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> I'm pretty sure most sites do actually respect .edu equivalents in other countries. Certainly seen .ac.uk work. And for most countries it's simply .edu.<count
by znpy 6y ago
> I'm pretty sure most sites do actually respect .edu equivalents in other countries. Certainly seen .ac.uk work. And for most countries it's simply .edu.<country tld>.
No, they don't.
The .edu tld is one of those areas where the US govt still exercises monopoly over a public resource (the dns space).
Here in italy for example, there is no such thing as .edu.it.
Most universities have their own regular .it dns zone.
- ulucs 6y agoMy .edu.tr mail address suggests otherwise. Italy could have simply created an .edu.it extension itself
- enedil 6y agoI have .edu.pl address and most of the times I get educational discounts.
- Galanwe 6y agoSame here in France. Public uni had its own domain "univ-<city>.fr" Never seen a French school/uni with .edu
- bryanlarsen 6y agoCanadian universities named after places are generally u<place_name>.ca, (aka ubc.ca, uwaterloo.ca) but those named after people aren't, like mcgill.ca, queensu.ca, stfx.ca, carleton.ca.
- type0 6y agoÉcole Polytechnique is one https://www.polytechnique.edu/ https://www.polytechnique.edu/
- brabel 6y agoAustralian universities usually have .edu.au domains: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ https://www.sydney.edu.au/ https://www.sydney.edu.au/ https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ https://www.adelaide.edu.au/
- matthewmacleod 6y agoNot sure you’ve drawn the right conclusions there - there are a bunch of countries using .edu under their own cctld. That decision is down to the country - in fact, Italy launched edu.it in 2018: https://www.miur.gov.it/nuovo-dominio-edu.it https://www.miur.gov.it/nuovo-dominio-edu.it
- auganov 6y agoSounds like Italy is unusual but has now created a locked down second level .edu too. And apparently some institutions had .gov.it domains. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miur.gov.it%2Fnuovo-dominio-edu.it https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...