The real reason I’m a little sad about this is that I live just a few miles from the Governor and I was hopeful. Also I walk by the Governor’s mansion a few times a week – they have been digging up the from yard for something. Seems like it might have been a good opportunity to Dig Once, but according to the Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal, the Governor will not be experiencing fiber-tastic broadband speeds anytime soon…

A plan to create a high-speed Internet link to the Minnesota governor’s mansion in St. Paul has been shelved amid questions about its purpose and $261,000 price tag.

Minnesota Public Radio reports on the project, which would have connected the mansion to the state’s existing fiber network and which had been in the works since 2013. An official said the decision to put the network on hiatus was based on “”ensuring the most cost-effective solution to meet long-term needs.”

The effort may have been seen as less necessary since CenturyLink announced it would introduce its own high-speed Internet service to the Twin Cities.