Maximum Bonjour file transfer speed?

I have a question for anyone who transfers files over Bonjour with iChat. What's the fastest speed you've been able to achieve?
I got 20MBps today, consistently for a 5GB file. Here's my setup:
I have a great Asus 100Mbps router running Tomato. It's connected to a Linksys Gigabit router, which is running DD-WRT in AP mode. I have 2 macbooks connected to the Linksys using GigE. Since my file transfer was faster than 12Mbps, I know iChat isn't routing all that data through the Asus, which is impressive; I'm surprised it can do that so efficiently. But then I wonder, why can't it be even faster?

Hi,
You need to look into the Actual real world throughput
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/answer/Ethernet-throughput
9:00 PM Wednesday; February 2, 2011
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