Rew Materials

Network upgrade delivers superior uptime nationwide.

Rew Materials

Network upgrade delivers superior uptime nationwide.

Modernized network and communications platform improves customer experience coast to coast

To sustain their 40‑year legacy in the construction materials industry, Rew Materials relies on strong partnerships, top‑notch reliability, connectivity, high‑quality security, and rapid response times. Modernizing their legacy network and communications helps the team serve more customers with fewer complications.

Current Lumen customer compensated for their endorsement.

Modernized network and communications platform improves customer experience coast to coast

To sustain their 40‑year legacy in the construction materials industry, Rew Materials relies on strong partnerships, top‑notch reliability, connectivity, high‑quality security, and rapid response times. Modernizing their legacy network and communications helps the team serve more customers with fewer complications.

Current Lumen customer compensated for their endorsement.

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Rew Materials delivers the goods (1:56)

Challenges

  • Limited and clunky on‑prem voice solution
  • Too much downtime, with slow vendor
  • Poor offsite security invited security risks from remote work

Challenges

  • Limited and clunky on‑prem voice solution
  • Too much downtime, with slow vendor
  • Poor offsite security invited security risks from remote work

Solutions

  • Lumen® SD‑WAN to connect 50+ locations
  • Lumen® Voice Complete® to provide cloud‑ ready SIP services
  • Lumen® Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

    powered by Appgate for VPN connectivity

Solutions

  • Lumen® SD‑WAN to connect 50+ locations
  • Lumen® Voice Complete® to provide cloud‑ ready SIP services
  • Lumen® Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

    powered by Appgate for VPN connectivity

Results

  • Improved network uptime to 98.5%
  • Reduced connection latency to 30 milliseconds
  • Seamlessly connected all 50 locations & enabled Rew Materials to rapidly expand into newer markets


Results

  • Improved network uptime to 98.5%
  • Reduced connection latency to 30 milliseconds
  • Seamlessly connected all 50 locations & enabled Rew Materials to rapidly expand into newer markets


What works for Lumen® SD-WAN

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“Lumen is a great partner because they help us help our customers. Our relationship is built upon trust, reliability, and mutual respect.”


— Todd Thielbar, IT Director

Rew Materials

Current Lumen customer compensated for their endorsement.

“Lumen is a great partner because they help us help our customers. Our relationship is built upon trust, reliability, and mutual respect.”


— Todd Thielbar, IT Director

Rew Materials

Current Lumen customer compensated for their endorsement.

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