diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index def87939c..f75348477 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ Changes in version 0.2.0.10-alpha - 2007-11-0?
       hidden service posting and fetching.
     - Code to implement new hidden service descriptor format (from Karsten
       Loesing).
+    - Raise the default BandwidthRate/BandwidthBurst to 5MB/10MB, to
+      accommodate the growing number of servers that use the default
+      and are reaching it.
 
   o Major bugfixes:
     - Stop servers from crashing if they set a Family option (or
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 795d1804d..7728c8566 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ static config_var_t _option_vars[] = {
   V(AutomapHostsOnResolve,       BOOL,     "0"),
   V(AutomapHostsSuffixes,        CSV,      ".onion,.exit"),
   V(AvoidDiskWrites,             BOOL,     "0"),
-  V(BandwidthBurst,              MEMUNIT,  "6 MB"),
-  V(BandwidthRate,               MEMUNIT,  "3 MB"),
+  V(BandwidthBurst,              MEMUNIT,  "10 MB"),
+  V(BandwidthRate,               MEMUNIT,  "5 MB"),
   V(BridgeAuthoritativeDir,      BOOL,     "0"),
   VAR("Bridge",                  LINELIST, Bridges,    NULL),
   V(CircuitBuildTimeout,         INTERVAL, "1 minute"),