Last hours of 2009 devoted to contemplation of the world gets more and more interconnected; as attested by the following maps: A map of Eastern telegraph cables from 1901 (via):

Undersea cables in use mapped by TeleGeography Research (2001):

Undersea cables in use mapped by TeleGeography Research (2004):

Cisco Global peering map (2009):

Undersea cables in use mapped by TeleGeography Research (2009):