European news agency Panorama is reporting that there's trouble brewing in Spain between fishermen and telco Telefonica. Undersea cables are at the center of the disagreement.
According to this Panorama story, when Telefonica began replacing some submarine fiber-optic cables four years ago, fishermen who used the area in which the cables were laid had been promised payment of 6,000 euros as compensation for their inability to fish in those waters at that time.
Apparently the project took more time and was more expensive than originally anticipated. (Who ever heard of such a thing?) And not only did the fishermen not get paid the promised 6,000 euros, but Telefonica has been pointing the finger at the fishermen as the reason the cables needed replacing in the first place. The telco claims it was the fishing vessels that initially damged the cables.
Check back in with Panorama occasionally, as I bet they'll follow the story. We'll do the same.
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