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To ICANN,<br>
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I protest in the strongest terms your decision to make significant
changes to the contract you have with Verisign, Inc.<br>
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These changes will mean .com wholesale domain prices become less
accessible and more expensive for everybody. .com domains make up
40% of all registered domain names online, so these changes will
have a huge impact on a lot of people, including myself.<br>
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Alongside these contract changes, Verisign has agreed to pay you an
additional $20 million dollars over five years to support your
domain name system initiatives, without any clarity about how you
will spend the money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly
spent on domain infrastructure. This is unacceptable.<br>
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These changes will have significant impact on the Internet for years
to come, and only ICANN and Verisign have participated in this
decision. Internet users deserve to be consulted and their views
taken into account in such matters.<br>
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Yours sincerely,<br>
<br>
Kirsten Muir<br>
<br>
Alphington, VIC, Australia<br>
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