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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>To Whom it May Concern,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I currently own over 100 domain names, and about 10% of those are .ORG names. I don’t have any .ORG names that make me any money. For the most part they are informational sites I pay for out of my own pocket. This information will likely be dropped along with ALL .ORG domains if there is a significant price increase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m pretty sure my .ORG sites cost me WAY more than cost you to provide lookups for them. Perhaps you think organizations make a lot of money? Guess again. I can assure you that if a price hike goes in to effect, I will drop all of my money losing .ORG sites, along with any other TLD’s that see a price hike but don’t make money. That would be about 90% of my domain names. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m sure I’m not the only web developer who will cut his losses and let his .ORG domains die. Millions of them perhaps. Would that hurt your bottom line?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JADE Computer Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(330) 332-7984<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>