To Whom It May Concern: It is simply unacceptable what you are doing with raising domain name prices, behind closed doors, to further fund your corporate partnerships and profit margins. This is a formal request to keep the internet open and accessible to all. Hiking prices for the most widespread TLD in the world, by ~70% over the next decade, makes it inaccessible to so much of our internet population. As a company, you are only as strong as your user base, and therefore have a responsibility towards us. Know that we will fight, and we will find ways around your constraints and blatant abuses of power. You are 1%; we are 99%. ICANN & Verisign will crumble as soon as the populace decides you are no longer worth our time or money. DO WHAT IS RIGHT, or we will make sure you fail. *--* *Abel Thomas*