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My speed test is in the sig.

I have SBC Global

Downstream Speed: Up to 1.5 Mbps
Upstream Speed: Up to 384 Kbps
IP Address: 1 Dynamic

is the deal I should be getting.

The guy on the phone said I should be downloading a 100mb file in about 10 seconds roughly.

I'm NOT getting a 100mb file in 10 seconds, more like...20 minutes.

I'm downloading at 157kB/s

that's about 9.5mb a minute.

Shouldn't I be at ABOUT 1200kB/s which is about 720mb a minute?

EDIT:

SO I realize I am pretty noob to this DL speed.

I hear people who DL at 512kB/s or 768kB/s I've even heard 1mb/s what kind of lines are those? O_O and are those even accurate?

if you are on 1.5Mbps DL you speed is about average to good
As to DL @ 1200kB/s that would make you on a 10MB line

Use the Conversion table at TMN  

http://www.testmy.net/tools/convert.php

this will show you your speed s fine

kBs and Kbs are totally different  

I'm sure glad i looked slightly foolish in front of you guys, and not the tech that was supposed to come out tomorrow.

Thanks for saving me 60 dollars.

You don't look foolish , or anything else other than I think your going to be learning quite a bit more very soon !
 There's no such thing as a "noob " because the way technology goes, you could say damn near almost anything, and you might raise eyebrows in the possibility.

 dlewis is the man, retain what he says , I don't ever remember this guy giving anything other than the best and exact advice.

 Welcome to testmy.net
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i did the same thing when i first got dsl. i got confused between megabits and megabytes. I thought i was getting 1 megabyte DL, instead i was actaully getting 1 megabit. Now i know that i am getting the speeds i should, most of the time.

 Looks like d was right, your doin ok