Propel PBM is a free bandwidth management software for Windows that provides personal bandwidth management (QoS) on your PC by automatically optimizing and prioritizing network access for time-sensitive applications, improving the inbound and outbound performance of VoIP calls (such as Skype, Gizmo), video calls, online multiplayer games, and streaming media. Propel PBM allows you to prioritize bandwidth by application in real-time. [via]

For example, if you are in the middle of uploading photos to a server, and you receive a Voip call. If you accept the VoIP call, both applications will compete for your outgoing network bandwidth, which may cause the outgoing call quality to be degraded. With Propel PBM, you can accept the VoIP call and maintain high call quality by prioritizing the connection, while the photo upload continues in the background without interruption, utilizing little bandwidth .

Key features of Propel PBM include:

+ Automatic traffic prioritization: Propel PBM determines the priority in which applications can make demands on your network bandwidth.

+ Traffic monitor: Propel PBM also shows detailed information about how your network connection is used. A traffic monitor displays the following information by application in real-time - Cumulative bandwidth consumed, inbound and outbound and Current transfer rate, incoming and outgoing traffic

Sign up now for the invitation-only beta test program here