[What does VNC stand for, where is the home implementation, etc.?]
Note that the latest versions are now from RealVNC Ltd ( http://www.realvnc.com ), as AT&T has closed its Cambridge Labs. It can still be had from http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ .
RealVNC has some nice enhancements, including automatic configuraton that tunes the encodings to suite the available bandwith.
CL published some of the first popular articles about VNC [L1 ].
stevel had good experiences with RealVNC.
DRH recommends tightVNC [L2 ].