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<p class="MsoNormal">I am a .com registrant and am associated with the secondary market.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No one other than Verisign wants increases in .COM prices.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Several of us have multiple domain names, if for no other reason than to protect our own names</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">from being used to run a website. I personally have about 6 that I use to</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">protect myself and my family while also allowing my children to be able to</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">have a domain name that is exclusively theirs.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">20 year Cost analysis:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">$ 7.85 / year 2018</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">$10.29 / year 2023 (31% increase over 2018)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">$13.49 / year 2029 (72% increase over 2018)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">$17.68 / year 2035 (125% increase over 2018)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">$23.17 / year 2041 (195% increase over 2018)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry - it has no business dictating the price - and already makes profits at current price levels in excess of the operating needs to maintain a registry.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The public has a vested interest in reasonably priced domain registrations to foster innovation on the internet and allow the individuals to maintain a presence on the web.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cecil D'Souza</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cary, NC</p>
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