HTTP\SOAP Compression and Compact Framework

[bike_mike]

Is there any way to compress the HTML\SOAP stream going back to the
client via a .NET web service. I currently have a web service that
returns fairly large datasets to a compact framework application. In
most cases the data returns in a resonable amount of time, but several
of them can take up to a minute which is not reasonable. I know that
I can compress on the server side using IIS 5's built in compression
(Content-Encoding: gzip), but does the CF know what to do with it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[chora]

I run into this excellent French site checking on another solution.

Have a look at this article. (It is of course in English)
http://www.flowgroup.fr/tech_compressionHTTP_us.htm