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

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief August 9, 2011 · 2 min read

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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 Php200. Been seeing comments from some of them here but ignored it for the longest time.

What is Globe's Magic IP?

It is a block of IP addresses used as a proxy to bypass Globe's bandwidth cap, allowing internet access with zero load.

Is Globe's Magic IP an official service?

No, Globe does not offer or support such a service, as confirmed by their official support account.

Why do Magic IPs change frequently?

Globe's network engineers block or expire the IPs each month, forcing users to find new sets.

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Abe Olandres

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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 is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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550 Comments

Alex · 15 years ago

sana forever na ito

David Z · 15 years ago

At kami ang magbabayad habang free sa iyo? Parang di tama yan ha…

Ed iKaw Na · 15 years ago

Bwishit! Thanks for this great useful info!

jm · 15 years ago

i dont need this.. kaya kong magbayad ng 999 to 2199 per month basta legal lahat. sana mawala lahat ng cellphones ng mga gumagamit ng magic ip na yan.

bobo mo · 15 years ago

sana mawala ka na rin sa mundo :))

Cris Marcos · 15 years ago

Tagal na yan even now may mga nakakagamit pa ng Fbt/Ubt or Magic IP
Right now nga im using that trick to post this message
May time kasi ang globe kahit may load ka mahirap mag connect at nawawala sa madaling araw
Ganti lang din yan sa pumapanget na service ng Globe:)

danz · 15 years ago

epal ka author! Fuck u! Kala m b sisikat ka s globe! Asa ka! Leecher

kebbot · 15 years ago

kung may free internet kayo… wag nyo nalng ipagsabi para hindi maputol…. ang yabang naman nang iba jan, kasi mayaman….

akai1987 · 15 years ago

I don’t know the exact answer pero nung na block yung 10.201.X.X, nadiskubre ko kaagad an hour ago yung replacement nya, which is yung 10.200.X.X. I shared it only to my friends, and shared it as well via provisioning settings para di sana agad ma block, pero the following day, mga 1 am, may nag post naman sa symbianize. Someone revealed it there. Wala akong nagawa…

SB · 15 years ago

nice akai, very nice.. Strike two :D

johncris · 15 years ago

naku akai strike 3 ka na

kissen · 15 years ago

since 2007 pa to.

Ephraim · 15 years ago

hahaha.. aq nga 5yrs ng gumagamit nyan since 1st yr college!

Gian · 15 years ago

I’m wondering if it’s same as Smart Bro plug it. Because I am able to text messages from my laptop even though I didn’t have any load credits left.

me · 15 years ago

sus.. Tagal na nyan eh… Ngayon lang kayo gumawa ng article… Kala ko pa naman updated lagi dito.. Yun pala late na din sa balita… Haha… At 2 years na nag eexist to ah… Late na late na talaga kayo.. Hehe.. :)

justin · 15 years ago

Magic ip whats new?

mr.pasikat · 15 years ago

Gawa ka din istorya tulad nito..Sa ibang countries naman, like telecoms ng Indonesia, Nigeria, India, China, Russia, Morocco.. etc… Then goodluck sa website mo.

zetsu · 15 years ago

You don’t believe that this is true sir?

2toyzki · 15 years ago

Di ko alam yan ah!! May ganyan pala :rofl:

Jonaflormicfren · 15 years ago

Nice, it’s another way of relating.

sir ben · 15 years ago

Telcos must be AWARE of this..They must block their ports (5000,9200,80,443)for backdoor connections,,vpn connections uses a single port to make tunnel connections to a specified server(aka proxy)..Kawawa naman mga legit users

SB · 15 years ago

Sir madami magagalit nyan sa iyo at sure maboblock ng Telcos nyan..

Ronan Garcia · 15 years ago

im pretty sure sir, telcos are already aware of these open ports, however if they’ll blocked those, some services might not work e.g. Skype.

Galit SIla · 15 years ago

May mga galit kay Yuga sa Symbianize.com kahit na 1 month nang di napapakinabangan yang Magic IP trick na yan…

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maui · 15 years ago

Since 2004 meron nang so called magic IPs hindi lang sa Globe, meron din sa Smart at Sun and wonder how come ngayon lang gumawa ng story about this. Even Globe engineers are aware (READ: AWARE) of these IPs.

Simple example ay yung block of IPs na naka assign sa certain site na may agreement sa isang telcos na free ang access, if a certain site buys hosting at kasama sa block of IPs na free, free rin yung site na yun. Not sure if naayos na ng mga engineers ito.

zetsu · 15 years ago

These proxies are dead for about a month now in our area maybe because of globe recent upgrades
to 4G and IPv6 protocols, Yes it’s true that this IPs are around for a couple of years now

Hihey · 15 years ago

This has been on the wild as early as my student years (2007 ++ )

21 · 15 years ago

Ngayon nyo lang nalaman to ?

Nhoel · 15 years ago

that’s the same thing sun does.
you’re connected but you can’t browse..
hmmnn… that made me think.

Isel · 15 years ago

I think its a different case with SUN because they’ve had services like free facebook for a while now.

Les · 15 years ago

inside job yan, walang duda!

Yui · 15 years ago

Yeah! Kung magiging aware na talaga globe. Wala ng magic ip, wala na ring free surf. :D Too bad.

jepoy · 15 years ago

These are VPN services that works on Globe and Smart.

PANSALTÂ® · 15 years ago

is it really true?

Lan_7inches · 15 years ago

Tagal na kaya nyang magic IP na yan! tagal na rin ako nag su surf (via gprs) sa globe! hehe! :D

bryan_mmx · 15 years ago

nooooo!!!! my free net. *sob sob*

rotero · 15 years ago

last year my hubby says its possible…. although im dont use it BTW,

nameless · 15 years ago

oh yeah! Lagi at laging makakahanap ng paraan ang mga yan. Ika nga ng karamihan, kontra kapitalismo. :) Parang virus at hackers at jailbreakers.. hindi na mawawala yan. Pero ang kawawa dito yung mga legitimate subscribers. Ang nakakainis dito, yung mga binebenta yung ganitong serbisyo. They got it for free, then ibebenta as if sila ang nakadiscover. boo!

missy · 15 years ago

nag try din ako ng ganyan sa sun sa cellphone. basta may 1 peso load. It lasted for a week.

E · 15 years ago

it is what is powering up those old globe modems that run on internet that is unlimited, sold for 3thousand bucks, cavite has full of it.

zetsu · 15 years ago

It’s a different thing sir, magic IP are intended for GSM network ex. mobilephones and plug-it modems w/ simcards, what you are saying are old globe modem for broadband internet connection I’m aware of that also but it is higly illegal and you can be imprison if globe caughts you :)

epal · 15 years ago

pa epal.!

reese · 15 years ago

spoiler si abe!

rabby · 15 years ago

IMHO lahat ng networks may magic IP.

juicyjor · 15 years ago

not sure pero parang VPN technology naman ung ginagamit dyan. ginagamit lang ung USB stick to dial to a VPN server na hosted nung mga naniningil ng 200 per month. still utilizing some bandwidth but globe can control/block it by updating their firewall policy. ang problema, may mga corporate users na gumagamit din ng VPN na naissuehan ng postpaid Globe tatoo tulad dito sa company namin. good luck sa kanila.

Lester Bambico · 15 years ago

I really wonder who coined that term “Magic IP”
technically speaking, there’s no magic involved. Maybe i’m just too sarcastic.

Globe resolves to capping to 0kbps downlinks for the sake of people who are using phones with modems that are 3G only and non GSM compatible. As these people cannot receive sms and calls if they simply block them once they ran out of prepaid credits. Until they find a way to render GSM bands as obsolete, this loophole would cease to exist.

On a side note, these IP’s btw are never internal proxies from Globe themselves. Im sure of that! Its simply other people setting up vpn servers bridged to their home pc’s internet connection for various reasons (it’s pretty cheap if you think about what the server’s owner gets in return). i do hope that everyone would be careful in choosing which ip you’d tunnel your internet connection to.

David Z · 15 years ago

Hehe, sarcastic ka nga. Relax lang since figure of speech lang naman ang magic IP.

Sam · 15 years ago

hahahah, kunwari pa kayo. pero mga users din kayo ng magic IP na yan.

hehe for sure, magagalit ang symbianize kay abe sa pag post nito. hala!!!!

Jin · 15 years ago

I tried it last year for the sake of trying.. I was happy to know that there are kind of stuffs around. Something you can get for free that others are paying.

David Z · 15 years ago

Good thing Globe’s prices currently cover for that loophole…ooops…

hahaha · 15 years ago

matagal na pong walang magic IP FYI, at kahit anung gawin ng globe, meron at meron parin tricks para dyan,late na kayong mag-report..LOL :P

xx · 15 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!

jediekins · 15 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

Danny Ching · 15 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.

Isel · 15 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.

JopethDanio · 15 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 :\

jofel · 15 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.

Jon · 15 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!

gonkyouka · 15 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

JM · 15 years ago

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

roca · 15 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.

jm · 15 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