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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Halla360 Blog Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

We all know how the internet is taking the center stage as the day goes by and more people, companies and organizations are embracing it as well as facing much more competitions. As much as the internet has become more important and accessible to the public. The challenges have equally increased most especially to the start ups and individuals who are looking to make a living from the internet with each day needing so many factors to succeed which equally consume lots of resources. With that said, I think that the new increase is totally unfair to the end consumer and must have been done without due consideration and should please be abolished for the interest of everyone's growth. I plead with ICANN and everyone involved to have a re-think as the price increase is absolutely unacceptable. Thank you. Best regards, Vincent.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM
by getLISBON Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am opposed to any increase without free and impartial input from the .com community. Please record my protest. getLISBON Gracinda Gomes

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases for domain names
by Speed Bump Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am contacting my representatives about regulating the domain name registrars out of fear that the current organization’s will follow the gouging practices of the drug companies.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Will Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

You guys really lost it when you chose to privatise the web. The web has always been better open source. Always self-policed and grew into a beautiful community of ideas - where identity was irrelevant. We do not need governments or Telecommunications companies dictating to us how we use our computers or censoring content through lobbying. You didn’t like Stop SOPA because it exposed you as the draconian creeps you really are. Then you got Aaron Swartz killed. You lot are sickening. May all your endeavours end in a blazing inferno. - Will

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Concerns about the new ICANN/Verisign deal
by Sabrina Vande Cotte Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To whom it may concern: I'm concerned about the deal ICANN has made with Verisign and how it will impact us, the end users. Specifically in terms of increasing prices and eliminating healthy competition. It sounds like ICANN is getting a large investment and for it Verisign is getting a lot of new benefits. Is it possible to share more details on the strategy how the funds will be used and the strategy going forward? How will you protect the end user that prices will not sky rocket in a few years? Thanks for your time and would love to hear more. Best regards, Sabrina Vande Cotte -- Sabrina Vande Cotte Email: sabrina.vandecotte(a)gmail.com Mobile: +353 86 870 02 48

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by איתן גינוסר Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. נשלח מהאפליקציה 'דואר' עבור Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] I am against this amendment
by Sorin Mihaltan Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am against this amendment, as I do not want to see the price of .COM domains raise as significantly as they would if this amendment passed. Thank you, Sorin

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is terrible
by Istvan Fodor Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Looks like a corrupt pay for play scheme to jack up prices for free money. This can’t go through, or if it does should be investigated. Istvan Fodor

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Registry Agreement (Price change)
by Niranjan Upadhyaya Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hi, I am hereby requesting not to increase the renewal prices for .COM as this will badly affect small bloggers. Regards, Niranjan *bloggerwin.com <http://bloggerwin.com>**The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future.*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] opinions on the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement.
by Christopher Suttenfield Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I wish to register my opinions on the Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I'm opposed to price increases at they do not incentivise online economic growth and make top level domains further inaccessible to people from developing and emerging economies. Furthermore, allowing Verisign to operate as its own registrar is anti competitive and further positions it towards having a monopoly stake in domain control. I urge you to abandon these proposals and work towards making top level domains more accessible to a wider audience. Yours. Christopher Suttenfield. __________________ Christopher Suttenfield Rio de Janeiro +55 21 979 118 946 __________________

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com pricing
by Darryl Haydn Jones Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

the .com is pretty much a monopoly, and domains are now one of the key utilities of the internet - but I do not think its fair for business to absorb further price hikes when there is no alternative provider. If you want the freedom to increase prices - we should have freedom to choose providers other than ICANN for the .com domains. You cannot just force such a sweeping change on the internet. -- Regards, Darryl Haydn Jones Managing Director | Bonbon Group Ltd

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] increase in domain names
by Halchuk, Michael J. Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not increase anything, if you make an attempt I will ask my senators and congressional rep for the United states to take over the domain and registration process of the internet. Also to put you guys out of business. Michael Halchuk Michael Halchuk Senior Quality Inspector Draper Labs ________________________________ Notice: This email and any attachments may contain proprietary (Draper non-public) and/or export-controlled information of Draper. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately destroy all copies of this email. ________________________________

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM domain increase
by Mariano Córdoba Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am against seeing the price of .COM domains increase. The current pricing provides more than enough profit margin for maintenance of existing registrations and an ability to support any future registrations. *Mariano Cordoba.*

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN Verisign Collusion?
by Mike Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I just read that Verisign gave ICANN and extra $20 million and in return, Verisign will be able to raise prices on ,COM domains more than double the rate of inflation, and even more for other, unspecified reason if necessary. This doesn't even sound legal. I'm writing to vent my dismay that this could even happen and urge you to reconsider this policy. The price increases that will result will hamper small businesses and limit startups because they'll be too expensive. You are, in effect, reducing access to the internet for many and limiting resources to fewer providers. I will also be writing to my congressmen and senators to urge them to investigate this deal. -- Mike Brask mbrask(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] proposed increase
by Halchuk, Michael J. Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Do not increase anything, if you make an attempt I will ask my senators and congressional rep for the United states to take over the domain and registration process of the internet. Also to put you guys out of business. Michael Halchuk ________________________________ Notice: This email and any attachments may contain proprietary (Draper non-public) and/or export-controlled information of Draper. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this email and immediately destroy all copies of this email. ________________________________

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against price increases
by Leonardo Saraceni Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I reject this deal and the price increases it will trigger.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com
by Willena Belden Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please keep the .com prices at an affordable rate for all of us little businesses. My name is my .com and it doesn't seem fair that I would have to pay for the privilege of using it. I don't know how internet works but I know you have expenses as do we all. I am just.now starting to build my business I am on a shoestring, I am not able at 70 + years to pay for a big increase in costs for something as important as my online presence. This country is becoming so greedy in business it is no longer a small business economy where you can't even afford a storefront or workspace so, many people work from home. Please don't make things harder for us by raising the prices on our .com sites. Sincerely, Willena Belden

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed amendment 3
by Zulaika Hernandez Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please do not go forward with these changes as it will affect so many and is not fair to domain owners. This is not something we will just “deal with” or “ignore”. Many of our livelihoods depend on our domains staying at reasonable pricing. Zulaika Hernandez

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] STOP Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Rio Rioneld Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

This is wrong guys, STOP this agreement ASAP! Agreements "behind the curtain" that will (most likely) lead to price increase of .COM domains are bad for all of us and rise many questions.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Public Comment regarding .COM price increases
by Jason Fisher Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom it May Concern, I am very concerned about the news that ICANN is considering approval to raise the cost of annual .COM domain registrations. Many small businesses like mine rely on our website to serve as our primary means of advertising and marketing. The Internet is vast and can be confusing. Just like a phone number or street address, a web domain is an essential way for new and existing customers to find a business, and for that business to demonstrate stability. But for many small companies like myself we cannot afford high costs to maintain a website. If costs to keep my .COM domain name were raised significantly, I would not be able to afford it. This would be very detrimental to my business not only because I would lose my website address but also because I would lose my email addresses. This would be very disruptive and extremely unfair to small businesses like mine. While I acknowledge that there are many huge companies that could likely easily afford cost increases to maintaining their .COM domain names I appeal to ICANN to not approve any significant increases in cost that would impact the enormous number of small business like mine out there that rely on their stable web presence. At a minimum, any increases should be based on company revenue or web traffic etc. It would run counter to ICANN’s original mission if you were to restrict access to these domains only to those who could afford large payments. Thank you, Jason Fisher Solar Technical Consulting LLC Charlottesville Virginia, USA

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM, Registry Agreement
by Luis Del Águila Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Hello, I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public, and they SHOULD be run for the public. Profiting at the expense of all else, it means that freedom doesn't exist for us. Please do not adopt this proposal.

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Re: [Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .Com
by john farley Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

To Whom it May Concern, The costs of registering a domain are expensive enough and the costs that you incur can’t be worthy of the price increases you are proposing. Sincerely, John Farley -- John Farley

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price increases to .com domain registration
by Russell Meier Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Greetings,I have a personal .com domain. Price increases to the anual registration fee would make owning such a domain unresonable. This would take the internet out of the hands of individuals and make it only affordable to the wealthy and coperations. Please do not go through with these unnecessary and antipublic price increases. Thank you, Russell Meier

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase the prices
by Volkan Ozyilmaz Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

Please don't increase the prices for .com sites. Volkan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection to increase in wholesale .com price
by Alfie Carlisle Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

I am a registrant of several .com domain names. Nobody other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest - this unilateral decision goes against the grain of that mantra. Regards, Alfie Carlisle England, UK.

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