Thoughts and Non Thoughts

It's been a while since I posted about my Internet connection. As it happens, this post about solving my PLDT myDSL problem has the highest views of all my posts. It basically gives a tip about changing DNS settings, which seems to be the weakest point of the PLDT service. I have since moved to PLDT's Fibr service. It is definitely faster (I got the unlimited data with 20MBPS plan). It has allowed watching Netflix or YouTube uninterrupted while someone else is streaming Spotify or browsing. I am quite happy with it. Nevertheless, I found that using the DNS settings in my original post still applies. In short, set it manually, and use opendns (208.67.222.222 or 208.67.220.220) or google dns (8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4). I find my connection more stable this way. Some things change and some things stay the same.

It looks like the (selective browsing) problem with PLDT myDSL happens when you set your DNS to automatic. There's a couple of solutions: 1. Set the DNS manually at the TCP/IP Connection setting. Here are some of PLDT's DNS servers: 58.69.254.3 58.69.254.4 58.69.254.8 58.69.254.9 58.69.254.43 58.69.254.46 58.69.254.70 58.69.254.72 58.69.254.103 58.69.254.104 58.69.254.106 58.69.254.133 58.69.254.134 58,69.254.135 58.69.254.137 202.57.96.4 203.87.128.3 203.172.11.21 203.172.11.25 203.172.11.26 2. Use Opendns servers: simply use the ff in the DNS setting 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 Just be aware that there have been reported cases of Opendns blocking some google pages. I used the first PLDT DNS server listed above and it has solved my problem completely. I also noticed webpages loading faster than before. Hope this fix is going to hold up. 3. Update >>> You can now use Google DNS 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 Hope this helps.

It's been a week now. Some websites won't load. This sucks.