Against Renewal of .NET registry agreement between ICANN & Verisign [supplement] Summary Position of this Comment: STRONG OPPOSITION Regarding proposed .NET registry renewal posted by ICANN at: https://www.icann.org/public-comments/net-renewal-2017-04-20-en Supplement to our prior points: We belatedly recognize some comments critical of Verisign and/or ICANN have been anonymized, the submitters perhaps fearing retaliation or blacklisting. This highlights the possibility many more members of the public might wish to comment, but don't participate due to ICANN / Verisign vast powers, monopolist strength, and our continuing significant need for services under the control of those being critiqued. In such sense, is this public comment exercise at all valid or realistic? ICANN and Verisign employ top tech people, but they're likely underpaid. It's the technical sections that keep the internet safe and secure, yet too much of the multimillions rolling through these organizations goes to executive strategies for monopoly. The contracting procedure offering the no-bid monopoly to operate .NET & .COM contradicts two of ICANN's Core Values: [Use market mechanisms to promote a competitive environment] and [Promote competition to benefit the public interest]. ICANN could & should investigate, calculate & publicly reveal alternatives to the costs of continuing the Verisign monopoly. Thank you all involved for maintaining our multi-stakeholder environment. Sincerely Dr. Bruce Henry Lambert Stockholm, Sweden