<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hello, I own a number of .COM domain names and am NOT in favour of these new amendments that benefit ICAAN and Verisign accordingly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:2.375rem;line-height:46px;font-family:"Museo Sans";vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:-0.95px;color:rgb(51,49,48)">1. Price Increases</h2><div>I run a small business. It's hard enough these days to do so, and allowing year over year 7% points increase will quadruple my costs in 4 years.</div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:2.375rem;line-height:46px;font-family:"Museo Sans";vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:-0.95px;color:rgb(51,49,48)">2. ICANN Will Receive an Extra $20 Million</h2></div><div>Please be transparent about this 'deal'. Seems like you guys have something hide.</div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:2.375rem;line-height:46px;font-family:"Museo Sans";vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:-0.95px;color:rgb(51,49,48)">3. Verisign Can Operate as a Domain Registrar</h2></div><div>This will stifle competition and increase costs even more, when you won't 'bite' the hand that feeds you.</div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:2.375rem;line-height:46px;font-family:"Museo Sans";vertical-align:baseline;letter-spacing:-0.95px;color:rgb(51,49,48)">4. ICANN Ignored Previous Comments</h2></div><div>Listen to your customers and end users - instead of just making yourselves even more rich.</div><div><br>Regards,</div><div>Ed.</div></div></div>