Internet Performance

[Case Study] Jet’s Pizza adopts Bigleaf Networks cloud-first SD-WAN for failsafe, always-on internet

Learn how a top pizza chain franchise owner eliminated down internet, slow application performance and missing customer orders with built-in, multi-carrier back-ups from Bigleaf. PDF Title Download

[Case study] New Seasons Market adopts Bigleaf for greater internet reliability and faster connectivity

Learn how Bigleaf SD-WAN gives New Seasons Market employees ‘always-on’ access to all their cloud-based applications across their multiple locations. PDF Title Download

How to create a network that is resilient against internet outages and issues

On August 30th, CenturyLink/Level 3 experienced a widespread internet outage lasting nearly 5 hours. This not only impacted their network and their direct customers, but it also affected many other ISPs and services that connected to their network, directly or … Read More

What happened with the CenturyLink / Level 3 internet outage?

You probably noticed or heard that CenturyLink / Level 3 had a big network outage this past Sunday (August 30, 2020). Here are some insights from our perspective running a network that peers with them and many others.

What happened with the internet outage this weekend?

You probably noticed or heard that CenturyLink / Level 3 had a big network outage this past Sunday morning. Several popular sites and online services were down or unusable, including Amazon, Hulu, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, Steam, and Twitter. So … Read More

More bandwidth may not solve your home internet problem

Here’s why Internet access at your team members’ homes is different from what you use at the office. When many of us stopped commuting, our data had to start making a difficult commute instead.  We once headed into the office … Read More

Making home internet work

Making Home Internet Work How to support connectivity for business applications when everyone works from home The challenges of managing IT for our newly remote workforce cannot be overstated. As the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered our offices, the number of Americans … Read More

Bringing the office home: Create healthy home networks with Bigleaf Home Office

Sometimes a product happens when you least expect it. That’s what happened with Bigleaf Home Office, a service specifically geared for those of us who are now (or have been) working from home.  We had always wanted to develop a … Read More

How to diagnose and solve home internet issues

Diagnosing Internet Issues for the Home Office Residential internet connections can be a source of frustration for home office users. To a user, phone calls, email, and other internet activity appear seamless and automatic. But behind the scenes, each of … Read More

Upload vs download speed and why it matters in your home office

If you’ve experienced choppy Zoom or Teams calls in your home office, you’re not alone. According to a recent report by Waveform, an estimated 13.2 million of those who work from home are experiencing Internet connectivity issues daily. You may … Read More

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