Wireless communications system having selective wireless communications network and related methods

1. A wireless communications system comprising:

a plurality of different wireless communications networks;

an application server;

an intermediate server configured to communicate with said application server; and

a mobile wireless communications device configured to

pass first test data through said intermediate server over each of said plurality of different wireless communications networks,

analyze the first test data, and

generate first scoring data based upon the analyzed first test data;

said intermediate server configured to

pass second test data through said mobile wireless device,

analyze the second test data,

generate second scoring data based upon the analyzed second test data, and

send the second scoring data back to said mobile wireless device;

said mobile wireless communications device further configured to

determine a selected wireless communications network based upon the first and second scoring date, and

communicate with said application server via said intermediate server over the selected wireless communications network.

2. The wireless communications system of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed first test data relates to at least one of a round trip ping time, a packet burst rate, and a signal quality.

3. The wireless communications system of claim 1 , wherein the analyzed first and second test data relates to at least one of a round trip ping time, a packet burst rate, and a signal quality.

4. The wireless communications system of claim 1 , wherein said mobile wireless communications device is further configured to determine the selected wireless communications network also based upon at least one of geographic location, a time of day, and a defined wireless communications network priority.

5. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein said mobile wireless communications device comprises a controller and a plurality of different wireless network interfaces coupled thereto.

6. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein said mobile wireless communications device and said application server communicate via said intermediate server as a virtual private network (VPN).

7. A mobile wireless communications device for communicating with an intermediate server over a plurality of different wireless communications networks, the intermediate server being configured to communicate with an application server, the mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of different wireless network interfaces carried by said housing;

a controller coupled to said plurality of different wireless network interfaces and configured to

pass first test data through the intermediate server over each of the plurality of different wireless communications networks,

analyze the first test data,

generate first scoring data based upon the analyzed first test data,

determine a selected wireless communications network based upon the first scoring data and second scoring data received from the intermediate server, the second scoring data being generated by the intermediate server based upon analyzed second test data passed through the mobile wireless communications device, and

communicate with the application server via the intermediate server over the selected wireless communications network.

8. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 7 , wherein the analyzed first test data relates to at least one of a round trip ping time, a packet burst rate, and a signal quality.

9. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 7 , wherein said controller is further configured to determine the selected wireless communications network also based upon at least one of geographic location, a time of day, and a defined wireless communications network priority.

10. A method of communicating between a mobile wireless communications device and an application server, the method comprising:

communicating using the mobile wireless communications device first test data through an intermediate server over each of a plurality of different wireless communications networks;

analyzing using the mobile wireless communications device the first test data;

generating first scoring data using the mobile wireless communications device based upon the analyzed first test data;

determine using the mobile wireless communications device a selected wireless communications network based upon the first scoring data and second scoring data received from the intermediate server, the second scoring data being generated by the intermediate server based upon analyzed second test data passed through the mobile wireless communications device; and

communicating using the mobile wireless communications device with the application server via the intermediate server over the selected wireless communications network.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein analyzing the first test data comprises analyzing first test data relating to at least one of a round trip ping time, a packet burst rate, and a signal quality.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein communicating with the intermediate server over each of the plurality of different wireless communications networks comprises communicating with the intermediate server over each of the plurality of different wireless communications networks to determine the selected wireless communications network also based upon at least one of geographic location, a time of day, and a defined wireless communications network priority.

13. A wireless communications system comprising:

a plurality of different wireless communications networks;

an application server;

an intermediate server configured to communicate with said application server; and

a mobile wireless communications device configured to

communicate with said intermediate server over each of said plurality of different wireless communications networks to determine a selected wireless communications network, and

communicate with said application server via said intermediate server over the selected wireless communications network;

said intermediate server further configured to

pass test data through said mobile wireless communications device,

analyze the test data,

generate scoring data based upon the analyzed test data, and

send the scoring data back to said mobile wireless communications device to determine the selected wireless network.

14. The wireless communications system of claim 13 , wherein the analyzed test data relates to at least one of a round trip ping time, a packet burst rate, and a signal quality.

15. The wireless communications system of claim 13 , wherein said mobile wireless communications device is further configured to determine the selected wireless communications network based upon at least one of geographic location, a time of day, and a defined wireless communications network priority.

16. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein said mobile wireless communications device comprises a controller and a plurality of different wireless network interfaces coupled thereto.

17. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein said mobile wireless communications device and said application server communicate via said intermediate server as a virtual private network (VPN).

18. A mobile wireless communications device for communicating with an intermediate server over a plurality of different wireless communications networks, the intermediate server being configured to communicate with an application server, the mobile wireless communications device comprising:

a housing;

a plurality of different wireless network interfaces carried by said housing;

a controller coupled to said plurality of different wireless network interfaces and configured to

pass test data through the intermediate server over each of the plurality of different wireless communications networks,

pass test data received from the intermediate server back to the intermediate server for analysis and generation of scoring data based upon the analyzed test data,

receive the scoring data back from the intermediate server mobile wireless device to determine a selected wireless communications network, and

communicate with the application server via the intermediate server over the selected wireless communications network.

19. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 18 , wherein the analyzed test data relates to at least one of a round trip ping time, a packet burst rate, and a signal quality.

20. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 18 , wherein said controller is further configured to determine the selected wireless communications network based upon at least one of geographic location, a time of day, and a defined wireless communications network priority.