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

[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] STOP .com increases
by Gerardo Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern, I am really upset about ICANN's closed door arrangement with Verisign to authorize Verisign to increase .com prices at their discretion. ICANN is doing the internet a disservice by entering this agreement with Verisign to increase .com registration fees and I urge ICANN to reverse course on this decision. Kind regards, Gerardo Moad Aguilar.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unreasonable rate of increase
by Joel Lord Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

I am certainly willing to concede that reasonable price increases need to be accounted for in long-term agreements such as these. Over the ~25 years I've been registering .com and .org domain names, the prices as I have seen them haven't particularly changed, and while the amortized costs associated with any given domain can't possibly be large, they also can't still be the same as they were in the 1990s. But 7% per year seems exorbitant. If there is some way to justify these increases I would be interested in seeing it, but without further information I can't imagine what it might be. The rate of inflation these days is closer to 2% in the US, where Verisign is headquartered. Servers, hosting, internet connectivity, and tools are constantly getting cheaper and more effective. The costs guaranteed to increase over time are people, but unless Verisign is offering a platinum health plan, people don't increase by 7% per year, every single year. As things stand, I have to hope that this gets renegotiated down to an actually reasonable rate of increase over time. -- Joel Lord Sr. Systems Architect Advanced Information Management

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Outrageous
by Jean-Raphaël Matte Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

The price increase is clearly based on scarcity of the domains and is an abuse of power. The operation costs of domains only scale with global internet usage, which increases the demand for domains anyways. You are contributing to the closed-ness and de-democratization of the internet.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed price increase
by Michael David Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please increasing the price of domain name registration for .com domains are not good at all. Please reconsider this step.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I do not support the .COM price increase
by Rob Gibbons Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

To whom it may concern, As a long-time owner of several .com domains, I DO NOT SUPPORT the recently proposed price increases for the .com TLD. Additionally, I am frankly disturbed by the number of negative news events recently stemming from ICANN's irresponsible stewardship of the core systems that contribute to the good faith and stability of the Internet. ICANN is rapidly eroding the trust of the community of internet engineers, domain owners, and end users. Best regards, Robert W. Gibbons robwgibbons(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to the verisign agreement
by Adhesive / Brand+Digital Designers Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Given the no transparency surrounding this case and the speculation in the .com domain it will lead into, I do not agree with the verisign agreement. Also asking for transparency, and the sharing of all the documentation and extra information about all the stages surrounding this case. Atentamente, Best Regards, Pedro Santos Founder & Creative Director Av. da República, nº9 E, 1º andar Quinta do Outeiro 2840-468 Seixal, Portugal (ver no mapa) www.adhesivebrands.pt t: (+351) 215 986 542 m: (+351) 961 387 146 m: (+351) 964 325 651 hello(a)adhesivebrands.pt Brand Strategy & Design, Design Gráfico, Web & Interactive Design skype: pedro.santos.adhesive PT: A informação aqui contida destina-se unicamente à pessoa/entidade a quem é enviada e pode conter elementos confidenciais e/ou particulares. Não é permitido alterá-la, distribuí-la, retransmiti-la ou dar-lhe qualquer outro fim por pessoas/entidades que não sejam o destinatário. Se a receber por engano, por favor contacte o emissor e apague imediatamente a informação de qualquer sistema. Obrigado. / EN: The information transmitted is intended and addressed only to the person/entity to which is sent and may contain confidential and/or privileged data. Any review, dissemination, distribution, retransmission or any other use by persons/entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact us immediately and delete the information from any computer system. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I oppose this decision
by Jorge Mena Romoleroux Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement This is wrong! If you want USD 20mm to finance your operations, then you ask the people for it NOT verisign or another private company!!! Because that money will not come cheap (if you know what I mean). You must launch a campaign in gofundme, kickstarter or one of the other funding sites and we will see what the "people" think of what you want to do with that money.... I am sure you could raise 3 times that amount with a klever strategy. *DO NOT PASS THIS ILLTHOUGHTOUT AMENDMENT* Regards, -- *Jorge Mena Romo-Leroux* Perxona Ecuador (593) 0995351678

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do NOT Raise the .com price
by Chad Michael Lawson Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please do not raise the .com price -- regards, ************************ Chad Michael Lawson Chad Connects, LLC http://www.ChadConnects.com Connecting You to Your Market 480-343-5906 [image: photo] *Chad Michael Lawson* Profitable Marketing Shenanigans Orchestrator, Chad Connects, LLC t 888-833-4842 | c 480-343-5906 | f 413-723-8036 <fax:c 480-343-5906> | chad(a)chadconnects.com http://chadconnects.com | Skype: chadconnects <#> 2942 N 24th St Ste 114-442 Phoenix, AZ 85016 <http://facebook.com/chadmichaellawson> <http://us.linkedin.com/in/cmlawson> <http://twitter.com/chadconnects>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed amendment 3 comments
by Sean Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Dear ICANN, Please do not enact the proposed amendment to the .COM registry agreement. The internet is an important part of our society and is a collective benefit. Allowing Verisign to increase the wholesale price to registers for .COM domains will limit the accessibility and democratization of the internet for the sole purpose of increasing Verisigns profits. I do not support this amendment and ask that you do not allow the increase of wholesale registrars. Best regards, Sean Michael

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Com amendment 3
by Peter Buckley Feb. 10, 2020

Feb. 10, 2020

Please reconsider your planned price increases that you negotiated with Verisign behind closed doors. Please include a wider group of internet companies and their representatives when making these decisions. Please be more transparent when it comes to funding that ICANN receives and what it will be used for. Sincerely, Peter Buckley -- The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; He guides it wherever He pleases.

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