Its’ been more than a week since I had been experiencing problems with GlobeDSL, which is by the way the Internet connection here at my friend’s condo where I work during daytime.
Last week, it’s a big disappointment for the Internet connection to be totally useless as the ADSL link just couldn’t get a WAN address. It was only last Friday that a technician from Globe came over to check the modem and then fix the connection by tweaking some phone line configuration from their data center. Geesh! It just doesn’t seem right that you pay for 1 month subscription and yet, not being able to use it for almost a week. I wish they would give some refund or something to cover up the downtime of several days.
This time, it’s their DNS servers that doesn’t seem to work well. There are several sites which it can easily resolve, but most other sites, IP resolution just times out. I got so frustrated with this, and I just can’t wait anymore for them to fix the problem so I decided to fix things on my own. Instead of making use of their DNS servers, I decided to configure my own DNS server on my Mac. Another good thing on Mac, I can easily setup servers with ease just like in a UNIX/Linux box. So that’s what I did and now I’m problem-free from all those Globe network related problems that has been going on for more than a week.
I was thinking of subscribing to GlobeDSL at my parent’s house, but due to this.. I guess have yet to see some more proof of stability before I dig in to their offerings.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 am
pa-share naman ng DNS server na gamit mo.. configure ko din sa router namin..
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
I’m had setup my MBP as my DNS server. Di mo puwedeng gamitin sa router mo yun since di naman laging naka-online. I can actually use my VPS but I decided not to do so for security reasons.
Setup ka na lang din sa PC mo ng DNS server.
January 27th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Yikes… Thanks for the info, bossing. I was actually convincing my brother to get GlobeDSL based on your previous recommendation.
I’ll just continue to ask around first.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Hey Rye, GlobeDSL is different from Globe Visibility. For DSL connection, I think nothing beats SkyDSL of Bayantel. It may be a bit expensive that what PLDT and Globe offers, but it’s the most reliable connection based on my experience and other user reviews. It’s what I’m using at home, and never did it gave me any headaches. Moreover, at times that it is down, they would give you a refund for every day that passes by without them fixing the problem. Based on experience, all my troubles with them were resolved in less than 24 hours.
Still Globe Visibility seems to be ok for me, and I would recommend it. It’s not really a perfect connection that is error-free or with zero downtime, but considering the uptime percentage of the said service, and also the speed of the connection on most areas where there’s good 3G coverage, I think it’s worth trying out.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Thanks for the clarification, pre. I’ll talk to my brother when he gets back.