Re: [FreeDNS] Why..

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but he just told you why
----- Original Message -----
From: "leuce" <leuce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <freedns@xxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [FreeDNS] Why..


> Your information is correct, but I think the OP's question was why don't
we
> have names like in the Netherlands where you can get yourname.nl.  Hence,
> why does it have to be yourname.co.za instead of simply yourname.za.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Graham Downs" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <freedns@xxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [FreeDNS] Why..
>
>
> > edu.za
> > ac.za
> > mil.za
> >
> > There's also talk of a net.za. (No, not .za.net <g>) school.za is
starting
> > to become popular as well, but it essentially has the same purpose as
> > edu.za. (As opposed to .ac.za, which specifically refers to colleges and
> > universities, edu.za refers to primary and secondary schools [Private
and
> > Government]).
> >
> > In the case of the US, any address without a country code is assumed to
be
> > in the US - in the old days, the US was the only country online, so they
> > didn't need country codes. So .co.za is the equivalent of a .com in the
> > states, .org.za is the equivalent of a .org in the states, etc.
> >
> > Somebody let me know if any of my information is incorrect.
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: freedns-admin@xxxxxx [mailto:freedns-admin@xxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Colin
> > Alston
> >   Sent: Saturday, 08 June 2002 13:05
> >   To: freedns@xxxxxx
> >   Subject: Re: [FreeDNS] Why..
> >
> >
> >   no.. actualy south africa has the .za domain.
> >   co is short for company i think.
> >   you also get gov.za org.za as far as i know
> >
> >   Regards, Colin
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: Steenkamp's
> >     To: freedns@xxxxxx
> >     Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 11:19 AM
> >     Subject: [FreeDNS] Why..
> >
> >
> >     why does south africa in any case have domain names like co.za and
so
> > forth
> >     and other countries like the USA and Canada only th .us and .ca ?
> >
> >     Leon
> >
> >
>
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