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The internet is a huge big open place with lots of distractions, and some not so nice things for kids’ eyes and ears. The best way to keep them from seeing these things is with a fine tooth comb where you can sift through their activity and deliver only what you deem fit. School and information related web sites, appropriate entertainment, and also limiting their time online. In an ideal world, this would be as easy as a few button swipes or pushes, but we live in a less then ideal world where we use flashing blinking lights on a router to show the health of our internet connection, and then complicated connection settings dialed in via specific addresses to maybe get the control you are looking for. There is another way.
The Starry Station is a wireless router which has a built in touch screen to let you not only see the health of your network, but also what devices are connected to it. You can give these devices certain access, including time limits, content limitations, and cutting content completely. This could be for things like going outside time or bed time, meal time (am I right? Get your phone off the table!) whatever works for you. No more hiding a phone under the sheets and playing games until the wee hours of the morning. What is most interesting about the Starry Station is how well it fits into the decor of any room, be it a living room, computer room or a dining room. It looks like a mini work of art with lots of color and activity, but not so much that it is a distraction.
There is also an App to interface with the Starry Station to give even more control over your router and the devices connecting to your network. With custom names, icons, and rules for each device it is a breeze getting started and even easier to add new devices when a friend comes by or a new device is added to the household. Starry Station is available online at Amazon and retails for $299.95.
There is a Cyber Monday promotion for the Starry Station. From Thanksgiving (11/24) through the following Tuesday (11/29), the Starry Station will be available for $224.99 (25% the MSRP) on Starry.com, Amazon.com, B&H.com and Best Buy.com as well as in store.
I have something similar that isn’t connecting and working as well as this one seems to Great gift idea
With all that is on the internet these days it only makes sense to monitor and limit your child’s usage. Especially now with all the hate and discord on facebook!!
What an awesome product, I wished for something like this years ago. lol I thought my children spent to much time in the cyber world, ha my grandchildren have them beat by far. There is so much more for them to do. So many scarier places for them to. I think there is a big place Starry Station in today’s world.
That sounds like a great product – I’ll have to check it out. Thank you for the info.