To whom it may concern: I strongly oppose the in the dark, behind the scenes dealmaking that seeks to push through a 70% increase in .coms over the decade. I can understand how Verisign’s $20 million extra worth of “encouragement" has likely "greased the skids", but it looks very sleazy to me, and I fail to see how this benefits anyone other than Verisign and ICANN. On behalf of the millions of .com owners, I hope your review will result in an open and honest reevaluation of this contract extension. Regards, Erik Boelter