Just to clarify : Conclusion?

[J Bacher]

At 12:30 PM 1/4/01 -0700, you wrote:
>If a provider who has been assigned address space from their upstream
>wishes to assign address space further downstream, they are encouraged to
>petition their upstream provider to re-SWIP the address space as an
>allocation. If the upstream provider is unresponsive, the downstream
>provider may then petition ARIN to enact this change. ARIN will make its
>best attempt to contact the upstream provider to obtain their permission.
>If the provider declines permission, ARIN will notify the petitioner as
>such. If the provider is unresponsive after 10 business days, ARIN will
>accede to the petitioner's request and notify the upstream of the
>change(s).

The downstream doesn't pay for the network blocks.  An implicit deny is 
more appropriate.