Dear ICANN, We operate two small businesses and have received notification of the pending increases to .com domain names. Small business is the lifeline of both consumers and the nation and any excessive and consistent increase in fees erodes our ability to operate profitable, which in turn affects our employees as well. We strongly object to the proposed agreement with Verisign which will have a detrimental effect to many hundreds of thousands / millions of businesses. We kindly urge your organisation to act in the best interests of consumers and small businesses and avoid these unnecessary fee increases. Thank you. Kind Regards, PAUL ANTOS AFP(r) BA, Adv Dip. Fin Plan, Dip FS (Fin/Mge Bk), AMFAA