I am strongly opposed to the proposed price increase to .COM domains. The following entry is from ICANN's website- "ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable." ICANN is supposed to operate for the public benefit. I don't believe this policy would fall under "public benefit". There is no financial justification to raise the price. It is simply because they can. Advancements in technology are driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet domain prices keep going up for registrants. Verisign is merely the manager, not the owner, of the .COM Registry. It is allowed to operate the extension by contract and should have no role in setting the price. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is simply a handout to a company with a de facto monopoly at the expense of registrants. This is on the heels of the .ORG contract debacle where ICANN ignored the overwhelming public sentiment against it, and moved forward in removing price caps. Now we also have the pending .ORG sale to a private equity company which involves several former ICANN leaders and connected parties. This deal is currently being investigated by the California Attorney General. ICANN is facing a crisis in credibility. Is ICANN working in the public interest or not? Brad Mugford DataCube.com