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BWMeter vs trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

A side-by-side look at BWMeter and trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

BWMeter

BWMeter

Network & Admin

BWMeter is a free bandwidth meter and traffic usage monitor for Windows. It allows you to track your internet data usage and set custom alerts and limits.

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trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

trickle - Userland Bandwidth Shaper

Network & Admin

Trickle is a userspace bandwidth shaper for Linux. It allows limiting the bandwidth used by a process, group of processes, or network interface. It's useful for rate-limiting backups, downloads, etc to prevent using all available bandwidth.

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