Fred Said “Somebody told me about this company in England” When Fred Buckenmeyer was asked by Laurie Gere, then-mayor of Anacortes, Wash., to wire the city for broadband, he didn’t know where to start. After months considering the problem, Buckenmeyer discovered a possible answer: “Somebody told me about this company in England” that was installing fiber optics in water lines. “I finally got a hold of them—Craley Industries,” said Buckenmeyer. CRALEY, which was founded in 201