Using Blinking Cursors with Terminal Server

SUMMARY

Blinking cursors cause unnecessary bandwidth use because every blink requires data packets to be transmitted. Applications that do not use a blinking cursor or that allow the blinking cursor to be disabled are preferred.

A blinking cursor on the remote client session will cause continuous client/server traffic. This may not be a problem in many environments, but if connections are made over, for instance, a dial-on-demand router, excessive line charges can be incurred.