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<blockquote data-quote="katherine" data-source="post: 2232923" data-attributes="member: 63835"><p>While .edu is overwhelmingly US, it is open to foreign institutions.</p><p>The requirements are outlined here: <a href="https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/eligibility.asp" target="_blank">https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/eligibility.asp</a></p><p></p><p>True, we often lump .edu together with .mil & .gov, which are strictly US-restricted. That must be the reason why they'd rather put the emphasis on .ca today even though .edu is prestigious like you said.</p><p></p><p>In 1986, the landscape was much different. The first domain names had been added to the root just a year earlier. There were few TLDs in the beginning: .com .net .us .il .mil + a couple others and of course .edu.</p><p>.ca was only added to the root in 1987 (still earlier than most other ccTLDs).</p><p>I guess ubc.ca must have been one of the very first .ca registered.</p><p>In 1986 you could not have a .ca yet, so the only way to interconnect on the Internet/Arpanet was to use whichever TLD was most suitable to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katherine, post: 2232923, member: 63835"] While .edu is overwhelmingly US, it is open to foreign institutions. The requirements are outlined here: [URL]https://net.educause.edu/edudomain/eligibility.asp[/URL] True, we often lump .edu together with .mil & .gov, which are strictly US-restricted. That must be the reason why they'd rather put the emphasis on .ca today even though .edu is prestigious like you said. In 1986, the landscape was much different. The first domain names had been added to the root just a year earlier. There were few TLDs in the beginning: .com .net .us .il .mil + a couple others and of course .edu. .ca was only added to the root in 1987 (still earlier than most other ccTLDs). I guess ubc.ca must have been one of the very first .ca registered. In 1986 you could not have a .ca yet, so the only way to interconnect on the Internet/Arpanet was to use whichever TLD was most suitable to you. [/QUOTE]
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