<div dir="ltr">Kwasi, you can also go for university.ac.countryname depending on the location of your country like <a href="http://ac.uk" target="_blank">ac.uk</a> for <a href="http://www.oxford.ac.uk" target="_blank">www.oxford.ac.uk</a> (United Kingdom), or.<a href="http://ac.ke" target="_blank">ac.ke</a> like <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke" target="_blank">uonbi.ac.ke</a> <u>(</u>Kenya)<div>
<br></div><div>One question Internet Evangelists have been asking and Roland has raised it is why US reserved .edu and .mil exclusively for themselves. The opening up of the root to allow new GTLDs should answer that question. We now have the chance to localise our TLD experiences. For example, in large parts of East Africa, we speak Swahili which is the official lingua franca. It is therefore logical that for our universities, we should register a TLD .chuo. Chuo is the Swahili name for University. Why would we want .edu while we can register .chuo?</div>
<div><br></div><div>So instead of .mil, our region would go for .jeshi (Swahili for Army)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">Regards<br clear="all"><div>
______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 March 2014 16:26, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Kwasi,<div><br></div><div>As you would have seen from the flurry of emails following your post, .edu is reserved for American accredited educational institutions. All other countries, usually have something like:-</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://InsertName.edu.au" target="_blank">InsertName.edu.au</a> or InsertName.edu.ccTLD</div><div><br></div><div>For end users, the shorter the domain the easier it is to remember, hence preference for .edu</div>
<div>However, there are also merits in having a .edu.ccTLD or .edu.africa for instance as it helps users distinguish location.</div><div><br></div><div>Just as .gov is reserved for the US and its territories whilst other countries have .<a href="http://gov.fj" target="_blank">gov.fj</a> or .gov.ccTLD. Noting that some countries use .gouv.ccTLD</div>
<div><br></div><div>Some of these things developed because of precedent and as a consequence of innovation in the TLD space starting in the US etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>Sala</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Katim S. Touray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kstouray@gmail.com" target="_blank">kstouray@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Kwasi,<div><br></div><div>Here you go: <a href="https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/" target="_blank">https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Katim</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kboakye@gmail.com" target="_blank">kboakye@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
<div dir="ltr">Hello folks,<div><br></div><div>I'd appreciate any advice and/ assistance.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm trying to register a domain name with a .edu extension but it appears that .edu extensions are not available.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Could someone advise how I could get a domain name with a .edu extension registered?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Kwasi<span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
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