The Challenge
A 12-location Ohio manufacturer was paying $18,400/month for legacy MPLS circuits that were slow to the cloud, had no redundancy at smaller sites, and took 60–90 days to add new locations. IT staff spent 10+ hours a week troubleshooting connectivity issues between plants.
The Buckeye Telecom Solution
- Replaced all 12 MPLS circuits with carrier-neutral SD-WAN using a mix of fiber and broadband
- Deployed built-in redundancy at every location with automatic failover under 50ms
- Implemented centralized management dashboard — single pane of glass across all sites
- Enabled direct cloud breakout to Microsoft 365 and ERP platform
- Migrated all sites in 38 days with zero production downtime
Results
- Monthly WAN spend dropped from $18,400 to $10,100 — saving $8,300/month ($99,600/year)
- Cloud application performance improved by 60% due to direct breakout routing
- IT team reclaimed 10+ hours/week previously spent on carrier issues
- New locations can now be provisioned in days, not months
- Zero unplanned network outages in 14 months since deployment
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