The .com  domains have become the de-facto internet standard and raising the prices now feels like a monopoly raising its rates just because it can. I believe, because it has become an 'internet standard', the .com extension has lost many of it's rights as an domain name extension which a private company like Verisign can legally control control. -- Randy Peterson -This message is confidential. It may contain proprietary information and also be privileged or otherwise protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system; you may not copy this message or disclose its contents to anyone. The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.-