diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 90eadea..af5d72a 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sfu/estimator"
+	"sfu/mono"
 	"sfu/packetcache"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
@@ -319,10 +320,10 @@ func upLoop(conn *upConnection, track *upTrack) {
 	buf := make([]byte, packetcache.BufSize)
 	var packet rtp.Packet
 	var local []*downTrack
-	var localTime time.Time
+	var localTime uint64
 	for {
-		now := time.Now()
-		if now.Sub(localTime) > time.Second/2 {
+		now := mono.Microseconds()
+		if now < localTime || now > localTime + 500000 {
 			local = track.getLocal()
 			localTime = now
 		}
@@ -598,7 +599,9 @@ func rtcpDownListener(g *group, conn *downConnection, track *downTrack, s *webrt
 					log.Printf("sendPLI: %v", err)
 				}
 			case *rtcp.ReceiverEstimatedMaximumBitrate:
-				track.maxBitrate.Set(p.Bitrate, msSinceEpoch())
+				track.maxBitrate.Set(p.Bitrate,
+					mono.Microseconds(),
+				)
 			case *rtcp.ReceiverReport:
 				for _, r := range p.Reports {
 					if r.SSRC == track.track.SSRC() {
@@ -609,7 +612,9 @@ func rtcpDownListener(g *group, conn *downConnection, track *downTrack, s *webrt
 					}
 				}
 			case *rtcp.TransportLayerNack:
-				maxBitrate := track.maxBitrate.Get(msSinceEpoch())
+				maxBitrate := track.maxBitrate.Get(
+					mono.Microseconds(),
+				)
 				bitrate := track.rate.Estimate()
 				if uint64(bitrate) < maxBitrate {
 					sendRecovery(p, track)
@@ -640,7 +645,7 @@ func trackKinds(down *downConnection) (audio bool, video bool) {
 }
 
 func updateUpBitrate(up *upConnection) {
-	now := msSinceEpoch()
+	now := mono.Microseconds()
 
 	for _, track := range up.tracks {
 		track.maxBitrate = ^uint64(0)
@@ -678,8 +683,8 @@ func updateUpBitrate(up *upConnection) {
 
 func (up *upConnection) sendPLI(track *upTrack) error {
 	last := atomic.LoadUint64(&track.lastPLI)
-	now := msSinceEpoch()
-	if now >= last && now-last < 200 {
+	now := mono.Microseconds()
+	if now >= last && now-last < 200000 {
 		return nil
 	}
 	atomic.StoreUint64(&track.lastPLI, now)
diff --git a/group.go b/group.go
index 9b66cef..f8a73ba 100644
--- a/group.go
+++ b/group.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"sfu/estimator"
+	"sfu/mono"
 	"sfu/packetcache"
 
 	"github.com/pion/webrtc/v2"
@@ -68,28 +69,22 @@ type upConnection struct {
 	tracks     []*upTrack
 }
 
-func msSinceEpoch() uint64 {
-	return uint64(time.Since(epoch) / time.Millisecond)
-}
-
-var epoch = time.Now()
-
 type timeStampedBitrate struct {
-	bitrate   uint64
-	timestamp uint64
+	bitrate      uint64
+	microseconds uint64
 }
 
-func (tb *timeStampedBitrate) Set(bitrate, timestamp uint64) {
+func (tb *timeStampedBitrate) Set(bitrate, us uint64) {
 	// this is racy -- a reader might read the
 	// data between the two writes.  This shouldn't
 	// matter, we'll recover at the next sample.
-	atomic.StoreUint64(&tb.bitrate,	bitrate)
-	atomic.StoreUint64(&tb.timestamp, timestamp)
+	atomic.StoreUint64(&tb.bitrate, bitrate)
+	atomic.StoreUint64(&tb.microseconds, us)
 }
 
 func (tb *timeStampedBitrate) Get(now uint64) uint64 {
-	ts := atomic.LoadUint64(&tb.timestamp)
-	if now < ts || now > ts + 1000 {
+	ts := atomic.LoadUint64(&tb.microseconds)
+	if now < ts || now > ts+4000000 {
 		return ^uint64(0)
 	}
 	return atomic.LoadUint64(&tb.bitrate)
@@ -720,7 +715,7 @@ func getClientStats(c *client) clientStats {
 			loss := atomic.LoadUint32(&t.loss)
 			conns.tracks = append(conns.tracks, trackStats{
 				bitrate:    uint64(t.rate.Estimate()) * 8,
-				maxBitrate: t.maxBitrate.Get(msSinceEpoch()),
+				maxBitrate: t.maxBitrate.Get(mono.Microseconds()),
 				loss:       uint8((loss * 100) / 256),
 			})
 		}
diff --git a/mono/mono.go b/mono/mono.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e17eafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mono/mono.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package mono
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+var epoch = time.Now()
+
+func fromDuration(d time.Duration, hz uint32) uint64 {
+	return uint64(d) * uint64(hz) / uint64(time.Second)
+}
+
+func Now(hz uint32) uint64 {
+	return fromDuration(time.Since(epoch), hz)
+}
+
+func Microseconds() uint64 {
+	return Now(1000000)
+}
diff --git a/mono/mono_test.go b/mono/mono_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f592c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mono/mono_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package mono
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func differs(a, b, delta uint64) bool {
+	if a < b {
+		a, b = b, a
+	}
+	return a - b >= delta
+}
+
+func TestMono(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Now(48000)
+	time.Sleep(4 * time.Millisecond)
+	b := Now(48000) - a
+	if differs(b, 4 * 48, 16) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", 4 * 48, b)
+	}
+
+	c := Microseconds()
+	time.Sleep(4 * time.Millisecond)
+	d := Microseconds() - c
+	if differs(d, 4000, 1000) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", 4000, d)
+	}
+}