I am a domainer (I invest in domain names as a business and I also develop a large chunk of my portfolio).

I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains.

No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. This is unfair monopoly by Verisign which seems to exploit a legal loophole. This has to be thoroughly investigated for insider trading.

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.

Dimitris Pagkalos (BrightOrigin.com)
Athens, Attica Greece