I don't want this to spiral down to Micah bashing. He has brought a lot of good energy to the project, and gotten things moving forward nicely. Thanks.
I know of instances where this option would be useful for me, and others have chipped in. I think we all agree it isn't perfect and there is no perfect solution for the situation. But it is better than what exists now. How about one last hypothetical situation, and then I'll bow out of this. (Yes, I can live a happy life if this option isn't included!) Joe Random User can type wget --limit-percent 50% ftp://site/BigImage.iso and then happily play his online game without giving up all his bandwidth, and without having to have a clue about networking. A simple --limit-percent replaces trying to explain to someone how to determine their bandwidth and then specifying some amount which is less than the total but still leaves enough for "other activity". Jim