Bryggenet serves an area of about 4000 residences with fast Internet access, cable TV and radio, and telephone services at cost prices.
Bryggenet was started in 2001 by a group of volunteers, initially with the intent of providing fast and cheap internet access to the residents of a number of co-ops in the quarter, but the project quickly expanded into TV and telephone.
The backbone is a net of fibre optic cables throughout the area, connecting each member building.
The internal wiring of each building are normal cat5 PDS cables for internet and telephone, and television.
Internet access is provided by a fibre optic cable to Teliasonera, one of the major Scandinavian telecom players; TV and radio signals are delivered via a set of satellite dishes locally; and telephone lines by pools of ISDN lines.