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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-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I recently learned the intent to increase the prices of .com domain registrations. As a small business owner, who is a 1-person show, it is unacceptable to me that such price increases would take effect – especially for those of us who are small business owners and/or operate a personal website or blog. The affordability of having a domain registered, something that is critical for the success of any enterprise in today’s Internet world, is becoming less realistic. The .com domain is still the basic standard by which people search for websites, and to create a system where it is out of the reach for everyone except those with thick pocketbooks is unacceptable and only demonstrates a ridiculous level of greed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Jack McCallum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>HR Balance LLC<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>PO Box 28442 – Bellingham, WA 98228-0442<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>E: <a href="mailto:jack@hrbalance.com">jack@hrbalance.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.hrbalance.com/">www.hrbalance.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>