diff -upNr ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/connect.c ./connect.c
--- ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/connect.c	Sun Mar 29 23:28:15 1998
+++ ./connect.c	Sun Oct  1 09:54:49 2000
@@ -232,7 +232,23 @@ int
 iread (int fd, char *buf, int len)
 {
   int res;
+  static time_t lastaccess = 0;    /* last second measured */
+  static int received = 0;       /* bytes received last second */
+  static int iteration = 0;
+  static int bytes_per_iteration;
+  static int iterations_per_second;
 
+  if (!lastaccess)
+	lastaccess = time(0);
+  if (!opt.bandwidth_wait)
+    opt.bandwidth_wait = 50;
+
+  iterations_per_second = 1000 / opt.bandwidth_wait;
+  bytes_per_iteration = ( opt.bandwidth_limit / (iterations_per_second+1) );
+  
+  if (opt.bandwidth_limit > 0 && len < bytes_per_iteration)
+    opt.bandwidth_wait -= 10;
+  
   do
     {
 #ifdef HAVE_SELECT
@@ -252,11 +268,39 @@ iread (int fd, char *buf, int len)
 	      return -1;
 	    }
 	}
+      if (opt.bandwidth_limit)
+      {
+	struct timeval tv;
+	
+	if ( received >= bytes_per_iteration  )
+	{
+  	  bzero(&tv, sizeof(struct timeval));
+  	  tv.tv_sec = opt.bandwidth_wait / 1000;   /* full seconds */
+  	  tv.tv_usec = (opt.bandwidth_wait % 1000) * 1000; /* microseconds */
+	  
+  	  select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+
+	  received = 0;
+	  iteration++;
+	}
+        if (len > bytes_per_iteration-received)
+          len = bytes_per_iteration-received;
+      }
 #endif
       res = READ (fd, buf, len);
     }
   while (res == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
+  if (opt.bandwidth_limit)
+  {
+    received += res;         /* increment received counter */
+    if (lastaccess != time(0) && iteration >= iterations_per_second )
+    {
+      iteration = 0;
+      lastaccess = time(0);
+      received = 0;
+    }
+  }
   return res;
 }
 
diff -upNr ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/init.c ./init.c
--- ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/init.c	Fri Sep 11 02:20:23 1998
+++ ./init.c	Sun Oct  1 09:56:01 2000
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ defaults (void)
   opt.dot_bytes = 1024;
   opt.dot_spacing = 10;
   opt.dots_in_line = 50;
+
+  /* <lukas@azzit.de>: bandwidth limitation */
+  opt.bandwidth_limit = 0;            /* unlimited */
+  opt.bandwidth_wait = 200;           /* wait 200ms by default */
+  
 }
 
 /* Return the user's home directory (strdup-ed), or NULL if none is
diff -upNr ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/main.c ./main.c
--- ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/main.c	Fri Sep 11 03:41:53 1998
+++ ./main.c	Fri Apr 21 11:57:35 2000
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ Download:\n\
   -w,  --wait=SECONDS           wait SECONDS between retrievals.\n\
   -Y,  --proxy=on/off           turn proxy on or off.\n\
   -Q,  --quota=NUMBER           set retrieval quota to NUMBER.\n\
+       --bandwidth=NUMBER       set the bandwidth limit in BYTES per sec\n\
 \n"),  _("\
 Directories:\n\
   -nd  --no-directories            don\'t create directories.\n\
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ main (int argc, char *const *argv)
     { "accept", required_argument, NULL, 'A' },
     { "append-output", required_argument, NULL, 'a' },
     { "backups", required_argument, NULL, 23 }, /* undocumented */
+    { "bandwidth", required_argument, NULL, 24 },
     { "base", required_argument, NULL, 'B' },
     { "cache", required_argument, NULL, 'C' },
     { "cut-dirs", required_argument, NULL, 17 },
@@ -436,6 +438,9 @@ GNU General Public License for more deta
 	case 23:
 	  setval ("backups", optarg);
 	  break;
+	case 24:     /* bandwidth limitation */
+	  opt.bandwidth_limit = atoi(optarg);
+	  break;  
 	case 'A':
 	  setval ("accept", optarg);
 	  break;
diff -upNr ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/options.h ./options.h
--- ../../wget-1.5.3-original/src/options.h	Tue Apr 28 23:29:40 1998
+++ ./options.h	Sun Oct  1 10:01:00 2000
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ struct options
 
   int delete_after;		/* Whether the files will be deleted
 				   after download. */
+  int bandwidth_limit;  /* <lukas@azzit.de>: bandwidth limitation in kb */
+  int bandwidth_wait;   /* <lukas@azzit.de>: milliseconds to wait when
+				   bandwidth limit es reached */
 };
 
 #ifndef OPTIONS_DEFINED_HERE