Simulate limited bandwidth from within Chrome?

Question

Is there a way I can simulate various connection speeds from within Chrome?

I need to be able to check http://localhost with varying speeds.

I know there are

Answer 1

I don't think what you ask can be done by chrome alone. The closest I could find was this, which isn't what you want. I getting a chrome plugin to do it would be Hard.

A web proxy running on your local machine could achieve the effect you want. A search for "throttling proxy" came up with this, for example.