I think the big unknown is how much local caching of data a VFP app does. You might find that if most of your operations are reads (and I would guess they are) that local caching might be quite effective and not much data may go across the wire.
Probably your best bet is to ask this question on the Web Connect site where Rick or someone else with experience can answer.
Regards. Al
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