Greetings...
I am a Domain investor and I more than 120 .com domain names registered with me.
The proposed price hikes are unjustified to anyone but it is hugely beneficial for Verisign.
removing price cap and increasing prices is a very unpopular method and can be factor to leave .com and try other options for millions of domains.
ICANN is supposed to think of public interest..in this scenario there is no hint of such thing.
you need to act according to public opinion and get back your reputation.
Best regards,
Ravi sekhar Veenam.