diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.as b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.as
index bb61a8bc4..caac57e9a 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.as
@@ -414,8 +414,14 @@ public class Client extends EventDispatcher
 
     internal function setOutgoingMessageThrottle (messagesPerSec :int) :void
     {
+        _comm.postMessage(new ThrottleUpdatedMessage(messagesPerSec));
+    }
+
+    internal function finalizeOutgoingMessageThrottle (messagesPerSec :int) :void
+    {
+        // when the throttle update message goes out to the server
         _outThrottle.reinit(messagesPerSec, 1000);
-        _comm.postMessage(new ThrottleUpdatedMessage());
+        log.info("Updated outgoing throttle", "messagesPerSec", messagesPerSec);
     }
 
     internal function getOutgoingMessageThrottle () :Throttle
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.as b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.as
index 07d7b8dc7..c1888d7c2 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.as
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import com.threerings.presents.net.AuthResponseData;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.DownstreamMessage;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.LogoffRequest;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.UpstreamMessage;
+import com.threerings.presents.net.ThrottleUpdatedMessage;
 
 public class Communicator
 {
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ public class Communicator
             // if this was a logoff request, shutdown
             if (msg is LogoffRequest) {
                 shutdown(null);
+            } else if (msg is ThrottleUpdatedMessage) {
+                _client.finalizeOutgoingMessageThrottle(ThrottleUpdatedMessage(msg).messagesPerSec);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.as b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.as
index 654fcffe8..74b70bd70 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.as
@@ -21,10 +21,25 @@
 
 package com.threerings.presents.net {
 
+import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
 /**
  * Notifies the server that the client has received its UpdateThrottleMessage.
  */
 public class ThrottleUpdatedMessage extends UpstreamMessage
 {
+    /** The number of messages allowed per second. */
+    public var messagesPerSec :int;
+
+    public function ThrottleUpdatedMessage (messagesPerSec :int = 0)
+    {
+        this.messagesPerSec = messagesPerSec;
+    }
+
+    override public function writeObject (outs :ObjectOutputStream) :void
+    {
+        super.writeObject(outs);
+        outs.writeInt(messagesPerSec);
+    }
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.java
index c7c63b2ee..1e4964d39 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/net/ThrottleUpdatedMessage.java
@@ -26,5 +26,19 @@ package com.threerings.presents.net;
  */
 public class ThrottleUpdatedMessage extends UpstreamMessage
 {
-    // nothing needed
+    /** The number of messages allowed per second. */
+    public final int messagesPerSec;
+
+    /**
+     * Zero argument constructor used when unserializing an instance.
+     */
+    public ThrottleUpdatedMessage ()
+    {
+        this.messagesPerSec = 0;
+    }
+
+    public ThrottleUpdatedMessage (int messagesPerSec)
+    {
+        this.messagesPerSec = messagesPerSec;
+    }
 }