To whomever it concerns, I am a registrant of a .com domain name. I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The Internet was a space of freedom, and that it should remain. To ensure this freedom, anybody should be able to own a domain name, the only entry barrier being technical competency (which is lowered every day thanks to new management services). A domain name price should never be a barrier preventing people from owning their place on the Internet. If the proposed price increase is due to Verisign finding that the dot com registry is a hassle, I am sure you should be able to find another organisation willing to handle that without needing to increase the price. Better yet, maybe you should anyway ask for another handler for the dot com registry, one that could make these domain even cheaper and, more importantly, one that should be non US based. Regards, Nicolas Bernard Arches, France