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Taiwan Internet access has improved rapidly with the help and support of the government.
An Internet exchange point (IX or IXP, also known as Neutral Access Point or NAP) is a hardware infrastructure that allows different Internet Service Providers to exchange the access of Internet traffic between their networks that are autonomous systems by means of mutual business agreements, which allow connection to be exchanged without cost.
The Chinese Internet operators China Telecom and China Netcom who are also the leading operators of Taiwan Internet were announced to get disrupted by the earthquake last month,are presently restored.
Majority of the broadband equipment sold world-wide is made either in Taiwan or by Taiwanese companies. This report reflects Taiwan's broadband scene. It also solicitates for Taiwan's domestic Internet and broadband markets, detailing major suppliers and their customers, services and pricing of the connections provided. Taiwan's broadband equipment makers - the companies that supply the WLan cards, modems, switches, etc. to Taiwan's and the world's service providers never leave a scope to complain. Identified potential partners come up to gain a broad understanding of Taiwan's domestic broadband market and its position in the global market to find a proper recognition of Taiwan Internet facilities.
In the earthquake recently Taiwan Internet system got shattered until they rented transmission capacity from private cable operators and also took additional help from satellite connections. But after a strenuous effort the transmission of Internet and even phone connections were restored shortly.
The main sites surfed in Taiwan are Asia co, Google, TW, Openfind, Yahoo, TW, Yam in English and Yam in Hanyu. Almost 63 % of Taiwan's population is active users of Taiwan Internet.
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