, mainly because this speed test is a clone of Ookla's Speedtest.

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Ookla's Speedtest and its clones are accurate, use a lot of data and take a relatively long time to complete.

These three features account for 70% of the overall score we give to a speed test. It is therefore not surprising that almost all clones of Ookla's Speedtest have the same overall score.

For a proper comparison between GCI vs Ookla, we will focus on the differences between GCI's speed test and Ookla's.

Since there are so many Ookla clones, we have created a separate list of Ookla clones for this purpose.

The GCI speed test is owned by GCI Communication Corp.

The GCI speed test is standard this small even on wide screens The GCI speed test is standard this small even on wide screens

Pros

The GCI speed test has the following pros:

  1. Ad-free
  2. A significant higher Observatory score than Ookla (50 instead of 5)

Cons

The GCI speed test has the following cons:

  1. No link to Ookla's privacy policy
  2. Not possible to select a nearby local server
  3. Significant more Wave errors (21 instead of 2)
  4. Significant more AChecker known problems (35 instead of 0)

When to use GCI

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then read our advice for a better speed than this Ookla clone.

If you want to ask GCI Communication Corp what to do to get the advertised speed you have to test properly.

Preferably you use this speed test and perform this test on several days.

Keep in mind that your home network is usually the bottleneck.

How we tested

We have tested the GCI speed test in a standardized way to determine the overall score. For the scoreboard (GCI versus Ookla) we count the number of pros and cons.

The following results form the basis for this speed test review:

  1. Abort/pause possible: no
  2. Ad-free: yes
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 101.9 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: yes
  5. Correct back button behavior: no
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 20.98
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 35
  8. Number of cookies: 25
  9. Number of measured features: 5
  10. Number of Wave errors: 21
  11. Observatory score: 50
  12. Tingtun score: 91.48
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 694.93 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 124 seconds