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> If it’s a ccTLD (2 characters) not of your own country, don’t take it. Eligibility rules routinely change and you could get kicked out overnight. One of my d

> If it’s a ccTLD (2 characters) not of your own country, don’t take it. Eligibility rules routinely change and you could get kicked out overnight. One of my domains uses the .ch TLD, from Switzerland, I use it for many account registrations via email. Should I be worried that I will lose access and proactively migrate away from this domain?

cpach 4y ago
.ch is owned by a foundation called “SWITCH”. If you trust them, it’s fine. I would guess they’ll be around for a while. https://www.switch.ch/about/foundation/ https://www.switch.ch/about/foundation/
- thiht 4y ago
  > .ch is owned by a foundation called “SWITCH”. That's not entirely true. What happens for ccTLDs is that they're owned by the government, and administrative and technical management of the extension is delegated to a foundation/association. In the example of France (I'm French so I know it best), the .fr has been managed by the Afnic historically, but it's renewed every few years (5 I think?) by the government. Last time was 2021. In the case of ccTLDs you need to trust the associated government no matter what, more than the delegated registry.
  - cpach 4y ago
    Yes, good point.
thiht 4y ago
It depends on the criticity of your domain. Although it's unlikely to happen, Switzerland could decide on a whim to restrict access to .ch to Swiss residents or nationals. My guess is it's very unlikely with Switzerland but who knows? You can judge on the likeliness of that for yourself and act on it accordingly. Realistically I think you're fine sticking with .ch, but consider one of the original gTLDs for future use (com, net, info, org)
dasyatidprime 4y ago
Do they still have the “in case of problems, you might be asked to supply a local postal address for communication” sort of thing that got introduced a bit over a decade ago? (I forget the details and am not in a position to recheck right now.)

cpach 4y ago

.ch is owned by a foundation called “SWITCH”. If you trust them, it’s fine. I would guess they’ll be around for a while. https://www.switch.ch/about/foundation/ https://www.switch.ch/about/foundation/

thiht 4y ago
> .ch is owned by a foundation called “SWITCH”. That's not entirely true. What happens for ccTLDs is that they're owned by the government, and administrative and technical management of the extension is delegated to a foundation/association. In the example of France (I'm French so I know it best), the .fr has been managed by the Afnic historically, but it's renewed every few years (5 I think?) by the government. Last time was 2021. In the case of ccTLDs you need to trust the associated government no matter what, more than the delegated registry.
- cpach 4y ago
  Yes, good point.

thiht 4y ago

It depends on the criticity of your domain. Although it's unlikely to happen, Switzerland could decide on a whim to restrict access to .ch to Swiss residents or nationals. My guess is it's very unlikely with Switzerland but who knows? You can judge on the likeliness of that for yourself and act on it accordingly. Realistically I think you're fine sticking with .ch, but consider one of the original gTLDs for future use (com, net, info, org)

dasyatidprime 4y ago

Do they still have the “in case of problems, you might be asked to supply a local postal address for communication” sort of thing that got introduced a bit over a decade ago? (I forget the details and am not in a position to recheck right now.)