diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2279878..95b8aab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -367,8 +367,9 @@ There are many optional parameters relating to the ingestion of data and the gen
 | `READSB_NET_BEAST_INPUT_PORT`         | TCP Beast input listen ports                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `--net-bi-port=<ports>`                 | `30004,30104` |
 | `READSB_NET_BEAST_OUTPUT_PORT`        | TCP Beast output listen ports                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `--net-bo-port=<ports>`                 | `30005`       |
 | `READSB_NET_BUFFER`                   | TCP buffer size 64Kb \* (2^n)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `--net-buffer=<n>`                      | `2` (256Kb)   |
-| `READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_INTERVAL`      | TCP output flush interval in seconds (maximum interval between two network writes of accumulated data).                                                                                                                                                                        | `--net-ro-interval=<rate>`              | `0.05`        |
-| `READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_SIZE`          | TCP output flush size (maximum amount of internally buffered data before writing to network).                                                                                                                                                                                  | `--net-ro-size=<size>`                  | `1200`        |
+| `READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_INTERVAL`      | TCP output flush interval in seconds (maximum output buffer delay).                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `--net-ro-interval=<seconds>`           | `0.05`        |
+| `READSB_NET_RO_INTERVAL_BEAST_REDUCE` | TCP output flush interval in seconds for beast reduce outputs (maximum output buffer delay).                                                                                                                                                                                   | `--net-ro-interval-beast-reduce=<secs>  | `0.12`        |
+| `READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_SIZE`          | TCP output flush size (maximum amount of internally buffered data before writing to network).                                                                                                                                                                                  | `--net-ro-size=<size>`                  | `1280`        |
 | `READSB_NET_CONNECTOR_DELAY`          | Outbound re-connection delay.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `--net-connector-delay=<seconds>`       | `30`          |
 | `READSB_NET_HEARTBEAT`                | TCP heartbeat rate in seconds (0 to disable).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `--net-heartbeat=<rate>`                | `35`          |
 | `READSB_NET_RAW_INPUT_PORT`           | TCP raw input listen ports.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | `--net-ri-port=<ports>`                 | `30001`       |
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/readsb b/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/readsb
index d8e31b9..237f6f4 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/readsb
+++ b/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/readsb
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ if [[ -n "$READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_INTERVAL" ]]; then
     READSB_CMD+=("--net-ro-interval=$READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_INTERVAL")
 fi
 
+# use 0.12s/120ms to reduce number of packets sent to aggregators (compared to ro-interval 50ms)
+# most aggregator feed clients historically use 200ms so this is already a reduction in jitter / latency
+READSB_CMD+=("--net-ro-interval-beast-reduce=${READSB_NET_RO_INTERVAL_BEAST_REDUCE:-0.12}")
+
+
 # Handle "--net-ri-port=<ports>"
 if [[ -n "$READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_PORT" ]]; then
     READSB_CMD+=("--net-ro-port=$READSB_NET_RAW_OUTPUT_PORT")