[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] DNS Price Increase

[Laurie Stearn]

[13:21] Schtearn 
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Domain names going up at 7% per year is ridiculous - here is my comment:
  Hi there, I have read some other comments, and the following one, for example is very much in the spirit of public reaction to such a change.
  “Hello, I am writing to voice 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. Best, John Riccio Buffalo NY”
  Although the upkeep of domain registrations is important, to be fair it must be compartmentalized as to the purpose and nature of the names in use.
  Laurie Stearn
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