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<p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
margin-bottom:0pt;;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Because </span><strong
style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
margin-bottom:0pt;;" data-preserver-spaces="true">COM domains
make up significant of all registered domain names</span></strong><span
style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
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data-preserver-spaces="true"> online and taking into account
that, in reality, any company which has been using a domain for
a prolonged period is, in fact, a hostage of its domain name. It
leads to the fact that any company will be forced to pay any
price to stay in business.</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
margin-bottom:0pt;;" data-preserver-spaces="true">There are
significant concerns for individual users, who rely on the COM
domain names as well. Increasing their price might make using
COM domain infeasible for individuals. For example, I do rely on
a COM domain, it is a significant part of my Internet identity,
I believe that this is the case for the other personal site
owners as well.</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
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data-preserver-spaces="true"> </span></strong></p>
<p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
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background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;"
data-preserver-spaces="true">Increasing prices on COM domain
might change the face of the Internet in a bad way.</span></strong></p>
<p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
margin-bottom:0pt;;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Please,
reconsider your last decisions. All the facts regarding the
issue, when put together, make the ICANN look like a supporter
of a monopoly of Verisign, while the received 20 million dollars
look like a bribe.</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent;
margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
margin-bottom:0pt;;" data-preserver-spaces="true">I certainly do
not want to see ICANN this way but have no other choice.</span></p>
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margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(14,
16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt;
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