<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa59e88f8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi ICANN committee,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am a .COM website owner and <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I don't want my Domain price to increase or to continue to increase with the hosting company that I am with.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I have become aware that Verisign and ICANN are in agreement to raise the prices on wholesale registars for .COM Domains every year for 8 out of the next 10 years along with increasing other prices.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I am not in favor of this. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This additional cost will be passed down to the consumer, making it much too expensive, less desirable and eventually less accessible to own a .COM Domain name.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Please reconsider your position and think about the consumer. Fair Domain prices will attract more consumers not alienate them.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Thanks for listening</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: courier new, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></body></html>