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What is Globe’s Magic IP and why is it free?

Been getting a lot of comments from readers regarding this certain Magic IP from Globe which allegedly allows users to be able to still surf the net even with zero load. So I sent out a message to @talk2globe if they knew anything about it.

All I got was this answer — @talk2globe: Nope! We don’t have or offer such service. .

However a number of Tweeps replied back to me saying it is possible.

I did a little bit of digging, found a number of instructions in the forums and tried it.

After a couple of tries, I was able to surf the net using a Globe Tattoo and a Globe SIM card with no load in it except for a few hundred free SMS credits. Nope, I’m not teaching you how to do it but if you’re motivated enough, a few Google searches will point you to the right direction.

This is because you can still dial-in and connect to their network without any load credits (what Globe does is cap your bandwidth down to 0kbps until you reload).

It looks like the Magic IPs are a block of IP addresses you can use as a proxy to bypass the bandwidth cap set by the network (or something to that effect).

Turns out that this loophole has been out as early as last year (some says it’s been there since 2009). The Magic IPs actually expire or is eventually blocked by Globe’s network engineers every month so users will look for a new set of IPs.

What’s actually more interesting is that a number of enterprising people who have early access to new sets of Magic IPs would actually peddle them — all for a very low price of Php200USD 3INR 289EUR 3CNY 25. Been seeing comments from some of them here but ignored it for the longest time.

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.

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275 Comments

bloggerokuno says:

14 years ago

for sure they’ll put stringent action about this now…hehe
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jm says:

14 years ago

and since you published it sir abe, Globe will be very much aware of it and try to block the IP’s every now and then..very great work sir abe..hahahaha
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roca says:

14 years ago

i’ve encountered something similar with smart before. but it lasted about 5 months and i never registered to any internet service, but i had totally free internet for 5 months.
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JM says:

14 years ago

okay, let us assume that no one from Globe telecom will read this :)
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gonkyouka says:

14 years ago

I’ll try it later too with my other tattoo sim and tweet the result.. (anyway, i think i found my name in the photo) :D
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jofel says:

14 years ago

hala the cover is blown, magagalit na mga taga symbianize forum kay yuga, this so called magic IP has been there for years now.
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Jon says:

14 years ago

It is no secret anyway. Almost anyone I personally know have heard or know how these “FBT/UBT” etc techniques.

Wake up call (?) for Globe and other telcos? Fix your networks!

JopethDanio says:

14 years ago

Meron mga ganyan dito, matanong ko lang sir abe, eligal ba ang “VPN” like poknat VPN Mango VPN, kasi 100 per month raw duon :\ tapos gumagana :\
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Danny Ching says:

14 years ago

Prolly an internal proxy server for Globe Employee’s use. Kaya walang FaceBook according to the forums. That cuts down this hack’s usefullness to just 10%. hehehe Lakas kasi natin gumamit ng FB.

Globe’s engineers are probably too lazy to add a username password combo to the proxy server. Very tedious to update the list, specially if you have a lot of employees and many turnovers every month.
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Isel says:

14 years ago

Actually, they can use Facebook for mobile. The IP’s use the port 8080/80 which isn’t secure so you can’t log into Facebook directly. If you’re using a plug it, you can log in through the mobile page first then switch to the regular Facebook afterwards.

jediekins says:

14 years ago

@abeolandres pati smartbro meron din magic ip. pero may app silang ginagamit its called ultasurf! google mo baka gumana sa smartbro rocket mo hehe email me kung gusto mo send ko sayo yung app.hehe
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xx says:

14 years ago

First, yung HSPA+ coverage nila di man lang pinalawak, tapos eto? Baka inside job din ito for all we know… It’s kinda unfair for us who are paying for supersurf dahil mahina na nga HSPA+/3G signal nila, bumabagal pa lalo.

Boo Globe!
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