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  • Should domains like .edu and .gov be more globally inclusive?
    by /u/Starrizon on November 5, 2026 at 4:30 am

    I understand that the United States played a major role in developing the Internet and its domain name system. Its historical contribution deserves recognition, but does that mean it should retain certain advantages indefinitely? Consider .edu and .gov. Unlike .com, which is available worldwide, .edu is generally restricted to eligible US postsecondary institutions, while .gov is reserved for US government entities. Yet education and government are not uniquely American institutions. I know that other countries have their own domain conventions: British universities use .ac.uk, Japanese universities use .ac.jp, and Chinese universities use .edu.cn. I’m not questioning these systems, nor am I suggesting that they should be replaced. My question is different: why are the shortest and most generic forms, .edu and .gov, geographically restricted to American entities in the first place? Why can’t a qualifying university in Japan, for example, register a .edu domain simply because it meets the same institutional requirements? One possible solution would be to make these domains available internationally through appropriate verification, while allowing existing US registrations to remain and moving new American registrations to .edu.us and .gov.us. I’m not suggesting that history should be erased or existing domains taken away. I’m simply questioning whether historical precedence should justify permanent exclusivity. submitted by /u/Starrizon [link] [comments]

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  • Looking for old price contract netcup servers
    by /u/tryabp on November 4, 2026 at 2:08 pm

    Anyone have unused netcup or not renewing contract of netcup rs 2000 or 1000. I would like to take ownership of that. Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/tryabp [link] [comments]

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