They didn’t even offer me contract free for a year.
But why does Taiwan providers needs to force people to constantly be signed to a contract. In other countries I’ve lived, they don’t force you.
Makes me also wonder how does my local friend not have to sign any new contract (for a few years already) and still get unlimited data unlimited speed ?
By the way @Marco how long have you been with TWM ?
I’ve only been with them 2 years, maybe that’s why I’m not offered this ?
There are no contract services but you will need to find them and they cost more. Especially prepaid.
This was my second contract that I completed back to back. Four years.
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Maybe that’s why I didn’t get offered that
To answer your original question, porting numbers is disgustingly easy. My number is originally a Chunghwa number.
But I don’t think you will get the results you are looking for by switching.
And TWM is the most foreigner friendly by far.
Wished circle.life was still operating
Could be worse, you could be a Canadian or a Canadian returning to Canada only to find that they have absolutely zero prepaid data services for tourists at the big telcos. While postpaid contracts all have data caps.
In 2024. Not 2004.
You could try this with Taiwan Mobile:
獨家優惠 / 雙享包 119元
119元_網內免費+輕速上網吃到飽(1GB量到降1Mbps)/31日(使用計日型或計量型上網服務期間，無法儲值輕速上網服務)
It’s available in person or on their website which is a pain, but at least once you figure it out you can take care of it at home.
I’m on pre-paid and you get 1GB for 119NTD and after that it drops to unlimited 1Mpbs which is a bit slow and Spotify and Youtube barely work, but they do work. That’s pretty damn good for 119/month.
I wanted to buy an unlimited internet SIM for 3 months, but they refused since I already have a pre-paid SIM. Only one SIM per person!? New rule since I bought additional SIMs before… When I get around to it I may go to Chuang Hwa to get their unlimited tourist SIM unless they also find an arbitrary reason to refuse me.
That’s changed now but you need to go with a big 3 carrier’s flanker company. They even have a Chatr booth at the airport for tourists.
You can get prepaid data with Chatr, Lucky, or Public mobile as well as Freedom now for a decent price. The only catch is the speeds tend to be crappier than a monthly plan but still decent for most.
Speaking of which Taiwan used to have cheap prepaid plans for foreigners targeting the SEA community in their market and stores. $499 prepaid card for unlimited 4G. Not sure if they still do that.
there still are, especially if you go to SEA community shops, they sell so many of those plans.
I don’t acknowledge Chatr’s existence.
It’s garbage.
Last time I tried to get another SIM card just for data I was told Taiwan now has a rule that foreigners are only allowed one SIM card per passport to protect the public against scams. That was with 大哥大 but I got the feeling it applies to all carriers. Any workarounds?
Ever notice how it’s always ‘told’ but none of these employees ever cites their sources?
Because they LIE!!!
I was told this before but they will allow one prepaid and one postpaid with the same carrier.
Second workaround is just to use two carriers.