I have a curated free internet directory with a network of 800+ separate domain names and active websites. We focus on global education and health care. The fee increase will make it more difficult to support and develop this open access project. Advancing technology usually brings the costs down rather the up. The only beneficiaries here seem to be Verisign and ICANN. There is a value to encouraging the open flow of information. Nobody in the deal represented the customer. Who represents the customer? No one. Jame Rutherford MD Connect Online Top20.com