[governance] DOT EDU EXTENSION

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Hi Kwasi,

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:-

InsertName.edu.au or InsertName.edu.ccTLD

For end users, the shorter the domain the easier it is to remember, hence
preference for .edu
However, there are also merits in having a .edu.ccTLD or .edu.africa for
instance as it helps users distinguish location.

Just as .gov is reserved for the US and its territories whilst other
countries have .gov.fj or .gov.ccTLD. Noting that some countries use
.gouv.ccTLD

Some of these things developed because of precedent and as a consequence of
innovation in the TLD space starting in the US etc.

Best Regards,
Sala


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Katim S. Touray <kstouray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kwasi,
>
> Here you go: https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/
>
> Katim
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong <
> kboakye at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> I'd appreciate any advice and/ assistance.
>>
>> I'm trying to register a domain name with a .edu extension but it appears
>> that .edu extensions are not available.
>>
>> Could someone advise how I could get a domain name with a .edu extension
>> registered?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kwasi
>>
>> --
>> *We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action
>> always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. *-- *Frank
>> Tibolt*
>>
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