diff --git a/src/fetcher.py b/src/fetcher.py
index 49e520cb..12d79ea2 100755
--- a/src/fetcher.py
+++ b/src/fetcher.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class Fetcher:
         self.filepath = ""
         self.filename = ""
         self.percent = 0
-        self.rate = 0
-	self.percentHook = None
+        self.rate = 0.0
+        self.percentHook = None
         from string import split
         u = urlparse.urlparse(self.uri)
         self.scheme, self.netloc, self.filepath = u[0], u[1], u[2]
@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@ class Fetcher:
         return self.filedest + "/" + self.filename
 
     def doGrab(self, file, dest, totalsize):
-	from time import time
-        tnow, oldsize = int(time()), 0
+        symbols = [' B/s', 'KB/s', 'MB/s', 'GB/s']
+        from time import time
+        tt, oldsize = int(time()), 0
         p = Progress(totalsize)
-        bs, size = 1024*4, 0
-
+        bs, size = 1024, 0
+        symbol, depth = "B/s", 0
+        st = time()
         chunk = file.read(bs)
         size = size + len(chunk)
         self.percent = p.update(size)
@@ -66,13 +68,22 @@ class Fetcher:
             dest.write(chunk)
             chunk = file.read(bs)
             size = size + len(chunk)
-            if tnow != int(time()):
-                self.rate = (size - oldsize) / (int(time()) - tnow) / 1024
-                oldsize, tnow = size, int(time())
+            ct = time()
+            if int(tt) != int(ct):
+                self.rate = size / (ct - st)
+                while self.rate > 1000 and depth < 3:
+                    self.rate /= 1024
+                    depth += 1
+                symbol, depth = symbols[depth], 0
+                oldsize, tt = size, time()
             if p.update(size):
                 self.percent = p.percent
-		if self.percentHook != None:
-			self.percentHook(self.filename, self.percent, self.rate)
+                if self.percentHook != None:
+                    retval = {'filename': self.filename, 
+                              'percent' : self.percent,
+                              'rate': self.rate,
+                              'symbol': symbol}
+                    self.percentHook(retval)
 
         dest.close()
         print ""
diff --git a/src/pisi-build b/src/pisi-build
index 90755667..de3fbd96 100755
--- a/src/pisi-build
+++ b/src/pisi-build
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import util
 from pisibuild import PisiBuild, PisiBuildError
 
 
-def doProgress(filename, percent, rate):
-    out = '\r%-30.30s %%%3d %d KB/s' % (filename, percent, rate)
+def doProgress(filename, percent, rate, symbol):
+    out = '\r%-30.30s %3d%% %12.2f %s' % \
+        (pd['filename'], pd['percent'], pd['rate'], pd['symbol'])
     util.information(out)
 
 def main():
@@ -22,15 +23,15 @@ def main():
 
     # getopt magic
     try:
-	opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],"h",["help"])
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],"h",["help"])
     except getopt.GetoptError:
-	help()
-	sys.exit(1)
+        help()
+        sys.exit(1)
 
     for opt, arg in opts:
-	if opt == "-h":
-	    help()
-	    sys.exit(1)
+        if opt == "-h":
+            help()
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     # pspec(PISI Spec) to be used for package
     pspec = ""
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ def main():
     # but pisi-build may build many packages (pspecs given in order)
     # sequentially.
     if len(args) != 1:
-	help()
-	raise PisiBuildError, "pisi-build expects one (and only one) pspec file currently"
+        help()
+        raise PisiBuildError, "pisi-build expects one (and only one) pspec file currently"
     else:
-	pspec = args[0]
+        pspec = args[0]
 
     # doing the real job.
     pb = PisiBuild(pspec)
diff --git a/src/pisibuild.py b/src/pisibuild.py
index 93659886..b84d686d 100644
--- a/src/pisibuild.py
+++ b/src/pisibuild.py
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ class PisiBuildError(Exception):
 class PisiBuild:
     """PisiBuild class, provides the package build and creation routines"""
     def __init__(self, pspecfile):
-	self.pspecfile = pspecfile
-	spec = SpecFile()
+        self.pspecfile = pspecfile
+        spec = SpecFile()
         spec.read(pspecfile)
         spec.verify()                  # check pspec integrity
 
         # additional processing on spec file
-	self.archiveName = basename(spec.archiveUri)
+        self.archiveName = basename(spec.archiveUri)
         self.spec = spec
 
     def fetchArchive(self, percentHook=None):
-	"""fetch an archive and store to pisiconfig.archives_dir
-	using fether.Fetcher"""
-	fetch = Fetcher(self.spec.archiveUri)
+        """fetch an archive and store to pisiconfig.archives_dir
+        using fether.Fetcher"""
+        fetch = Fetcher(self.spec.archiveUri)
 
         # check if source already cached
         destpath = fetch.filedest + "/" + fetch.filename
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ class PisiBuild:
                 util.information(fetch.filename + " cached\n")
                 return
 
-	if percentHook:
-	    fetch.percentHook = percentHook
-	fetch.fetch()
+        if percentHook:
+            fetch.percentHook = percentHook
+        fetch.fetch()
 
     def unpackArchive(self):
-	pass
+        pass
 
     def applyPatches(self):
         pass
diff --git a/src/tests/fetch_file b/src/tests/fetch_file
index d36947c5..19daa135 100755
--- a/src/tests/fetch_file
+++ b/src/tests/fetch_file
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ sys.path.append("..")
 import fetcher
 import pisiconfig
 
-def doProgress(filename, percent, rate):
-    out = '\r%-30.30s %%%3d %d KB/s' % (filename, percent, rate)
+def doProgress(pd):
+    out = '\r%-30.30s %3d%% %12.2f %s' % \
+        (pd['filename'], pd['percent'], pd['rate'], pd['symbol'])
     stderr.write(out)
     stderr.flush()