Hello, My name is Alvaro Rincon and I would like to express my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. Despite there clearly being potential financial gains to be had by raising the registration fee on .com domains, the global DNS registration system should be run primarily as a public concern. The only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are verisign itself, at the expense of the public. While price hikes such as this likely won't mean much to the larger business concerns that buy in bulk, it will impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. At worst, this could prove yet another point of pressure that convinces a small business to make their online presence exclusively in the Facebook walled garden and eschew the web itself. The web, and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they SHOULD be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate; short sighted profit chasing at the expense of all else. Please do not adopt this proposal. Regards Alvaro Rincon Houston, TX 77054 ________________________________ ADVERTENCIA LEGAL Este mensaje va dirigido, de manera exclusiva, a su destinatario y contiene información confidencial y sujeta a secreto profesional, cuya divulgación no está permitida por la ley. En caso de haber recibido este mensaje por error, le rogamos que, de forma inmediata, nos lo comunique mediante correo electrónico remitido a nuestra atención o a través del teléfono (+34) 91 623 22 00 y proceda a su eliminación, así como a la de cualquier documento adjunto al mismo. El correo electrónico vía Internet no permite asegurar la confidencialidad de los mensajes que se transmiten ni su integridad o correcta recepción. Grupo Sice TyS no asume responsabilidad por estas circunstancias. Si el destinatario de este mensaje no consintiera la utilización del correo electrónico vía Internet y la grabación de los mensajes, rogamos lo ponga en nuestro conocimiento de forma inmediata. En cumplimiento de la normativa de protección de datos, se informa igualmente al destinatario del presente correo electrónico del tratamiento de sus datos por parte de la empresa de Grupo Sice TyS* con fines de contacto y basado en el interés legítimo para el mantenimiento de la relación existente entre remitente y destinatario. Los datos se conservarán mientras se mantenga dicha relación y no se solicite su supresión y, en su caso, durante los plazos legales de aplicación. Los interesados pueden ejercitar sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, supresión, portabilidad y la limitación u oposición dirigiéndose a la dirección de nuestras oficinas centrales en Sepulveda, 6, 28108- Alcobendas ( Madrid ), así como a reclamar ante la Autoridad de Control (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos: www.agpd.es). (*puede consultar las empresas que forman parte del Grupo en www.sice.com) Antes de imprimir este correo electrónico piense bien si es necesario hacerlo: El medioambiente es cosa de todos. DISCLAIMER This message is exclusively addressed to the intended recipient and contains confidential information subject to professional secrecy. The disclosure thereof is not permitted by law. If you have received this message by error, please immediately inform us via email or by calling (+34) 91 623 22 00 and delete it as well as any attachments. Internet email cannot ensure absolute confidentiality of the messages sent or their integrity or proper receipt. Sice TyS Group is not liable for these circumstances. If the recipient of this message does not consent to the use of email via the Internet and the recording of the messages, please notify us immediately. Pursuant to data protection regulations, the recipient of this email is also hereby informed that their data will be processed by the Sice TyS Group* company for contact purposes based on a legitimate interest to maintain the relationship between the sender and the recipient. The data will be saved throughout said relationship unless deletion is requested and, as applicable, for the legal periods allowed. Interested parties may exercise their rights of access, rectification, deletion, portability and limitation or opposition by writing to our main offices at Sepúlveda, 6, 28108 - Alcobendas (Madrid) , as well as through a complaint with the Control Authority (Spanish Data Protection Agency: www.agpd.es). (*the companies in the Group may be checked at www.sice.com) Think before printing this email: Caring for the environment is everyone's responsibility.