Taipei eSIM
In Taipei you connect to Chunghwa or FarEasTone, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 88 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Chunghwa and FarEasTone
- Typical speed in Taiwan
- 88 Mbps typical, 27 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
How Taiwan compares across Asia
- Regional typical speed
- 42.95 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Chunghwa, FarEasTone
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Hong Kong, 92 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Macau, 84 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung
Landing at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)
- Airport
- TPE / RCTP
- Distance
- 40 km from the centre of Taipei
- Also serves
- Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)
Getting into Taipei
- Taoyuan Airport MRT Express to Taipei Main Station (TPE), about 35 minutes
- Taipei Metro Wenhu line from Songshan Airport station (TSA)
Underground and on the metro
Taipei Metro runs 5 lines. It opened in 1996. The operator states mobile coverage throughout the tunnels.
Worth knowing about Taipei
- The Taipei Metro provides free mobile phone connections in all stations, trains and tunnels, so service does not drop underground.
- Taipei Main Station offers in-town check-in and baggage drop for the Airport MRT, with bags carried to Terminal 2 on the Express trains.
- Airport MRT Express trains take 35 to 37 minutes to the terminals; the Commuter service on the same line is much slower, 82 minutes end to end.
- Eating, drinking and chewing gum are forbidden inside the paid area of the Taipei Metro, which catches out arriving passengers carrying open drinks from the airport.