On 8/19/2011 5:00, Invisible wrote:
> Does *anybody* still use token ring?

Anywhere the benefits of token ring outweigh the costs of using a less 
common networking technology, yes. Primarily where you need a fixed upper 
limit on how long a packet takes to be delivered, such as in many forms of 
industrial processing.

 > How about ATM, is that still used?

It's used quite a lot internally to the phone company. You're probably using 
it right now.

> Aside from that, the report isn't well written at all. The tone is very,
> very informal. Like, if you imagine being given a topic, and just
> monologuing about it to your friend off the top of your head,

I'm not sure I need to *imagine* that as such...

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