Possible to compress SQL Server network traffic?

Question

I have a .NET client that needs to connect to a remote SQL Server over the WAN, is it possible to compress SQL traffic between the client and the server?

I am using

Answer 1

I know this question is over a year old but I found myself looking for this so I thought I would share what I found. There is this (quite expensive) software that compresses SQL server traffic. I am testing it at the moment for one of my clients, it works very well, achieving 60% compression ratios on average.

http://www.nitrosphere.net/store/nitroaccelerator

It is also compatible with clients that don't have this service installed.