I answered NO.

I was on Norwegian Netcom (have been since a week before i turned 18).
I got this contract to get the iPhone when it first came to Norway, I have changed my contract so many times, but still kept the same carrier. When I got the N900 I stayed with the same contract i had, just added 100kr (17 dollars) to the payment each month to get the phone for 2000kr (340dollars).

That's the way cheapest deal in Norway. even cheaper than buying the phone contract free and using the same as my previous contract.

(by the way, my contract had included all data traffic turbo 3g where available, and nothing more included, for 250kr (43 dollars) this is really cheap in Norway)