How long does it take to copy 1 GB over a slow network connection? How fast does my virtual application start? Today I came across a nice FREE utility called Network Delay Simulator.
Network Simulator tool allows you to perform network bandwidth and delay simulation (simulate slow/congested links between nodes) on any connection from your computer to any remote node (on the local LAN or remote over Internet).
More information and download links can be found here
Here I simulate a slow connection to a remote server.
Here I simulate a slow connection to the internet
Great tool alex as usual !