diff --git a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionOptions.java b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionOptions.java
index 52ee83264..92a4ad331 100644
--- a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionOptions.java
+++ b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/ConnectionOptions.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class ConnectionOptions extends I2PSocketOptionsImpl {
     public int getRTT() { return _rtt; }
     public void setRTT(int ms) { 
         if (_rto == 0) {
-            _rttDev = ms;
+            _rttDev = ms / 2;
             _rto = ms + ms / 2;
         }
         synchronized (_trend) {
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 556478a57..efc83f24c 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-$Id: history.txt,v 1.556 2007-03-07 00:11:46 zzz Exp $
+$Id: history.txt,v 1.557 2007-03-08 13:55:18 zzz Exp $
+
+2007-03-10  zzz
+    * Streaming lib: Change initial RTT deviation from RTT to RTT/2
+      (RFC 2988) to reduce early RTO values
 
 2007-03-08  zzz
     * i2psnark changes to improve upload performance:
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 008d80e64..0bf946e2b 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import net.i2p.CoreVersion;
  *
  */
 public class RouterVersion {
-    public final static String ID = "$Revision: 1.492 $ $Date: 2007-03-07 00:11:45 $";
+    public final static String ID = "$Revision: 1.493 $ $Date: 2007-03-08 13:55:17 $";
     public final static String VERSION = "0.6.1.27";
-    public final static long BUILD = 6;
+    public final static long BUILD = 7;
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         System.out.println("I2P Router version: " + VERSION + "-" + BUILD);
         System.out.println("Router ID: " + RouterVersion.ID);