Champ Mitchell Approved Quotations

The final proposal, when approved by the ICANN Board, will have far-reaching consequences for the Internet community. Our goal is to ensure that a final agreement does not allow registry prices to increase without cost justification and without market-based checks and balances.

We are disappointed that after hearing from so many Internet stakeholders about why this proposal is anti-competitive, the ICANN Board still approved a known bad deal. The Board has left NTIA with no choice but to reject this deal to ensure that competitive and accountable operation of the .com domain registry is not lost forever to consumers. The long-term interests of the entire Internet community must prevail over short-term expediency for a few.