Static IPs are one of the most marked-up line items on a business internet bill. The carrier pays almost nothing for them. You pay $10 to $80 a month, depending on how many you have and who sold them to you.
Most businesses do not need to pay that much.
Here is what the market actually charges, and how to push back.
What a static IP is, in plain words
Your internet connection has an address. On most home and small business plans, that address changes every few days or weeks. That is called dynamic.
A static IP does not change. You need one if you host a server, run a phone system on site, use a VPN into the office, or have security cameras a vendor connects to from outside.
If none of that applies to you, you do not need a static IP. Check your bill anyway. About 1 in 5 small businesses we audit pay for static IPs they are not using.
The real market rate
Here is what we see on bills across the country in 2026:
- 1 static IP: $10 to $15 a month is fair. $25 is high. Anything above $30 is a rip.
- Block of 5 usable IPs (a /29): $20 to $35 a month is fair. Comcast lists it at $39.95 in most markets. We have talked them to $25.
- Block of 13 usable IPs (a /28): $40 to $60 a month is fair. List price is often $79.95.
- Block of 29 usable IPs (a /27): $75 to $120 a month. This tier has the most room to move.
The math the carriers do not want you to notice: an IP address costs them nothing. It is a number in a database. The fee is pure margin.
Which carriers actually negotiate
Not all carriers move on IP fees. Here is what we see:
Comcast Business will negotiate. Not always at the front desk, but at retention and at contract renewal. We routinely get their block of 5 down from $39.95 to $25 or lower.
Spectrum Business is harder. They price IP blocks as a bundle with the circuit, so the win is usually to get the whole package down, not the IP line by itself.
AT&T Business Fiber will bundle a /29 into the circuit price on new contracts if you ask. On existing bills, they rarely move.
Lumen and other fiber carriers on dedicated internet almost always include a /29 in the base price. If your bill shows a separate IP charge on a Lumen circuit, call. That is often a billing error.
The bundle trick
Here is a pattern we see a lot. A business signs up for internet at $199 a month. Then the rep adds a "static IP bundle" for $39.95, a "security bundle" for $19.95, and a modem rental for $14.95. The bill hits $275 before taxes.
The rep hit their quota. The customer overpaid by about $50 a month, which is $600 a year, which is $1,800 over a three-year contract.
If you already signed, you can still fix it. Call and ask to remove or reprice the IP block. If they say no, ask for retention. If retention says no, wait until 90 days before your contract ends and start shopping. The threat of leaving is the only real leverage on a signed contract.
How to check your own bill in five minutes
- Find the line that says "Static IP" or "IP Block" or "Additional IPs."
- Count how many IPs you are paying for.
- Ask your IT person or vendor how many you actually use. Not how many you have. How many are actually assigned to something.
- Compare the monthly cost to the ranges above.
- If you are over, or paying for IPs you do not use, that is a phone call.
Most static IP overcharges are small on their own. $15 here, $20 there. But they run for years, and they compound with every other line the carrier snuck in.
Upload your bill and we will tell you which lines are fair, which are negotiable, and which are just wrong.