The prices quoted below are for monthly subscription and installation (Inst.), and include 24% VAT for residental customers. Customer equipment required by all providers is a network card, other equipment is included (splitter, modem etc). All providers are offering xDSL using the incumbent operator Telenor's wholesale bitstream access offer.
xDSL is widely available (52% of households). Other options (such as cable internet, wireless and satellite) make high speed and broadband internet available to many of those who can't avail of xDSL. Narrowband, PSTN and ISDN, are available to almost all (Telenor policy is that when an ISDN line test fails, they fix what's needed until it doesn't fail).
On to the prices:
The cheapest and the dearest xDSL offer, by monthly subscription:
BlueCom (384/128): € 54 (Inst. € 108)
NextGenTel (4096/640): € 244 (Inst. € 95)
The cheapest (still the only 1!) capped xDSL offer:
Telenor (704/128): € 47 (Inst. € 0, DIY) (1gb download limit)
Exceed limit and downstream dropps to 64kbps. Additional 5gb for € 13 per month (unused additional download transferred to next month).
The cheapest and dearest cable internet offer:
Telenor Avidi (512/128): € 47 (Inst. € 54)
Telenor Avidi (2048/256): € 142 (Inst. € 54)
The cheapest and dearest wireless access offer:
Broadband Wireless (512/512): € 52 (Inst. from € 387)
WAN (2048/2048): € 610 (Inst. € 475)
The cheapest and dearest ethernet network offer*:
Smartcall (390/128): € 47 (Inst. € 108*)
Smartcall (1120/384): € 108 (Inst. € 108*)
*: These networks are for housing co-operatives only, and they have a separate pre-installation for the estate itself. Then, a per household installation as indicated.
The above prices were converted from the Norwegian Krone to euro at the November 2002 rate of 7.3715 NK to 1 euro
http://www.itavisen.no/art/1299418.html gives you a list of Norways broadband offerings in ADSL, SDSL and cable (7.4 Nkr equal 1 euro)
Telenor is the "Main" provider for "all" over the country, more or less all places with 10000 people and up can get DSL/Cable and also some smaller places
(local cable tv or wireless/DSL).
Also worth mentioning is that Norway equals Ireland in population, but are much more spread out (bigger area) and they can still provide ADSL/Cable from north to south, east to west..
Some "ESB equals" are starting to provide 10240/10240 for around 340 Nkr...