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I have been a super happy customer of Circles.Life in Singapore for years and I have just found out that the firm expanded to Taiwan ... Circles.LifeTaiwan Life Technology internet boaz25 October24,2020,12:11pm #1 IhavebeenasuperhappycustomerofCircles.LifeinSingaporeforyearsandIhavejustfoundoutthatthefirmexpandedtoTaiwanrecently.Ivisitedthewebsiteanditseemsasuser-friendlyandstraightforwardasSingapore’s.Anyonehadexperienceswithit?How’sthespeedcomparedtotheothers?Anydifficultiesforforeignerssubscribing?IwaslikeOMGfinallywhenIread身份證或居留證 最有彈性的上網吃到飽|無框行動 全方案不綁約，顛覆對電信的想像！快來和我們一起重新定義吃到飽！用不到18GB回饋$100、不到3GB回饋$300，吃不完還給你！ 1Like tango42 October24,2020,3:38pm #2 Yousaidyouvisitedthewebsitebutdidnotgivealink.Noideabuthereiswhatappearstobealink. 最有彈性的上網吃到飽|無框行動 全方案不綁約，顛覆對電信的想像！快來和我們一起重新定義吃到飽！用不到18GB回饋$100、不到3GB回饋$300，吃不完還給你！ Marco October24,2020,3:45pm #3 tango42: Yousaidyouvisitedthewebsitebutdidnotgivealink.Noideabuthereiswhatappearstobealink. https://www.circles.life/tw/ It’sanMVNOtelco.Withdatacaps…Thepricesthey’reoffering,mightaswelljustgowiththeestablishedplayersandgettheunlimitedplans. boaz25 October24,2020,4:44pm #4 tango42: Yousaidyouvisitedthewebsitebutdidnotgivealink.Noideabuthereiswhatappearstobealink. Iwasaskingwhetheranyonehadexperiencewithit,whichiswhyIdidnotthinkofprovidingalink.Ihavejustaddedit.Thanks. Marco: It’sanMVNOtelco.Withdatacaps…Thepricesthey’reoffering,mightaswelljustgowiththeestablishedplayersandgettheunlimitedplans. It’sallunlimited吃到飽,actually.CirclesisaMVNOinSingaporetoo,butspeedthereisasfastasM1whichistheprovider.It’sverypopularamongforeignersbecauseoftheall-onlinesubscriptionandaccountmanagementwithnobureaucracy,depositsorguarantorcrap:justamonthlychargeonyourdebit/creditcard.CurioustoseewhetheritkeptthesameeaseofuseinTaiwanaswell.Iwilldefinitelytryitmyselfnextmonthandupdatehere,butmaybesomeonealreadyhassomefeedbacktoshare. Cy October26,2020,2:10pm #5 Isigneduptocircles.lifebecausethemonth-to-monthcontractseemedappealing. Allfunctionalityhastobedonefromtheirmobileapp,whichisonlyinChineseandregion-lockedtoTaiwan.MyappstoreregionisnotTaiwan,soIcan’tdownloadtheapp.Ican’tevenreadthebills,becauseIwouldneedtheapptodoso. I’dsaythatit’sallquiteinconvenient. boaz25 October26,2020,6:55pm #6 Sorrytohearthat,man.Theyshoulddefinitelyhaveatleastcreatedabi(multi)lingualapp,consideringthattheoriginalone(Singapore)isalreadyinEnglish. Onasidenote:wastheactivationprocesssmooth?Didyouencounteranyhiccupapartfromthelanguagebarrier?DidtheyacceptyourARCasavalidIDwithoutanynoise? Cy October27,2020,9:59am #7 ActivationwasalittleclunkybecauseIcouldn’tdownloadtheapp.Ihadtospeaktocustomersupporttwice,butthankfullytheircustomersupportisprettygood. TheyacceptedmyARCwithoutanyfuss. Theregion-lockedappisjuststrange.WhatifyoutravelbetweenSingaporeandTaiwanoften?Iimaginethat’sfairlycommon.Itwouldmakesensetousethesametelcoinbothcountries,butthiswouldn’tbepossibleevenwithadual-simphoneduetotheregionlocks. 1Like boaz25 December14,2020,1:42pm #8 RevivingmyownthreadafterbecomingaCircles.Life(無框電信)customerrecently.I’moverallsatisfied Registrationanddocumentuploadalldoneonline,sonomorenonsensicaldiscussionsattheshop.TheGoldCardwasacceptedwithoutanyfusswithinafewhours.IhaveyettoopenaTaiwanesebankaccount,soIlinkedmyTransferWisecardtothenewCircles.Lifeaccountanditwasacceptedaswellwithoutanyproblems.TheSIMcardwasdeliveredwithinthreecalendar(not“working”:IgotitonaSaturdayinfact)daysatthe7-11justdownstairs,butthereistheoptiontohaveitsenttoaprivateaddressaswell.IpluggedtheSIMcardontomyphone,downloadedtheapp,receivedtheverificationSMSandthat’saboutit.Iwentonatriptomountainareasovertheweekendanddidn’tencounteranysignalissues.Circles.LifeisrentingfromChunghwa. Totaldamage:200NTDfortheactivation,then550NTDamonth(450+100forunlimiteddata)directlychargedtotheforeigncardthatIuseduponregistration. Possiblehiccups: Like@Cysaid,youwillneedtochangeyourGooglePlay/AppleStoreregiontoTaiwaninordertobeabletodownloadtheapp.TheSIMcardcannotbeactivatedwithoutthispassage. Thewebsite,registrationform,e-mailsandchatsupport(veryefficient)areexclusivelyinMandarin.TheappisthetypicalTaiwanesemixofEnglishinthefirstpage(probablybecauseitdetectedEnglishasmyphonelanguage)andMandarineverywhereelse Theregistrationprocessrequirestheusualtwodocuments.Inmycase,Iusedmylocaldrivinglicenceassecondproofofidentification.Ifyoudon’thaveDrivingLicenceorNHIcard,itdoesn’tseempossible. WeirdthingisthattheyrequireyoutoprovideaTaiwanesemobilephonetoactasacontactnumberuntilyouactivateyourSIMcard,whichisquitestupidforpeoplelikemewhohavejustarrivedinTaiwanandendeduptroublingafriendforthis. strung.in December15,2020,1:47pm #9 iusecircles.life,goodbudgetoptionandi’vehadnotroublesintermsofinterruptionsorspeed.quitepleasedwithitactually. isignedupusingmypartner’staiwanesecard,andusedareferralcode(pickanyatrandomthereareheapsofthemonPTT,orifyou’dlikeyoucanusemyreferralcodeandIgetmoney),soitsaves100NTDamonthfor6monthsibelieve. soyeahlike@boaz25said,itwas200NTDtoactivate,butionlypay450NTDamonthforunlimitedcausethereferralsystem. Bestnoncontractcellphoneplans-mainlyfordata qwert_zuiop December8,2021,3:40am #10 JustcompletedmynumbertransfertoCircles.LifeaftermyoneyearwithChunghwa($488“student”(=foreigner)promotionforunlimiteddataforoneyear). OneissuewasthatCircles.Lifedidn’tacceptaChunghwanumberfortheircurrentpromotion($466forunlimiteddatapermonth-fromwhatIunderstand,IwillgetsomemoneybackdependingonhowmuchdataIuse),soIhadtoportthenumbertoadifferentproviderfirst(IchoseFETandhadtopay$300foraprepaidSIMforacoupleofdays). Theprocesswasquitesmoothotherwise-theyacceptedARC+passportwithoutanyissues.However,Ihadtofilloutanotherformagainbecausethefirsttransferattemptfailedandtheyhadtodoitthe“paperway”.Theyactuallysentmeane-mailinEnglishaboutthatandwereabletoprocessmyanswerinEnglish.Also,theappispartiallyinEnglishwhichalsohelps. IappliedonFridayandonTuesdaymorningthenewcardwasactivatedandreadytousewiththenewnumber. PMmeifsomeoneneedsareferralcode. boaz25 December8,2021,12:17pm #11 Welcometothefamily,manGladtohearthattheprocesswentsmoothlyforyoutoo. 1Like