After two weeks of getting into BTC and other altcoins and I finally made a BTC transaction from HitBTC to SpectroCoin. That transaction started at about 22:38 hrs EST and at about 00:15 hrs EST, the next day, the transaction is still trying to be verified.
I have transferred LTC's at quick speeds and at even lower network fee rates (which do fluctuate depending on the coins network of course) and things are smooth and easy.
So if you are looking into getting into the cyrpto currency world, you may want to stay away from BTC transactions, and exchange to other altcoins first before paying someone or transferring to another Exchange platform.