By the end of next month, Taiwan will be the first nation in the world where broadband service coverage reaches 100 percent of its territory, the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
The commission has been pursuing the goal since last year, and will meet it when the broadband connection service will be made available to residents of the last 46 villages in the nation's remote areas.
The commission said that these villages either had absolutely no Internet service or had only low-speed Internet connections.
The infrastructure was installed by Chunghwa Telecom (中華電信) and Taiwan Fixed Network (TFN,台灣固網), two of the nation's dominators in the telecom industry.
Originally, the construction of broadband facilities in the 46 villages was scheduled to be completed last month.
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The commission noted that it had already completed the construction of broadband facilities in the 45 other villages by the middle of last month.
Based on figures included in the commission's presentation yesterday, the entire project cost approximately NT$96.5 million (US$2.92 million).
NCC commissioner Hsieh Chin-nan (
Hsieh added that the project not only solves the problem of broadband service, but also helps solve other problems, such as regular phone service and mobile phone service.
Two township chiefs also came to the meeting yesterday, where government officials and telecom operators reviewed the execution of the project and the use of the general telecom fund.
Bao Shui-sheng (包水生), chief of the Sandimen Township (三地門) in Pingtung County, said that while the broadband service is now available in every village, the government should also try to offer opportunities for residents to learn how to use a computer.
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