nevermind everyone.
I have been confused for some time I guess. I have been reading kbps vs. KBps wrong
I am downloading avg. of 1500 kbits/sec or 1500 Kb/s
I was assuming KBps as kilobits instead of bytes all along....
what an idiot...
results below
hopefully that states 1.5mbps........
thanks for all the replies and help