If building a business is like plan...

If building a business is like planting grains for an orchard, John Kehre has been waiting a prolonged time for his apples. After years of laying the surface of land work for his fiber optic cable company, he's just now starting to descry the fruits of his labors.

Five years ago, in the June 1998 issue of The Bellingham Business Journal, Kehre discussed by what means he was on his way to building a fiber-optic cable empire in the Pacific Northwest with his recently made known company, Black Rock Cable. Kehre was granted FCC approval in April 1998 to provide a range of services below ...