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<p class="MsoNormal">As an owner of .com domains I do not agree with ICANN’s decision to allow Verisign the wholesale price increase schedule for .com domains as announced January 3, 2020. Furthermore, I question what the $20M payment from Verisign to ICANN
will be used for and how that will be monitored and made public.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I consider the changes announced to be harmful to Internet .com domain stakeholders such as myself, and I would like these changes to be reversed, and a public consultation to be held and a formal review process where alternative contract
terms that are not harmful to Internet stakeholders such as myself can be considered and implemented
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#17365D">Tim Kuechler, P. Eng.</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#17365D">
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