We had a lease expire on us with about three weeks

[crowdo]

Hey folks. We had a lease expire on us with about three weeks notice and it was genuinely painful. Customers on that range had to be renumbered in a hurry, a couple of them noticed, and one of them brought it up at renewal. I do not want to repeat that experience. Going into the next agreement I want to understand what protections exist. What should I be negotiating for on term length and renewal, and what is realistic to actually get? We have about sixty customers sitting on leased ranges right now, which is what makes short notice so painful.

[crowdo]

Three weeks notice is rough and you should treat that as a lesson in contract terms rather than bad luck. Things worth pushing for: a defined renewal window with notice measured in months not weeks, first right of renewal at a capped rate increase, and a wind down period long enough to renumber without customers noticing. Longer initial terms usually get you better rates anyway. We negotiate terms on our leases with InterLIR Global https://interlir.global/ , and multi year commitments made the renewal conversation much less tense. Also keep a renumbering runbook current. The protection you control is being able to move fast when you have to. And keep customer facing IPs off documentation you cannot change quickly, that is what made our last move so visible.