<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=""><br class=""><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">To ICANN,</span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(102, 98, 97); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(102, 98, 97); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I’m reaching out to show my disappointment in the recent decision to strike a new deal between ICANN and Verisign.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">The increase in wholesale prices for .COM domains will negatively impact small business owners like myself and in particular the</span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 98, 97); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> price increases year on year for 8 out of the next 10 years. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 98, 97); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Wholesale registries charge Namecheap a set fee per domain name per year. According to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains. </span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 98, 97); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">I hope you reconsider this decision as 40% of users like myself will be directly affected and there is sure to be discontent to follow. </span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">Sincerely, </span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#666261" face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">Greg Koch </span></font></span></div></body></html>