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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No .com price increase
by Samantha Fagan Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

As a .com owner and a freelancer, I am against the price increases proposed. The proposed prices would negatively impact my business. *------* *I’m currently located in Berlin, Germany. Central European Time is 7 hours ahead of U.S. Central Time.* *I check my emails twice a day. If you have an emergency and need more timely assistance, please leave me a message at one of the numbers below.* Samantha Fagan Design It Please Modern web design. Compelling web strategy. +1.479.445.7278 +49.171.5682701 www.designitplease.com www.twitter.com/designitplease

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Do not increase the prices of .com domains
by Total Trading LLC Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi, I’d like to express my strong discontent with this centralized action of monopolizing on .com domains. Best, Shashank Suri

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .Com Domain Price
by Omar Tadjerouna Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hello there. I hope you are having a great day. I heard from Namecheap that you may increase the price of .com domains. And I want you to consider that the internet costs a lot of money for Algerians and other underdeveloped countries already, considering the average salaries of workers in these countries. So I hope you will make the internet more accessible for all people around the world. And contribute to changing their lives for the better. Thank you 😊

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] opposed to Amendment 3
by Daniel Kehoe Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I’m opposed to the proposed amendment No. 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement. I’ve contributed to the development of the Worldwide Web since 1991 as a software developer and journalist and I’ve owned domain names since 1994. The Internet has become a major force in global society based on a model of non-governmental, non-commercial governance of key protocols and supporting institutions. Amendment 3 is a massive step away from the established (and successful) governance of the Internet toward a system that provides exclusive benefit to limited commercial stakeholders. It is inappropriate for ICANN as stewards of the domain name system to provide favorable commercial terms to Verisign. The close relationship between Verisign and ICANN invites corruption and abuse of stewardship. Increases in .COM fees that benefit Verisign’s shareholders are unhealthy for the larger Internet community and violate the principles on which the Internet was established. -- Daniel Kehoe daniel(a)danielkehoe.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Does not make sense
by Aj Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi, I own and control about 10 .com domains. I am an IT professional. With the prices for IT resources dropping so fast, it does not make sense to increase the cost to have a database entry made to track a registered domain. Unless of course the only reason is to increase profit (when profit should already be increasing with the above mentioned reduction in costs incurred) in a drastic manner and disregard the internet community as a whole. If you look at all other IT industries where there are competitors, the prices tend to continually decrease over time, or the resources offered for the same prices tend to increase. It's unfortunate that there is a monopoly on .com registration so this becomes a captive market. If this goes thru I will unfortunately be put in a position to send in complaints to the various regulators which control various aspects of the Internet or the organisations which are using the Internet. This of course includes Verizon and ICANN. This will probably involve the various EU organisations which are concerned with competition and other consumer matters, since the US government does not seem to be so interested in this, EU or other big governments will hopefully take an interest in such matters. Regards, Aj

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] unethical behavior at ICANN
by Kurt De Grave Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear, Price gauging by a monopoly is unethical and legally questionable. Top-level domain names are a de-facto public utility and monopoly, so prices should be tightly regulated. If ICANN fails to do this, as is evidently the case considering what happened to .org and is now happening to .com, the responsibility should be transferred to another authority sooner rather than later. What is currently going on is rent-seeking and abuse of power, and should have consequences for the people in charge at ICANN. best regards, kurt.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changes to pricing for .COM domains
by Anthony Wolfenden Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

The proposal under consideration lacks transparency and exposure to the vast number of clients using the .com domain for their sites. It is not clear how this might impact domain name owners except in as much as it implies steep changes to pricing over the coming years. It would be more prudent to be more open about the process, reasons and approach, allow more people time to comment and come up with a pricing proposal that is less likely to creat sticker shock in the clients you serve. Kind Regards, Anthony Wolfenden Email: anthony(a)wolfenden.net Phone: 0416 444 444

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Adam Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

We are against this proposed amendment and against any singular cooperation with corporation that may lead to monopoly. We are a website and hosting provider and domain price increase does not help businesses and individuals in adopting the Internet, especially in Asia where many are still getting online. -- Best Regards Adam Yup Asia Solutions [1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.yupasia.com

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Rolando Ramos Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Rolando Ramos Switzerland

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Unacceptable use of power and your position
by Simon Watts Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

It's still early days of the internet guys. Don't throw a dark mark on the most important human innovation ever. increasing the price of TLD closes doors and makes life harder to many small businesses and web entities who are struggling with taxes to their local government. The internet is a stateless entity, it should remain neutral and accessible, and not have artificial barriers created for the sake of profit to a minority company. You should be ashamed of yourselves. -- This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and please delete this message and any attachments from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you should not copy this message or its attachments or disclose their contents to any other person. Maple Syrup Media. Registered in England and Wales, registration number 05498276. Registered office address, 4th Floor, 76-80 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3JL.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .com amendment 3 comment
by Jonathan Randles Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

To whom it may concern, I would like to express protest at the proposed amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement. I have learned that these changes have occurred without consultation or feedback from the ICANN community and internet users. It is my concern that the proposed amendments are directly harmful to individuals and small businesses who rely on an accessible and affordable .com registry agreement. As an operator of numerous small, non-profit websites focused on hobby and social communities, this change, and the resulting increase in registration fees by up to 70% over the next ten years, will undoubtedly impact my ability to provide these services and websites to the internet community -- this makes small .com websites considerably more inaccessible to non-business users, who gain nothing from the proposal! Best regards, Jonathan Randles

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Objection against new .COM price hike
by Harindu Dharmarathne Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

As a personal owner of a dot Com domain I'd like to voice my opposition to the considered price rise. Technology is getting cheaper and we should not have to pay more because it is managed by a monopoly. Regards, Harindu Dharmarathne DISCLAIMER This message contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the intended recipient you should not disseminate, distribute store, print, copy or deliver this message. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail and any attachments from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. Thank you.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Changes to .COM
by Jonathan Ellis Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear Sir/ Madam, I am very concerned as a private owner of a .com website about the proposed changes to the .com agreement. I may only be one person but I cannot see any justification to these changes which will lead to price increases for self-employed people like myself. Surely we should be making the Internet more accessible and not putting up barriers to entry. My website details are below. Thanks for considering my concerns, Jonathan Ellis Jonathan Ellis Campaigner | Teacher | Catalyst Jonathan Ellis Campaigns <http://jonathanelliscampaigns.com/>http://jonathanelliscampaigns.com/ <http://jonathanelliscampaigns.com/>

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Comment on Ammendment 3
by J singh Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I do not understand why these price increases are happening. It stops innovation and beginners from learning how to make websites.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No
by Eminem Fan Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dont do this

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Regarding .com domain price increase
by Abhishek Jariwala Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hello, This is in regards to the proposed amendments by Verisign for increasing prices of .com domains. We know that a business needs to increase its prices to remain sustainable in the market. However, it is also seen that the prices of .com domains are already quite high and increasing prices even further will put a burden on small business owners who want to get online with a website but can’t as the expenses will be increased quite a lot. Particularly in the third-world countries, we know that people are coming online for selling and making money but the increased costs of buying a domain and other expenses will discourage them from doing so and will have a negative effect on the internet population in general. Thanks, Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Sean Bennett Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 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. Sean Bennett Bedford, England United Kingdom Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increase in fee charge for internet domain
by info＠aviationrange.com Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

This proposal will not only force some small scale enterprise off the internet community, especially those of us from developing nations, it will view as being discriminatory. Every proposed increase has to be with inputs from all stakeholders including users from developing nations Which due to their situation - both political and economic should be given a special consideration- a waiver Rgds -- Sent from Outlook Email App for Android

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Dirk Wissmann Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. There is no need to increase the price for technical or administrative issues Dirk Wissmann Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] (no subject)
by Kwazi Sibisi Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Please do not raise the price we love Icann

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] This is totally a bullshit work by ICANN
by Zaied Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

It’s not expected from you guys. Totally bullshit price hike. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Zoran Skerlic Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domains and I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. I think that the current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Zoran Novi Sad, Vojvodina Serbia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANN .COM changes
by job van der looij Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hello, I got an email form NameCheap explaining the changed proposed regarding the .com TLD. These changes are made without consulting the public or the community. These changes will result in a less competitive marked which is always a bad idea. Please reconsider these changes.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] My Comments
by khatriy＠outlook.com Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

In my opinion, Giving a single company so much power is completely wrong and unethical. This will lead to creation of a monopoly in the long run and hamper the rapid growth in small online businesses. It will become a burden on the overall economy. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Benjamin Ibelegbu Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. Benjamin Ibelegbu Lagos

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3
by Simon Borg Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear Sirs Please do not go ahead with the proposed amend 3 to the .com registry agreement, this will make .com names inaccessible to millions of companies -- Best Regards Simon Borg Mobile 07834376324 https://thesimonb.org

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] dot com agreement
by Jurgen Doornik Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I wish to register my opposition to the changes in the arrangement that ICANN has regarding the .com domain. ICANN is the monopolist in this case, and has suddenly started to extract excessive rents. The .com issue comes fesh on top of the .org sale which I also strongly oppose. ICANN should behave as a charity, striving for transparancy. It is currently falling short on both accounts. Jurgen Doornik www.doornik.com www.xlmodeler.com www.oxlang.org (and other domains)

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] ICANNOT believe your greediness
by Michael Johnson Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I'm not going to be nice what's the point if you were nice you wouldn't be trying to slip this through without informing the people who have already lined your pockets. I disagree with what your doing. Greediness is a sickness and clearly you've just seen the dollar signs and fuck everyone else. If this goes ahead then I can guarantee you'll end up with alot and I mean alot more people trying to find other cheaper ways of using the internet for there home websites. You'll end up losing money because that's what happens to people who get greedy and forget the people who put them in the position their already in. No more increases.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] .COM Amendment Comment
by Yuji Saeki Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I believe this amendment is nothing short of blatant lobbying and should be refused. Verisign's contribution of $20M to ICANN with no distinction on how that money can be used to better the public and ICANN's willingness to allow Verisign control of pricing .COM registries appears as nothing more than a sellout! Yuji Saeki

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Stop .COM Price Increases
by Aleksandrs Alimovs Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear Sirs, I'm against your desire to increase the .COM Price! For salaries in your country this increasing is almost nothing! Please think about the whole world, about the people in other countries! You want to make money from air! Aleksandrs Alimovs Latvia

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Regarding the Price increasing of .COM Domain
by Lewis Turner Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

This is totally Outrageous. Verisign has 100% profit over this and they still ask for more? This will hurt more businesses and I don’t think anyone will profit from this apart from Verisign Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] this is toxic towards the expansion of the internet as a free and accessible space
by tdev Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

this is toxic towards the expansion of the internet as a free and accessible space. Is anyone really caring for end buyers and small businesses here ?

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Price rise of .com
by Dominique Jaurola Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

This price rise plan has a few big issues: 1. Prices that are beyond the young innovation crowd starting new businesses 2. Monopolistic measures like this price rise typically lead to movements to respond - .com is avoided and becomes of less importance online, your price rise is left with the old and big, so you will have about 20 years of joy - the idea that one organisation has such power with internet domain names like .com is seen as a aberration of the intent of the internet in the first place, break it apart and make the changes transparent Good luck

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Deepak Daftari Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business). I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry â it has no business dictating the price. Deepak Daftari Kolkata, West Bengal India

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Pls dont make it
by ZoupTubes Montero Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Broo, pls dont make this happend, affecting prices affects whole internet bro, like for real bruh

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DO not increase.com prices
by Sam Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

DO not increase.com prices

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against .com price increase
by Davyd Arutyunyan Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi there, Don’t increase the price to .com domain, we all understand to what this increasing will bring us, expensive domains will force the business to increase the price of their products, such changes will be reflected in the economy. With Regards, Davyd Arutyunyan. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Amendment 3
by Ian Smith Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I get everyone likes money but this amendment will only hurt the small businesses trying to make money or the student trying to explore the possibility's of internet commerce. Sent from Santa Fe

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Vishal Singh Jain Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. Vishal Singh Jain Pune, Maharashtra India Thank you, Vishal Singh Jain Level 4, Augusta Point, Golf Course Road, Sector 53, Gurgaon 122001 ( HR ) INDIA +91 - 99716 30303 | TRITONV(a)ME.COM <mailto:TRITONV@ME.COM> NOTE: The information contained in this electronic message may be confidential information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any use, distribution, transmission or forwarding of information contained in this e-mail by persons who are not intended recipients may be a violation of the law and is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Increment of .com domain a setback in Africa
by Emmanuel Iwuoha Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hi, my name is Emmanuel and am speaking on behalf of my African tech companies. Originally, start up companies in Africa find it difficult to purchase .com domain and manage to renew it because of the cost. You will not blame them because it's not easy for us over here. Please we ask that if the price can't be reduced, it should maintain the current price. Thanks for your understanding. EmmanuelIwuoha Manager Company: Saru Tech Phone: +2348130958215 Mobile: +2348098119811 Email: emmauel(a)sarutech.com Address: Benin City, Nigeria Website: www.sarutech.com Creating software that people love

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Opposition to proposed .com registration price hike
by Rahul Arora Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I strongly oppose the proposed amendment. While I agree that some price increase should be allowed to keep up with inflation, but allowing an increase of 7% for 8 out of 10 years in the next decade in preposterous. Especially since Verisign has a monopoly over the .com registry. Even taking into account the price freeze since 2012, an average inflation rate of about 2% should lead to about an increase of 43% over 18 years (2012–2030). The proposed amendment allows Verisign to increase prices by up to 72%, which is unacceptable. Thanks Rahul Arora Graduate Student in Computer Science University of Toronto http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~arorar

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Dont do it
by Daniel Garf Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Hey, dont do it!

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Use of my .com domain
by Bert Jennekens Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Dear reader, The use of my .com is for private purposes only, not in use for commercial use, nor organisationall.. private only. The price at this momemt is just affordable by me... Going up means i have to give this up... any other extension is already taken by someone else so i am unable to have any other link to my family name. Please consider only a higer revenue for commercial/organisational use of the .com extension and let the private use as is. Kind regards Bert Jennekens Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DO NOT INCREASE .COM PRICE
by cheng winber Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, IT’S INCREDIBLE 发送自 Windows 10 版邮件<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>应用

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] No to annual increases!
by Brent Gariando Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Please do not allow these increases to happen cause this will going to affect our businesses and will be less profitable.

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep the internet affordable!
by Evan Nesterak Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Keep the internet affordable for all of us. Don't raise rates! -- Evan Sent from mobile

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement
by Vardan Vardanyan Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

I have registered several domains. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. As other companies would almost certainly be bidding at a lower price for the rights to maintain the .com registry if permitted to do so. Giving one company a monopoly is bad enough, but potentially authorizing increases far in excess of inflation or their costs is truly offensive. You represent the public's interest. Please do your job. Taking a little bit more from a lot of people and giving it all to a company that has a monopoly just doesn't make sense. Regards, Vardan Vardanyan

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Don't increase the Price
by NEK - Freelance Designer Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Don't increase the Price for .com domains

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] We don't like the price inscreasement
by Hasitha Heliya Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

It’s a bad thing to increase the price of .com domains. Please don’t do it. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Against proposed amendment
by Charles Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

Poor and under-represented individuals worldwide benefit from inexpensive .COM (and other) domain names. They allow these persons to stand on equal footing with even the largest corporate entities. Please do not discourage these opportunities; reject all attempts to raise the registration cost for the .COM TLD.

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