Private domain registration

["J Delman" <jdelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my many email communications with whois.com about the private domain
registration option, they worded their responses so as to give the distinct
impression that private domain registration was available **exclusively**
through whois.com. Consequently I paid them $50 for 5 years for the privacy
service, in addition to the 5 years domain registration fee (which I also
could have gotten more cheaply elsewhere had I not thought it necessary to
register through whois.com in order to get the private registration
service). Now I find that private registration IS in fact available through
other registrars, and that dotster.com is offering complete privacy
protection for $2.99 per year:

<http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=93274>

Is anybody listening? I hope ICANN will look into the practices of
whois.com - they seem to me to be out of control.