<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">I read about the proposed changes to the .COM fees and allowing Verisign to act as a domain registrar.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">I object to the magnitude of the fee increase. I register about 70 domain names, most of which are .COM. 7%/year for the wholesale price is way too high. Given the current rate of inflation, I suggest 1% is more reasonable. The end-user price will be even higher. It may be trivial if you only register 1 or 2 domain names, but for those of use who have a large number of domain names, the increase in cost will be significant.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">Allowing Verisign to compete with other domain registrars is unfair on the face of it. Verisign should not be the operator of the .COM TLD and a registrar.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">Regards,<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">Tom Thackrey<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">Willow Glen Productions<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;">(408) 623-8829<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;"><br></div><div id="sig64330000"><div class="signature">--<br></div><div class="signature"> Tom Thackrey<br></div><div class="signature"> tom@willglen.com<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:20px;"><br></div></body></html>