Can help fight Verisign’s latest deal — How you

The settlement between ICANN and Verisign, approved by ICANN just this stretch, will mean higher prices on .com domains. How can you fight this settlement?

Now that ICANN has approved the deal, the arrangement must be approved by the Department of Commerce. You can help apply pressure to the Department of Commerce by contacting your representatives in Congress. Here’s where to find your representatives’ contact information:

Senate
House

Bob Parson’s has an example letter you can send on his blog. It’s a good letter, but you ought to customize it for maximum impact. You might want to include that the price of .net registrations (also handled by Verisign) actually decreased following a competitive bidding process. The deal with Verisign will allow prices to increase 31% over the next four years!