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Although 14 days may be sufficient for large corporate entities, it is not sufficient for registrants who are individuals, small businesses or non-profit oprganizations organizations -- particularly those located where mail delivery is not as effective as in the US or western Europe. Given that the overall URS process time had been reduced compared moving from the IRT and staff proposals to that of the STI, there is no call for reverting to the 14 days. When public comments to earlier rules were reviewed, the ICANN staff decision was to not adjust the time period. This decision was presumably based on a few complaints about it being to long, and a larger number about it being too short.

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