RE: [FreeDNS] Why..

["Graham Downs" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not really sure that anything's stopping you from registering
yourname.za. Is there?
Nevertheless, I personally like to be able to get a general idea of the
nature of a website/company from its domain name, and I know I tend to get
very irate when I see people registering private websites under .co.za
(Which is why I like the .za.net concept so much! I only wish it could've
been .net.za) or non-profits under .co.za. I get equally irate when SA (Or
UK, or German, etc.) companies register .com's, but that's another debate.

A place for everything, and everything in its place. :-P

-----Original Message-----
From: freedns-admin@xxxxxx [mailto:freedns-admin@xxxxxx]On Behalf Of
leuce
Sent: Saturday, 08 June 2002 15:55
To: freedns@xxxxxx
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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