Profit chasing by corporate giants leaves the masses feeling used, helpless and exploited. It is always reasonable for price increases that are justified and necessary but when the limit is removed and the price raise has no increased value of a service or product it becomes a hard pill to swallow. Also, with the alternatives to .com constantly growing with competitive price options for the consumer to turn to, aggressively raising the price will encourage the users to consider turning to cheaper and more accurate domain names. ".COM" has always been such a great symbol unifying WWW in a way that makes it easy for all to use and navigate. It seems that Verisign is not interested in their customer base, again, and not considering the long term consequences of their decisions. Thomas Kershaw tom@tomofsweden.com Sweden