<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">ICANN and Verisign,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I oppose the proposed amendment 3, as it gives you as a monopoly wholesale operator the ability for substantial price rises well in excess of CPI.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If anything your wholesale prices should be falling because of greater economies of scale, and you can reinvest the difference into security and updates.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">There has been insufficient cause shown for the proposed amendment and just looks like a huge financial windfall for Verisign and ICANN. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The amendment should be withdrawn.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Regards,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Karen</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>