I’ve added another filtering to company to my data base, Phantom Technologies. Phantom has been around since 2003 and is based in San Diego, CA. iBoss is an interesting-sounding product:
The iBossTM Home combines the best in Internet Parental Controls with a powerful built-in Wireless-G Firewall Router to bring you the ultimate in home network protection for your family. The iBossTM Home allows you to share your Internet connection safely at home with all of your wired and wireless computers while providing powerful Internet filtering technology that puts you in control of your Children’s activities on the Internet. Flexible parental controls allow you to easily restrict access to specific categories of Internet destinations and manage your Children’s time spent using online programs (online chat and messenger programs, file sharing, gaming and more). Different filtering rules can be setup for different computers. The iBossTM Home generates detailed reports on Internet activity which can be viewed and automatically E-mailed.
This is very forward-looking. With many families now having multiple computers, an router-based solution for your whole network makes sense, as does one-stop filtering, monitoring and activity alerts.
–David Burt
Filed under: Filtering, Filtering Companies
I have been installing these for a while. With mult. computers, its flat out the best filter. They just picked up the iparenting award for 2008 and the CEA award for 2008 in the best security product category.
I have had the parental filter installed for almost a year.
It is not without its flaws, but it is head and shoulders above Net Nanny and the others.
No software licenses that get much more expensive each year.
Much better filter capabilitiy
Built in wireless G and firewall.
Their support has put up with me and questions and suggestions.
It is an steadily evolving product that should have more exposure than it does.
I have been using the iBoss for about a year also. I had the first version with no wireless and upgraded to this new version. I really love the features and not dealing with the issues of conflicts I had with cybersitter and others with Vista. Great product, their support is US based and do know their stuff. I would highly recommend over software.