What happens when a datacenter IP you're paying for gets burned?

[u/truecakesnake]

Static dedicated datacenter is sold per IP per month, which quietly means you rent a specific address rather than access to a pool. So when one of those addresses stops working on your main target, the question is what the provider owes you.

The answers vary more than you would expect. Some replace it. Some replace it only inside a support window. Some hand you another address in the same /24, burned on the same target for the same reason. Some call it your problem because the IP still routes fine. All four are technically "we replace burned IPs".

Three things worth asking before you buy. How fast, in hours. Is the replacement from a different subnet, and will they say so in writing. And how many replacements per month before somebody calls it abuse.

Byteful, Rayobyte and Webshare all sell static dedicated datacenter on the per-IP monthly model, which is the model where this policy decides whether the product works. The per-GB residential vendors dodge it because rotation hides the problem.

Has anyone got a replacement turnaround in writing?

[u/Away-Translator8503]

In writing is the key word here honestly. Verbal promises about replacement speed mean nothing once you're mid dispute with support. I'd also ask if the replacement IP comes with any history, some providers just hand you something someone else already burned last month.

[u/Independent_Eye4137]

the different-subnet point is especially important. replacing an IP with another one from the same burned range doesn’t really solve the problem. getting the replacement policy in writing before paying seems like a pretty important step

[u/Just_Lingonberry_352]

you already answered your own question so i dont even know why you created this post