The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports…

Months after it stepped back from a massive public-private project for high-speed Internet services, the Ramsey County Board on Tuesday approved the sale of $7 million in bonds to assemble a more modest system for county business only.

Ramsey County will start accepting bids this summer from companies to build and lease a network that limits access to county buildings.

That way, officials figure, the county’s immediate business needs will be met while leaving the door open to future high-tech developments.

As a resident of Ramsey County I’m disappointed with the serious downgrade from the fiber network they were talking about last fall.