<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Attention ICANN<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am president and domain manager for our non-profit 501(C)3 which invests in domain names to fund our charitable activities. <br class=""><br class="">I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The percentage of increase is appalling and usury.<br class=""><br class="">No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices.<br class=""><br class="">The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified.<br class=""><br class="">Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price especially for such a quantum leap in their profits.<div class="">Most of the .com registration process is entirely automated so Version has little relative costs.<br class=""><br class="">ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest.<br class=""><br class="">John C Hills<br class="">Makawao, Hawaii <br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Christopher Hills Foundation</b><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Maui - California - Jamaica - India</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">(808) 268-5000 - Fax:(808) 442-1111</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">India Fax: 91-80-6688-5111</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Skype: NomadHills </span></div><div class=""><div class="">John Hills, President</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:jh@hillsfoundation.org" class="">jh@hillsfoundation.org</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.hillsfoundation.org" class="">www.hillsfoundation.org</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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