<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Dear Fahd and Kivuva, </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>In addition to the question 'Who controls the internet?' one more question arises that 'Who is running Internet Business'.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span><span></span> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>However, the caps will have not affect the business as much as comparing to the expected migration of the domains from .com to the new gtLDs with in next few
years.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><span style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>Interestingly</span>, the hundreds of new gTLDs are not feasible to sell on the same cost as charged for .com or .net domains from consumer. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Is it possible for ICANN or DoC to caps the
price of new gTLDs Domains? The huge cost of the new gTLDs will be transferred to the consumers.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Regards</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span></span> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Imran Ahmed Shah</span></div><div><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px;
border-left-style: solid;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Fahd A. Batayneh <fahd.batayneh@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Arab IGF <list@igfarab.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 10 December 2012, 12:28<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] Verisign Loses Dot-Com Piggybank<br> </font> </div> <br>Thank
you Fahd,<br><br>It seems the US government is protecting consumes from over<br>commercialization of domains. Verisign gets over 700% profit per<br>domain.<br><br>This also raises the age old question! Who controls the internet? Can<br>Germany of Kenya or India stop the price increase of gTLDs?<br><br>On 09/12/2012, Fahd A. Batayneh <<a href="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:fahd.batayneh@gmail.com">fahd.batayneh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Verisign shares have plunged 15 percent, wiping $850 million off the<br>> company's value, on the news that it will not be allowed to raise prices on<br>> dot-com domains for the next six years.<br>><br>> <a href="http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/12/06/verisign-loses-dot-com-piggyba?utm_source=.Nxt&utm_campaign=e0405ba712-edition_6Dec12&utm_medium=email"
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