Uploading too fast with f-spot (or "how do you throttle f-spot's upload speed?)

[Chris Mohler]

2009/3/18 Jelle De Loecker <skerit at kipdola.com>:
> Hi everyone,
>
> It's common knowledge that utilising your upload speed affects the download
> speed, but this goes a bit too far:
> When I upload something with f-spot I'm practically unable to download
> anything else, I can't even browse the web normally.
>
> Is f-spot somehow managing the traffic wrong? Because it's the only
> application I'm having this problem with, and it's like that on every
> website I upload files too (facebook, flickr, my own gallery)
>
> Is there maybe a way to throttle the upload speed of applications
> individually?

Have a look at wondershaper - it's a command line program that does
wonders for me when uploading huge files...

Chris