I am a registrant of a .com domain name.  I am against the proposed price increase to .COM domains. No one other than Verisign want increases in .COM prices. The current rate of $7.85 is already far more than justified. Verisign is merely your manager of the .COM Registry – it has no business dictating the price. ICANN is supposed to govern the domain name system in the public interest. --- A vibrant, healthy internet depends on affordability. Many of us who own domains (and we areprobably in the majority) are independent artists and other "little people."  Please keep the internet viable for this 98% Marilyn LesterNew York, New York United States