How to limit the download speed of my internet connection

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• Nov 7, 2012

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I'm using a USB dongle to connect to the internet. Sometimes i want to limit my download speed of the connection. How can i do that? Is there any programs that allow me to achieve this?

 

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• Nov 7, 2012

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You want to limt the download speed of what?
Internet explorer, utorrent, google chrome, outlook... or???
Why limit the download speed?

 

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There's a paid program Bandwidth Manager that is supposed to limit bandwidth per user. I haven't tried it. I use GigaNews Accelerator to limit bandwidth if I want to surf while downloading.

Sounds like you are talking limiting the total bandwidth but it would help if you gave more details.

 

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My computer is used by someone and he's eating up my download quota for the month. It's just 10GB. I can't stop him from doing that. So i want to limit the download speed so that he can't finish my quota in just mere hours.

 

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I have no personal experience with any of the software I'm finding on search. On this one I should leave it to those more network savvy than I. The only freeware I found had to be run on the server. It didn't sound useful for your situation.

But now that the problem is more clearly defined perhaps someone will chime in.

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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Anyone??

 

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Best free traffic controller( bandwidth limiter ) software( Windows 7 / XP ) | DiggFreeware.com
Set global traffic limit is the option you want I think(?)

 

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How to Monitor the Bandwidth Consumption of Individual Applications - How-To Geek

 

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