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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To whom it may concern,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=m3429850755300802970copy-16 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:16.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>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 every year for 8 out of the next 10 years, and the increases don’t stop there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=m3429850755300802970copy-16-lt style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:27.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This will mean that<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> .COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above current prices over the next decade</span></strong>. The contract also allows for other price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making .COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Please, please keep my little site affordable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Carol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>