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In article <Bv7nqA.Io2@wimsey.bc.ca>, sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:
> There is a bit more "control" of the .ca namespace than some people like.
> 
> E.g. as mentioned above it is difficult for some sites to get XXX.ca and
> instead have something like XXX.bc.ca. To get something in the .com/.edu
> etc domains you just apply for it. If it's not a mis-representing yourself
> and no-one else has it you'll probably get it. It is also hard to select a 
> domain name in .ca that doesn't closely relate to the name of your company 
> or organization. 
> 
> So if you want to be darkhorse.ca you had better be a company called Darkhorse 
> Ltd that operates nationally. If you want to be darkhorse.com you just have 
> to make sure no-one else has registered it.

When we went to register our domain, we were apparently told it *must* be
.gov.bc.ca since we're a provincial government in BC.  I'm surpised that
unbc.ca is going to be allowed.  With the standards that BCnet has apparently
adopted, it should be unbc.bc.ca.  The university does not operate nation-wide
so it should be registered in the bc domain.

> There are also more than a few people who believe that .ca is a bit silly
> and that we should be using the americian domains period.

Standards are a good thing and I support the approach the BCnet and CAnet
administrators are taking.  The number of domains has increased to such a point
that it makes sense to try to group them better than they currently are.

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