The world is full of greed and so is the internet. But to this point there has still been some equality around how things work in the web. Even regular people have been able to afford and express their opinions and express themselves on .com domains. What do you think will happen, if Verisign is allowed to increase .com domain prices by 7 % annually (with some exeptions)? Little by little only huge corporations can afford the holy grail of domains and all the little people will suffer. The world would become a better place for later generations if we would plant trees. This action can be compared to destroying a rain forest. At 7% the .com domain prices will double roughly every ten years. With this logic in 100 years you need to multiply the current price by 1024. In 200 years you need to multiply it by 1 048 576. That's doubling only twenty times. This may seem far fetched but this is exactly the perspective you need to be thinking in. And this is exactly what will happen. Every time greed today triumphs long term best option, the people will suffer. I hope you can live with the decision that many will suffer because you were greedy. But I guess that you still have the option to make things right. You should consider taking the opportunity.