Your incumbent sent the renewal. It looks fine on the surface. It almost never is. Here is how I check.
Step 1: read your incumbent renewal line by line. Flag the auto-renewal triggers, escalator clauses, term-lock language, MAC-fee schedules, off-net surcharges. The kind of paragraphs nobody reads but everyone pays for.
Step 2: pull 2 to 3 competing quotes from other carriers for the same service at the same address. I do this in the background while you keep running your day.
Step 3: side-by-side back to you in 5 business days. Real numbers. Real terms. Real apples-to-apples.
From there you have leverage. Take the data back to the incumbent and renegotiate, or move. Either way, you have a real number.
About half my clients renegotiate. The incumbent matches or beats market and you stay, with a cleaner contract.
About a third move. A competing carrier has better pricing, a better SLA, or a better product fit. Worth the cutover.
About 15% stay without changes. Their current pricing is actually competitive. That is also a real outcome and worth knowing.
The most common buried trap: a 2 to 4% annual escalator buried in a paragraph nobody read. Over a 3-year term, that compounds to a 10 to 15% increase that was not in the original quote.
Timeline: 5 business days from your sending me the incumbent renewal + a clean copy of your current contract.
Cost: zero. Same residual model as the rest of my business. If you stay on the incumbent, I do not get paid, and that is fine. Next renewal will be a real opportunity. Full compensation disclosure here.
What I need from you: the renewal PDF, your current contract, your last 3 months of bills.
Tell me what you are scoping. I will reply within one business hour, personally. No deck, no sales pitch.
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