I personally own a .com domain (rainbownopsled.com). If this deal goes through, and Verisign is allowed to raise prices on .com domains, this could affect both me and many of my friends personally, at the very least. However, more importantly, many businesses rely on their .com domains, and increasing prices would greatly affect the internet for years to come, with established, big players on top, and smaller or newer players disallowed from competition. This is especially important because .com is by far the most popular and widely-used TLD. Most users of the internet would not want Verisign to have the power this deal would give them. Please, put the people, the users, and the small businesses first instead of major corporations. Internet freedom largely depends on accessibility and price of entry, and affordable .com domains are a part of that. Thank you for your time. rainbownopsled