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Manage your browser bandwidth with Firefox Throttle and IE Throttle
You could install Firefox Throttle or IE Throttle. These two browser plugins let you cap the upload or download speeds of Firefox or Internet Explorer. You can choose from a variety of presets or set a custom speed. And you can exclude IP addresses or web sites that you're willing to make exceptions for.
Another neat tool is a status bar add-on that shows your upload and download status in real time.
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SDreamer said 7:39AM on 2-11-2008
Sounds like a great plugin. Just tried it out, doesn't work I think if you're using IE7Pro's download manager.
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Inspector.Gadget said 7:42AM on 2-11-2008
Why would you want to set this per-browser or even per-computer when it is easily set once and forgotten in the QoS options in your router? If anything, you'll want to give your browser MORE bandwidth when running concurrently with something like bittorrent.
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hometoast said 8:50AM on 3-12-2008
Lots of reasons to use this:
If your employer would complain about network usage.
If you want to change it on the fly -- QoS requires router reset.
Other reasons that neither you not I have thought of.
Mike said 8:54AM on 3-19-2008
It's a pity that it can't throttle localhost :-(
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