Thanks to the pervasiveness of cable TV, the broadband fiber optic cable network in Taiwan is almost as extensive as in European and North American countries. However, many places in Taiwan's mountainous regions and outlying islands are still underdeveloped in this regard.
台灣拜有線電視普及率極高之賜，寬頻光纖鋪設率已接近歐美，然而離島及山區仍有許多地方沒有寬頻。