[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to new .org agreement

Arthur Knight Hammer arthur at kingofthebears.com
Thu Apr 25 15:48:22 UTC 2019


I am a .org registrant and am already suffering from annual price
increases to maintain my domain.  I am now told ICANN plans to remove
price caps from legacy TLDs, of which the .org domain is one in which I
have a stake.

ICANN appears to be taking a shift in the direction of an "open market"
on TLDs, which is fine for those who put out the funding to develop
them, but .com, .org, and so forth, are not like these new TLDs.

Further, maintaining reasonable pricing of the new TLDs is dependent
upon stability in the historic TLDs.

The reason for this disruptive idea is unclear ... the justification
offered is weak and frankly makes it sound to me like collusion with
people who stand to make a lot of money.

I suggest you nip that impression in the bud by acting like a public
servant to those who use the internet to further the betterment of
mankind, and continue to hold all extant TLDs to modest price
adjustments ... preferably less than the unjustified 10% currently in
effect.  Something more like a COL adjustment would be appropriate and
be more in keeping with the behavior of a public servant.

Best regards,

*
Arthur Knight Hammer



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