Dear Sir or Madam, It is my opinion that the reason that the internet has been such the success that it has been is due to the ability of all to enter into it. If you have a neat idea, you can affordably create a space to be the next great product or service. The thing that everyone thinks of as a mark of this success is .com, that is to say that when people hear a .biz, .bb, .xyz, or even .net, they immediately have a lower connotation. They ask "Why don't they have a .com?" This may be due to phishing or scams over the years or the .com boom, but everyone thinks of the .com as the standard for safe, reputable business. While large companies can afford whatever you charge them, small businesses may be forced to spend their money on "lower quality" / secondary domain names and are more likely to be perceived as lower quality or not above bore. This is not to say that each domain name does not have a purpose, each does; it is to say that the collective perceived security of .com is fundamental to a thriving society and economy. In the past, non-root dns servers were set up to expand upon the options that you did not provide and forced you to even take some of the offered domain names into your fold. If you raise the prices on the fundamental domain names like .com, you may set yourself up for greater interest in such services again. If it was not clear already, I oppose the changes that you have proposed in the amendment and I hope you realize the deterrent they will cause, and urge you to do the right thing by terminating amendment 3. Thank you for your time, J. F. White-Swift