We're all agreed that any talk of renting integers is silly now that the standard charging mechanism put an end to that (which makes lots of things much simpler actually). A services fee is appropriate, imo, but I believe that this would be better handled via a sponsoring LIR for the same reasons that apply to 2007-01.
see my other message on sponsoring lirs o not appropriate for a large number of non-r&r lrhs. tell it to the brit gov with their /8, or many industrials with /16s, etc o it just increases the same non-contact problem we have with PI
When 2007-01 became policy, the RIPE NCC originally provided a mechanism for a direct relationship and I'll be brutally honest in saying that I was horrified when they jacked that price up to the same as the membership fee
let's be sure not to let that one happen again
there aren't big roadblocks to PI end users getting LIR sponsorship contracts in place
but we do not know the real identity of those hiding behind lirs. would you want to certify them? randy