I imagine this traffic is fairly bursty as well. Also keep in mind this is a data distribution system. In the case of large data pushes, new builds, etc. it's

I imagine this traffic is fairly bursty as well. Also keep in mind this is a data distribution system. In the case of large data pushes, new builds, etc. it's important that all peers get the new data on a timely and reliable manner. I suspect you're underestimating the problem this project solves by focusing on a mostly irrelevant data rate stat.