diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 14d509875a284a29a4dc1bb1f6e19e5003ddd12b..a2b1bbd731719e8e410e50298cffe5547ca9dd97 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210402222700-7fac5f85c596
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210405183148-930ea17a1b5f
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210401210040-b7f1da24ef13
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.4
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210401175645-9b7b92f74ec4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 91e103b4070c80b9c1f3ee06a2ba27099a0e852c..36ac983b029f2c540d158b67ac0cbd83b5bfd9b4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210402205854-0ea056917a98 h1:6GF+txzdbf5EKZK
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210402205854-0ea056917a98/go.mod h1:Hd9NbUwdRXFcs5ZgukPYsChmM8AqxJRjzMNvQuUXqh4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210402222700-7fac5f85c596 h1:jX6H4vu//StDLKZn5lcmxp9S3IhzS/8Uttg0K5r7Iqo=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210402222700-7fac5f85c596/go.mod h1:jqqUYnsftpfQXJ57BPYp5A+i7qfA5IXhKUE9ZOSrqaE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210405170210-0aa75aa7fefd h1:0wkkIeKyZ9SW+0MpxpZnypTOpePze8/r4USw1hooAJs=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210405170210-0aa75aa7fefd/go.mod h1:jqqUYnsftpfQXJ57BPYp5A+i7qfA5IXhKUE9ZOSrqaE=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210405183148-930ea17a1b5f h1:ZUY46FcnA7BOd9pCggproSRBqycV0X+zKyai3eTL2ys=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210405183148-930ea17a1b5f/go.mod h1:jqqUYnsftpfQXJ57BPYp5A+i7qfA5IXhKUE9ZOSrqaE=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4 h1:28ftZDeYEko7xptCZzeFWS1Iam95dj46TWFVVlKmw6A=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.3 h1:znCt/x2bL4y8czTPaaFkwzdgSgW3BJc/1+dxyf1jqVw=
diff --git a/interfaces/params/network.go b/interfaces/params/network.go
index b84c38a09310f13d13a5cd74d4ddfb83c62fc717..95e3bad0c3f1518203aaa03fc0fc583ae4281ecb 100644
--- a/interfaces/params/network.go
+++ b/interfaces/params/network.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ type Network struct {
 	ParallelNodeRegistrations uint
 	//How far back in rounds the network should actually check
 	KnownRoundsThreshold uint
+	// Determines verbosity of network updates while polling
+	// If true, client receives a filtered set of updates
+	// If false, client receives the full list of network updates
+	FastPolling bool
 
 	Rounds
 	Messages
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ func GetDefaultNetwork() Network {
 		E2EParams:            GetDefaultE2ESessionParams(),
 		ParallelNodeRegistrations: 8,
 		KnownRoundsThreshold: 1500, //5 rounds/sec * 60 sec/min * 5 min
+		FastPolling: true,
 	}
 	n.Rounds = GetDefaultRounds()
 	n.Messages = GetDefaultMessage()
diff --git a/network/follow.go b/network/follow.go
index a555874adffe6f3f38700afa27d74a3b28f81b9e..8e345bba402ab8790d2c40910abb606401dca6a1 100644
--- a/network/follow.go
+++ b/network/follow.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func (m *manager) follow(report interfaces.ClientErrorReport, rng csprng.Source,
 		StartTimestamp: identity.StartRequest.UnixNano(),
 		EndTimestamp:   identity.EndRequest.UnixNano(),
 		ClientVersion:  []byte(version.String()),
+		FastPolling:    m.param.FastPolling,
 	}
 	jww.TRACE.Printf("Executing poll for %v(%s) range: %s-%s(%s) from %s",
 		identity.EphId.Int64(), identity.Source, identity.StartRequest,