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Mountain Man (prfbrown@magna.com.au) wrote:
: I have three questions about domain name conventions for anyone
: who is able to assist .....

Sure, but aus.net.status is not the place for these questions.
aus.net.status is (was?) intended more for status and downtime/
uptime reports of Internet-connected networks within Australia.

Note that followups have been directed to aus.net.news.

: Suppose there exists an international company called "GLOBALCO".

: (1) If an internet domain name for "globalco" was applied for in 
: Australia, is it obligatory that the domain name have the extention
: of ".au" such that the full domain name becomes "globalco.com.au"???
: 
: Can the ".au" be dropped???

As far as I understand it, there is one central body that handles
root-level domain registrations (eg .com), and there is another
that handles .au registrations.  So this answer really depends on 
where you register the domain name.

: (2) Conversely, should I see a domain name "AnotherCo.com.np" I might
: hazzard a guess that this was registered in Nepal (eg).

Yes. .np is Nepal.

: (3) Finally, if a domain name has NO country-code, can it be assumed
: that this company is in the USA (with no .us by default), and if so,
: are there many exceptions to this rule?  [nb: .com only - not .net]

No, this is not a safe assumption. There are several (though none
come to mind) subdomains in .com, not in the USA.

-Wigs