Dear Sir/Madam, It has been my experience that annual increases to services aren't always beneficial to the end user and in the case of the .COM TLD, it is my believe that any annual increase to this TLD would seriously affect a large no of .COM users within a few very short years. The question that needs to be asked here is at what point do we stop screwing people with excessive annual rate rises because we can and because Profit is the all important goal of our over taxed, profit only focused society. In the opinion of the writer, annual rises in .COM TLD's are not necessarily desirable, however perhaps a bi-annual review might be acceptable as long as any increase was kept at a reasonable level and not applied just because you can, solely to increase profits. Any increase would need to show that there is just cause and need for the increase. Yours sincerely DP