February 2020 - comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20@icann.org

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increase
by Joe Phonsot Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

please don’t increase the price. i cannot afford to renew all my domains with the new increase. economy is already this bad, why do you want to squeeze out more money from users like me. please go after the big companies like apple and so on. they have more cash to burn.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unethical behavior
by Simon Ingeson Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, Considering .com domains are so common and used by businesses and people across the globe, this proposed amendment stinks of corruption and greed. Especially when the window for public comments was kept short and the discussion was held behind closed doors. I can understand removing the form on your website as you were probably overwhelmed with comments like these. People that are very much against the proposed price hike. A proposal that can increase domain prices by 70%+ over the next decade. But if that’s any hint of where people stand, that should be it. Not to mention people on Twitter, Reddit, and others are speaking up against this. Internet is meant to be available for everyone. Raising the bar for the most common top level domain seems to go against the very foundation of what it stands for. Do the people at ICANN still have a moral compass? Or is it all about making a few more dollars for the executives of ICANN and Verisign? Please do not move forward with this amendment. Thank you. Kind regards, Simon Ingeson

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Prices enhancements are not acceptable.
by Mughees Hafeez Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Prices enhancements are not acceptable. this will suffer the startups. -- *Mughees Hafeez* Chief Executive Officer Seerox *p*: +92-320-6666556 *m*: +92-305-6666220 *a*: 67, 2nd floor Kohinoor one, Faisalabad, Pakistan *w*: www.seerox.com *e*: mughees(a)seerox.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Why?
by Block,Jeremy Ethan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I want to understand why this amendment is taking place. The internet has become a staple (no, a utility) to life in the US. We all use the internet with limited understanding of how it works, and the majority of its users assume a website ends in ‘.com’. The internet hosts vast repositories of information and communities rely on the technology to share ideas and concerns around the planet in seconds. This kind of access is unprecedented and facilitated by the low barrier to getting a website up and running. Sure, traditionally people needed a number of years to develop their skills in order to deploy a functional site, but this has become even easier with boilerplates and source code becoming freely available online. Most populations, particularly those on the fringes of society, are vulnerable to not knowing that the activation energy required to make their content available is increasing. Since no change this drastic happens in a vacuum, I’m willing to expect a ripple effect across the entire internet economy. By increasing the cost to maintain a common .com website, you are ensuring fewer people will be able to generate and maintain the communities they’ve come to except. The fact that this is done surreptitiously, is yet another concern. I did not realize the price of websites was inappropriate for maintaining the status quo, but if a change needed to be made I would expect it to be justified. Please elucidate what is expected to come with this price gouging technique. Will this extra cost dissolve the technological understanding between those that build the internet and those that simply use it. Will the extra cost pay for speed increases for those populations that have yet to get online? What about the environmental impact the internet demands on the planet; will you make things more efficient? Raising prices makes sense, but only if you have some justification! Please consider your reasoning and I hope to see this weighing made more clear in your amendment. I currently am not in support of this endeavor and hope you reconsider your options heavily. Jeremy Block Graduate Research Assistant University of Florida

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The rationale doesn’t support the new structure
by W Zk Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please explain more as to why this new structure is better for all parties involved.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com price increase
by Andrés Checa Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don’t Raise Prices
by Richard Mott Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don’t raise prices. Regular people need to be able to afford websites.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN-Verisign contract
by Daniel Kirshner Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I do not understand this. If someone could explain where the fees are going and why the increase is necessary I’d at least have a chance of evaluating your proposal. I’m sure that maintaining a database of domain names and registrants must come to pennies per year, not dollars. So what is it you want to charge for? Thank you for your attention. Dan Kirshner

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Shady deals to arbitrarily increase .com domain pricing
by Brian Taylor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I have just become aware of the the behind the door collusion occurring between ICANN and Verisign. We live in a technology world of open source and transparency. It is shameful for 2 companies to be operating in a vacuum and attempting to arbitrarily drive of prices to a ridiculous level. If there is a need to increase prices, that is okay, but it should be done in a fair and transparent manner, as opposed to a greedy power play by 2 players. Brian Taylor Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment
by Erik Mcnally-Reimers Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

The lack of clarity around what the additional funding from amendment 3 changes will be used for is deeply concerning. Internet users deserve a deeper explanation and transparency about the costs of operating i-cann in order to justify such increases in registration fees and third party contract revenue.

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