Block ads and trackers on every device in your house.
And use your home as your VPN when you travel.
We come to your home, install a small box on your network, and configure everything in about 90 minutes. No apps to manage. No subscriptions to surveillance companies. One flat fee.
Three things, delivered the day we leave.
No more ads on the family TV
Smart TVs, Rokus, Fire Sticks — devices where you can't install an ad blocker. Our box blocks ads at the network level, so they're filtered before they ever reach the screen.
Safer Wi-Fi when you travel
Hotel, airport, coffee shop Wi-Fi is a soup of trackers and snooping. Toggle one switch on your phone, and your traffic routes through your own home internet instead.
Less tracking, full stop
Hundreds of advertising and analytics domains never load on your network. Pages load faster. Apps phone home less. Your kids' devices see fewer manipulative ads.
Three steps. About 90 minutes in your house.
Tell us about your setup
A 10-minute form covers your internet, router, and what devices you have. We use it to make sure we can actually serve you well — and to give you a firm quote, not a guess.
We come to your house
About 90 minutes door-to-door. We plug in the box, configure your router, and walk you through the phone setup. We don't leave until everything works.
You forget about it
Ad blocking just runs. Toggle the home-VPN on your phone when you want it. If anything breaks, you call us — that's what the optional maintenance plan is for.
What's actually in the box.
We're not selling you mystery hardware. The box is a Raspberry Pi 5 in a custom case, running open-source software that thousands of hobbyists have audited.
- Pi-hole — for network-wide ad and tracker blocking
- Tailscale — for the secure home-VPN feature
- Unbound — for private DNS resolution that doesn't depend on Google or Cloudflare
We didn't invent any of this. We just made it easy. If you want, we'll show you exactly what's running on your box — it's your hardware.
One flat fee. Optional monthly. No asterisks.
Home install
Includes the hardware, the installation, all configuration, and 30 days of free follow-up support.
Optional maintenance
Software updates, online monitoring, and one free service visit per year if something breaks. Cancel anytime; the box keeps working.
Small offices
Privacy-sensitive professions. Typically $1,500–$3,000 install plus monthly maintenance. We'll quote per call.
Where we work.
We currently serve Denver, Colorado and within 30 miles. If you're outside that zone, get in touch — we may know someone in your area, and for small offices it's sometimes worth the drive.
Honest answer: it depends on your router and your internet provider.
Some setups are easy. Some are workable. A small number aren't a fit, and we'd rather tell you that than waste your afternoon. The 10-minute intake form is how we figure out which one you are.
Check my setupWho's coming to your house.
A small Denver-area technology company.
We're Howarth Tech Solutions. We've spent the last two decades building web applications, networking gear, and the kind of in-home tooling that hobbyists love — and that most people don't have time to build for themselves. This service exists because too many friends asked us to set up a Pi-hole at their place, and we realized the actual ask was: "I trust this team, can they just handle it?"
We're bonded and insured. We're happy to provide references from past clients. If you'd rather meet at a coffee shop before letting us into your home, we'll buy the coffee.
Frequently asked.
Sort of. It uses the same kind of technology, but instead of routing your traffic through a VPN company's servers, it routes through your own home internet. So when you're traveling, your phone effectively pretends to be at home. We don't see your traffic. No commercial VPN company sees it either.
It's capped by your home's upload speed. If your home internet is 30 Mbps up, that's roughly the ceiling for browsing on the VPN. It's good for web, email, social, work apps, light video. It's not great for large downloads or 4K streaming. We'll tell you what to expect for your specific connection during the intake.
No noticeable slowdown for normal use. Ad blocking actually makes pages load faster because ads and trackers aren't downloading.
Occasionally. There's a "pause blocking for 5 minutes" button on the box's local admin page when that happens. Most sites — including all banking, government, and shopping sites we've tested — work fine.
Ad blocking covers those too, as long as your router lets us configure it. Most routers do. If yours doesn't, we'll tell you during intake — sometimes the answer is a small router upgrade for an extra $150.
Phone, text, or email us. We respond within a few hours, usually faster. Worst case: your network reverts to how it was before the install — you don't get stranded.
Whether your box is online, what software version it's running, and a count of blocked queries (just a number). Not which sites you visit. Not what you click. Not who's connected. We chose what to collect specifically so a subpoena couldn't reveal browsing history we don't have. The full details are on our privacy page.
Yes. The software is open source, and we publish exactly what we run on every box. You're welcome to log in and look around — it's your hardware.
No. Maintenance is optional. If you don't want it, the box keeps blocking ads and the home-VPN keeps working. You just don't get software updates or our support beyond the first 30 days.
The box keeps working. We'd publish instructions so you can take over the maintenance yourself or hand it to anyone competent. We're not building a hostage situation.
Absolutely — the software is free and there are good guides online. Some of our customers tried that first and decided their weekend was worth more than $400.
Ready to get the ads out of your house?
Tell us about your setup. We'll come back the same day with whether we're a fit and a firm quote.