Dot Com Increases, NO WAY!

[dns@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Do you think we're idiots? What I find even more amazing is 
that you obviously thought that you might slip this by the 
internet public without notice. No caps on price increases 
AND perpetual control of the COM registry for Verisign? I 
have never seen a more blantant example of two organizations 
scratching each other's backs than this one. ICANN gets to 
increase (by a factor of three) it's budget and hence their fees 
while Verisign has carte blanche on their .COM business 
practices with no one to answer to about it except for their 
"buddy" ICANN. The proposed .COM renewal contract 
should be retooled to reflect the Internet community's 
concerns. YOU WORK FOR US. WE DO NOT WORK FOR 
YOU. gTLDs are a public trust and as such no registry 
operator, including VeriSign, should be given indefinite control 
over them, especially one as important as the .COM registry. 
Wasn't this the reason why the monopoly was taken away from 
Network Solutions? VeriSign's unilateral price increases that 
are not cost-based and not subject to approval should not be 
allowed. All ICANN fees should continue to be approved by 
the Internet community. Internet users should not have to pay 
an unreasonable "ICANN Tax" or pay more for domain names 
just to increase VeriSign's profits. REMEMBER YOUR 
FOUNDING CHARTER AND STOP TURNING INTO 
WHAT YOU WERE CREATED TO PROTECT US FROM.
Lennie Core, Coreave Design & hosting

http://coreave.com