Comment by cowlevel

>You're a hospital.

I work for the hospital, occasionally, they are my client.

> You have an actual contract with the ISP, right?

They do not, it's an implied consumer contract, like when someone buys a hot dog from a stand.

I'd like a written contract too, but when trying to negotiate one, they want a lot more money for them, it depends of the nuances of the terms, but I've talked to sales reps, and it comes down to having a 1Gbps line that works right now vs a 100Mbps line that's more expensive, with the only difference being that the contract is now written and there's a symbolic SLA with some 10% penalty, and a single professional beration receiver instead of multiple anonymous on call rotation.

It's not a clear choice, especially considering that the dedicated route with SLA means introducing change risk to the operational and SLA benefit of the ISP, fiber, new holes, new lines, etc..

>You could also update to IPv6.

I would, they don't offer IPv6

>You don't need an address block from an RIR. You just need your ISP to give you an address.

Yeah, maybe. If I get an IPv4 block though what I'd do is a regional entity whether for profit or NFP to offer emergency regional tunneling, potentially while finding alternative revenue streams like collecting lists of wronged ISP customers and notifying them of class action lawsuits they may participate in. A 25K check, or a 5K check with an ipv4 block and I'm golden.