Question for download time/speed?

Mbps and Kbps stand for Megabits per second and kilobits per second. The 50 MB file is 50 Megabytes. There are 8 bits in a byte (it's one of those silly binary things). I'm not sure how your internet connection can be both 1.5 Mbps/256 Kbps at the same time. At 1.5 Mbps a 50 MB download should take between a 3-4 minutes. (There are 400 bits in 50 MB divided by 1.5= 267 seconds) but your internet speed will very a little from second to second and the speed the server you are downloading from with affect it too. You can check your internet speed at http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/

(It may be different than what your internet company tells you.)

edit- Doh! I just figured out why your internet speed was listed that way. The 1.5 Mbps is your download speed and the 256 Kbps is your upload speed. (You can get stuff faster than you can send it. For most people download speed is more important than upload speed and the number is higher so internet companies usually only say the download speed unless you specifically ask them.

About 6 - 8 minutes is all

50 mb at MAX speed i am guessing 3 min or so .You wont get max unless the site is leting you. you lose speed due to poor lines/bad data packets and other issues so....

Hi, usually, 1.5 is the burst speed, you to check the file transfer rate. i think its around 190 - 200kbps, so I think it will be 4+ hours to complete.