internet connection.. clear things up for me =)

[chchau]

Hey guys

Im just having a hard time understanding my internet connection and if im getting all that i was promised with the connection.

so i live in Canada and have shaw as a service provider. the link shows what connection im signed up for
http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsSer...ernet/Xtreme-I

in short it says i get up to 10mbps for downloads and 1mbps for upload

so heres the problem cause im just not to knowledgeable with rates and all.

when using utorrent as my torrent client. when downloading some torrents i get a max download transfer rate of 1.3mb as stated by utorrent

is that a correct speed im suppose to be getting ???
or am i being jacked and not getting the full 10mbps im suppose to get ???
thats where it confuses me, cause if it does do 10mbps then wouldnt a 50mb file download in 5 seconds ???

ive read online about somin with download speed is KB or somin and transfer is kb, and somin about dividing the download speed by 8 to get a transfer speed or somin. if that is so then the 1.3mb seems to stand true with the 10mb promised by the service provider.

any help would be great to clear things up for me and to tell me if im getting my monies worth from my provider.

thanks in advance.