I wanted to voice a comment against the increase in price for .com registrations. .com and other TLD registration prices continue to rise despite the industry maturing into a stable situation where it ought to be able to sustain service at the same price. I would argue that it is monopolistic to raise prices in this way as long as Verisign is a for-profit company. The market and consumes would be better served by the TLD operator being a non-profit and letting natural competition occur at the Registrar level. As long as Verisign, and other TLD Operators, have no competition then any price increase should be viewed with skepticism.

Dan Smith