Feb. 12, 2020
9:31 p.m.
To whom it may concern: As the owner of a dot com domain (davidschlachter.com), I see no reason why Verisign's share of fees should increase at a rate higher than inflation. Costs of maintaining the dot com registry should decrease (per domain) year over year as efficiencies are implemented. If costs are increasing they are a result of a) no competition or b) perverse incentives encouraging over-spending. In the public interest fees should be kept at similar levels in perpetuity. David Schlachter