Your bandwidth utilization can go down by switching to 16 bit. On XP FR1, switching to 16 bit can drop bandwidth consumption up to 20%. They mentioned that improvements would be made to the lower color depths in the future, but I don't know if that has been done. This is mentioned in this document: http://thethin.net/faqs2.cfm?id=210&category=3&sortby=date ________________________________ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schneider, Chad M Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 1:33 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] 256 colors vs. 16-bit color How much more bandwidth is consumed by going to 16-bit color, per session? Chad M. Schneider Technology Analyst Bemis Company, Inc. 920-303-7609 "Just because you can, does not mean that you should." NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission from the law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl may constitute an attorney-client communication that is privileged at law. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected.