What's the future of the Internet--and who will control that future? Join Ira and guests in this hour of Science Friday for a look at networks, laws, and how people live and work online. Are the days of "anything goes" on the Internet numbered?

Plus, phoning over the Internet -- is voice-over-internet-protocol, or VoIP, for you? We'll talk about the technology, and give a quick how-to for those interested in hanging up their traditional phone lines.

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Guests:
Tim Wu
Co-author of "Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World" (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Professor of Law
Columbia University
New York, New York

John Horrigan
Associate Director for Research
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Washington, DC

Larry Peterson
Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science
Director, PlanetLab Consortium
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

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Ted Wallingford
Author, "VoIP Hacks" (O'Reilly, 2005) and "Switching to VoIP" (O'Reilly, 2005)
Cleveland, Ohio

Books/Articles Discussed:

"Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World," by Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu. Oxford University Press, 2006.

"VoIP Hacks, " by Ted Wallingford. O'Reilly Media, 2005.

"Switching to VoIP," by Ted Wallingford. O'Reilly Media, 2005.

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This segment produced by Charles Bergquist