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Slow Facebook? Here’s how to fix it.

So if you’re one of those who were affected by the slow internet due to the severed undersea cable last week, then you’re out of luck since it will take about 4 to 6 weeks for the problem to be fixed.

Others are also experiencing slow loading of Facebook and this could be due to the re-routing of your ISP to Facebook content servers that are much farther from the Philippines. Facebook has CDNs (Content Delivery Network) that shortens the path from your device to their servers. However, due to the problem with several undersea cables, these might be affected, causing Facebook to load very slow.

One of the ways to fix this is by using a different DNS than the one your ISP has provided you. This can be found in the settings of your WiFi router at home. You can also do this on your web browser if you don’t have access to the WiFi router.

If you’re on a smartphone and connected to 3G/4G, you can do this by downloading the DNS Changer app in Google Play Store and use that to input the IP addresses below.

Google DNS
DNS 1: 8.8.8.8
DNS 2: 8.8.4.4

Google also has IPv6 public DNS servers: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844.

OpenDNS

DNS 1: 208.67.222.222
DNS 2: 208.67.220.220

Norton DNS

DNS 1: 198.153.192.50
DNS 2: 198.153.194.50

Globe Telecom has the following DNS that you can test:

202.52.163.6
202.52.163.7
202.52.162.39 (ns1.globeidc.com.ph)
202.52.162.40 (ns1.globeidc.com.ph)
202.52.167.70
202.52.167.71
203.127.225.10 (g-net.globe.com.ph)
203.127.225.11 (g-net1.globe.com.ph)

PLDT has the ff. DNS you can try:

210.14.4.37
112.206.232.66
119.92.150.133
122.52.136.140
119.92.233.159
58.69.254.3/58.69.254.8

Smart Bro has their own DNS as well:

121.1.3.81
202.57.96.3

Here’s for Sky Cable:
202.78.64.83/202.78.64.84

We’ll update this list with more DNS servers as we get them. We suggest going with Google DNS first before trying other IP addresses.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

13 Comments

Rutkevich Dobermanns says:

5 years ago

It’s not working. I even tried the Google DNS. Still the same speed in terms of Facebook, but all others are working fine.
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Google User says:

7 years ago

fake news haha
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Jan says:

7 years ago

nah, facebook still not loading on desktop. Facebook app is tolerable.
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mitsuko says:

7 years ago

Do you have settings for VCP and VCI of pldt baudtec? It’s also needed when setting up the DNS
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mutt says:

7 years ago

norton dns
https://dns.norton.com/configureRouter.html
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roy says:

7 years ago

how about iphone? thanks in advance..
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roy says:

7 years ago

how about iphone? tia!
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Chris says:

7 years ago

Have you tried these? Did it fix the slowdown of Facebook?
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Liseth says:

7 years ago

Do u have dns for converge ict? Tia
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