A property services group operated from four offices with different connectivity contracts and renewal dates. Users experienced inconsistent access to cloud systems, and the internal team had no single view of circuit performance across the estate.
The requirement
The company wanted to avoid renewing every site into the same expensive access product where the business need differed. The head office required dedicated bandwidth, while smaller branches could use business broadband with resilient backup.
The proposed telecoms design
The proposed design used managed SD-WAN appliances at each site. The head office received a leased line and backup service, while branch offices used suitable FTTP or business broadband options with mobile resilience. Central policy controlled site-to-site connectivity, cloud breakout, monitoring and failover.
Delivery approach
- Map current circuits, applications, public IP dependencies and renewal dates.
- Classify each site by users, risk and bandwidth demand.
- Order replacement access services in phases.
- Deploy and preconfigure managed edge devices.
- Migrate one site at a time with rollback arrangements.
Commercial and operational outcome
The business gained one operational view across four different access designs. Branch sites did not have to buy a premium leased line where the risk did not justify it, while the head office received stronger performance and resilience. Contract dates were also brought into a managed renewal plan.
What this scenario demonstrates
SD-WAN is most useful when it supports a clear access and risk strategy. It does not remove the need to understand physical diversity, local carrier performance, voice quality, firewall policy and support ownership.
Next step
39T can review a multi-site estate and recommend a practical mix of leased lines, business broadband, backup connectivity and managed routing.