在迎接資訊社會到來之際，各國均大力推展國家資訊基磐，本文 介紹美國及歐洲發展資訊基磐的計劃，以及資訊基磐的公共論壇屬性 。由於目前基磐的基礎究竞是有線電視、電話、網際網路的爭議尚存 ，在資訊高速公路上的言論自由究竟如何管理？在一個聚合的時代中 ，本文作者建議以較爲開放的心態來面對網路上的言論問題，以更爲 前瞻的眼光制訂管理規約的政策。

We are embracing the information society. The infrastruture for this entire technologicall field is called the "National Information Infrastructure"(NII) or, by U.S. Vice President A1 Gore, the "Information Superhighway." The purpose o;f this paper is to discuss free speech in the age of Information Highway. The arguement is that the convergence of the media will undermine the system of regulatory classifications and will undercut the rationale • ' for different constitutional treatment of the media. And it is the author’s belief that an unified policy toward free speech would reduce the confusion caused by the emerging new communication technologies.