As a long time owner of a modest number of COM domains, I wish to voice my outrage at the deal struck behind closed doors that would allow Versign to unilaterally raise fees for COM domains.
COM domains are essentially a public utility and secret deals violate an implied public trust. Moreover, the opportunity for profit by capricious price increases over customers held hostage due to established business is grossly unfair.
Would it be ok for a city government to allow a commercial vendor a monopoly on managing the physical locations for customers to shop, and for businesses to receive mail, and then to give that monopoly vendor the right t
o escalate fees by more than 70% in 10 years?
I strongly urge reconsideration and renegotiation of this deal.
Robert Langer