All traffic between the client (i.e. Visual Studio or Eclipse) and the server is highly compressed. Not only is the raw data compressed using GZIP compression over the wire, but the actual data that is sent is optimized so that the minimal amount of data is sent when required.
This is true not just for the version control sub-system but also things like work item tracking and the build automation system.
TFS is very chatty. Barebones checkin/checkout is not a big deal, but once you start using it for issue management and workflow it can get pretty serious. For example, some of the input elements on the issue management screens can trigger server lookups per keystroke.
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