<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">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">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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc 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 class="h5">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>
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<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"><br clear="all"><div><br>
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