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Is the Internet Collapsing?
Last week, an America On-Line outage kept millions of users off-line. Is this a sign of things to come? Tune in to this hour of Science Friday when Ira Flatow talks to experts about reports that the Internet may be on the verge of collapse. Plus, will Microsoft's Internet Explorer be bad news for Netscape?
Guests:
Bob Metcalfe
Columnist
Infoworld
Lincolnville, Maine
Don Heath
President and Chief Executive
The Internet Society
Reston, Virginia
Larry Magid
Syndicated Columnist
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California
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