I read about Marc Macalua’s lousy time with PLDT MyDSL. All I can say is — Dude, I know how you feel. I’ve been languishing with MyDSL forever because it’s the only damn DSL service available in my area. Frequent lost connections, extremely sluggish download times (way below what’s being advertised) and outages are just some highlights of my love-hate affair with MyDSL.

In an act of utter desperation, I took up LiveJournal user faithlessphil’s advice on switching my DNS to somehow improve my online plight. According to him, PLDT had run out of IP addresses that they are now taking them from as far as Johannesburg. Ok, that might be a stretch. But who cares? PLDT MyDSL is crap. He recommends using OpenDNS’s faster and more secure DNS servers. I’m on a Linksys wireless network. Setting it up took under a minute and there’s no registration required!

The results?

I have noticed a bit of an improvement in accessing US-based sites such as Friendster and MySpace and my sites got a bump up in response and loading times as well. As for downloading, speed improved about 15-20%. Maybe it’s psychological, but i’ll take all the help that I can get. I’ll see how OpenDNS lives up to its promise in the coming days. But from all the buzz it’s been getting, looks like it’s the Real Mccoy.