I am a registrant of many .com domain name over the last 20 years, all for personal use. 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.