I am deeply dismayed by the covert manner in which the contract is being modified and the consideration that ICANN is receiving for the modification. It is my understanding that ICANN, a nonprofit organization, will purportedly receive $20 million dollars from Verisign in exchange for allowing Verisign to increase prices for .com domain registration. I find this arrangement very disturbing as do many other registrants, especially in light of ICANN's nonprofit characterization.

I urge you to reconsider the propriety of such a contract and to work toward encouraging competition between domain name registrars instead of thwarting competition.