IPhoto updates from App store.

Would anyone know why iPhoto updates from the App store seem to take ages to load.   
They always seem quite large in content and for all I know could be replacing the entire
iPhoto program.

It seems pretty much in line to me.
You have a 14000 kps download speed. That's about 1.4 MB per second - but... That's assuming you have only one download going, depends on the contention rate of the ISP, how fast your Mac can write to the HD and how fast the output from the server is.
So, there can be considerable variation from download to download depending on these factors.
But even if you divide the size of the download by the nominal speed (and divide that buy 60 to get minutes) you'll see that it's not far off. So, 740/1.4/60 you get 8.8 minutes or thereabouts.
When your App checks for updates it basically says something like "Hello, I'm iPhoto v9.1.5, do you have an update for me". That's really all that Apple know. The update mechanism on your Mac performs a similar equation to get an estimate of the time.
Regards
TD

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