Prognostications on the information superhighway range from the starry–eyed to the deeply pessimistic. In this article, we propose to present a realistic, balanced assessment of precisely what the information superhighway is, what it will do, and how it will develop – or, more accurately, how it will continue to develop. Those taking a cynical view of the information superhighway miss one critical fact: much of the highway is not a future development – it's here and now.