I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. I am a web designer who registers and manages my client domain names. Domain name registration is a public service and the cost for that service must be directly related to the cost of providing that service. Find another organization to manage .com domain names. John Littleton Medford, Oregon United States - John - John Littleton J'ELan Web Designs