With the constant change of protocols and programming yada yada. I read over what you had suggested and combined a couple of the concepts into one package deal. And it worked on the first try ! :D So, thank you for pointing me in the right direction ! I'll list my source code below.
Here's a function to use PHP to control download bandwith speed:
All original code I borrowed from PHP's online documentation found HERE.
[PHP]
<?php
function send_file($file, $speed = 100) {
//First, see if the file exists
if (!is_file($file)) {
die("<b>404 File not found!</b>");
}
//Gather relevent info about file
$filename = basename($file);
$file_extension = strtolower(substr(strrchr($filename,"."),1));
// This will set the Content-Type to the appropriate setting for the file
switch( $file_extension ) {
case "exe":
$ctype="application/octet-stream";
break;
case "zip":
$ctype="application/zip";
break;
case "mp3":
$ctype="audio/mpeg";
break;
case "mpg":
$ctype="video/mpeg";
break;
case "avi":
$ctype="video/x-msvideo";
break;
// The following are for extensions that shouldn't be downloaded
// (sensitive stuff, like php files)
case "php":
case "htm":
case "html":
case "txt":
die("<b>Cannot be used for ". $file_extension ." files!</b>");
break;
default:
$ctype="application/force-download";
}
// Begin writing headers
header("Cache-Control:");
header("Cache-Control: public");
header("Content-Type: $ctype");
$filespaces = str_replace("_", " ", $filename);
// if your filename contains underscores, replace them with spaces
$header='Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$filespaces;
header($header);
header("Accept-Ranges: bytes");
$size = filesize($file);
// check if http_range is sent by browser (or download manager)
if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
// if yes, download missing part
$seek_range = substr($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'] , 6);
$range = explode( '-', $seek_range);
if($range[0] > 0) { $seek_start = intval($range[0]); }
if($range[1] > 0) { $seek_end = intval($range[1]); }
header("HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content");
header("Content-Length: " . ($seek_end - $seek_start + 1));
header("Content-Range: bytes $seek_start-$seek_end/$size");
} else {
header("Content-Range: bytes 0-$seek_end/$size");
header("Content-Length: $size");
}
//open the file
$fp = fopen("$file","rb");
//seek to start of missing part
fseek($fp,$seek_start);
//start buffered download
while(!feof($fp)) {
//reset time limit for big files
set_time_limit(0);
print(fread($fp,1024*$speed));
flush();
sleep(1);
}
fclose($fp);
exit;
}
?>[/PHP]
I hope that helps someone out too. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction !!
~Chipgraphics
Using PHP to limit download speed 
