[madprops]

Well I still have trouble with that, and a map wouldn't help very much. Imagine convincing governments to make the huge en-devour of placing thousands of kilometers of cables under the sea, and maintaining them, just for some "nerd stuff". If they did, they probably had a very good reason convincing them.

[goodcanadian]

Except that is generally not governments doing it; it is private companies. It is pure profit motive. Despite the great cost, the cables are profitable.