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internet bandwidth is typically measured in bits per second, and files (such as movie files) are measured in bytes. There are 8 bits in one byte, so to calculate optimum download time, you can multiply the file size by 8, and then divide by the bits per second to find the download time in seconds.

Let's use a 1 GB movie and a 512 Kbps connection as an example:

1 GB = 1,000,000 KB;

1,000,000 * 8 = 8,000,000 kbit;

8,000,000 / 512 = 15,625 seconds, or about 4 hours, 20 minutes.

That is optimum, of course; other factors can affect bandwidth during the course of the download, making the total download time longer.

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It depends on the quality considerably but generally between two-and-a-half, to three hours.

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