<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><font size="5" class="">Dear ICANN & Verisign,</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><font size="5" class="">My understanding is that <b class="">.COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade </b>under this amendment. I also understand that this contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><font size="5" class="">These changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this decision. This is not a fair and equitable proposition for users of the .COM TLD. Please do not enact this amendment.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><font size="5" class="">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><font size="5" class="">Eric Rubinoff</font></div></div></body></html>