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<body><div>To whom it may concern, </div><div><br /></div><div>I am writing to oppose the removal of the cap on .org domain pricing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Firstly, I would like to note that .org is used most often by charities and other organisations with a mission to do good. Many of these organisations simply do not have the funds to pay huge amounts for a domain. </div><div><br /></div><div>This leads on to the second point, which is that the internet is supposed to be accessible to all. The simple fact is that the removal of price caps will most exclude those with the least available funds. That is to say, it will increase the extent to which the internet is dominated by corporations with deep pockets. This is already an ongoing problem and, along with occasional proposals to throttle bandwidth, represents a real threat to the openness, decentralisation and democratism that should be the hallmark of the internet. </div><div><br /></div><div>I urge you therefore to reconsider this move, and to keep the price caps in place. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sincerely</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Mark Horler </div><div id="signature_old"><div>--</div><div>Mark Horler</div><div>Co-Founder - The Soya Project</div><div><a href="http://www.soyaproject.org">soyaproject.org</a></div><div><img src="cid:em666327df-34e2-44c1-b402-33b83abe5b49@pc" border="0" width="221" height="207" />
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