>>
>> Then there's heaps of stuff about the relative merits of Ethernet verses
>> Token Ring verses something else. As far as I can tell, that's a format
>> war that has long since been won my Ethernet. Does *anybody* still use
>> token ring? How about ATM, is that still used?
>>
>
> In most large entreprise that has an IBM mainframe sysplex or two, there
> will be some token-ring left there, for some legacy "don't touch it, the
> last guy who knew how that worked retired years ago, and quite frankly,
> we're not sure anyone still uses it, but we don't want to take chances"
> application.

Forgot to add:

And ATM is the transport underneath DSL and DOCSIS.  So most home or 
small office high speed Internet connections are using ATM.

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