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Jaiem
May 21st, 2001, 06:25 AM
Looking for a recommendation on a reliable and easy to use registrar for a .edu TLD.

Thanks.
JTY
May 21st, 2001, 10:30 PM
I believe your only option is Network Solutions.
akashik
May 22nd, 2001, 04:48 AM
On the upside though I believe they are still free. There are restrictions of course, but I think it's just a matter of sending them the correct educational qualifications K-12 and what not... or your relevant version.

Greg Moore
yourdomainhost
May 22nd, 2001, 02:01 PM
As far as I know Network Solutions still holds the monopoly on the .edu TLD. I think they're still free, but they're only provided to accredited 4-year degree-granting colleges and universities. K-12 elementary and secondary schools don't qualify -- they usually go for the .us TLD, instead.

James
Jaiem
May 22nd, 2001, 02:39 PM
I have a customer who is a member of a medical specialty professional group. They give courses in the specialty but aren't a college or university. They aren't a company so don't like the idea of being a .com and the .org version of thier name is taken.

So if you don't qualify for a free .edu what's the fee? The usual $70/$35?
yourdomainhost
May 22nd, 2001, 03:30 PM
Originally posted by Jaiem
So if you don't qualify for a free .edu what's the fee? The usual $70/$35?

If you don't qualify for it, you can't have it -- at any price.

They're stuck with the other available TLD's.
Jaiem
May 23rd, 2001, 06:41 AM
Originally posted by yourdomainhost


If you don't qualify for it, you can't have it -- at any price.

They're stuck with the other available TLD's.

And that's why we should all be afraid of any one organization making such decisions.
yourdomainhost
May 23rd, 2001, 09:36 AM
Would you make the same argument if you had a customer who wanted a .gov domain?

If they were on a town council or civic committee, yes.

But that's not the issue.

The customer is part of a non-profit professional/educational organization. IMO that's a .edu TLD.


Oooops! - I hit the EDIT button instead of the REPLY button accidentally. Sorry! Jaiem :)
akashik
May 23rd, 2001, 01:33 PM
I think you'll find if they are a recognized institution providing an eductaional service, then they will be eligible for an .edu domain. Personally I think that .edu, .gov, and .mil domains *should* be very strict about who gets one. As all are important parts of the whole 'fabric of society' to hand them out willy nilly would just make a mockery of the extension itself.

Greg Moore
yourdomainhost
May 23rd, 2001, 02:45 PM
Originally posted by yourdomainhost
The customer is part of a non-profit professional/educational organization. IMO that's a .edu TLD.

By definition and design, the .edu domain is granted to accredited 4-year degree-granting institutions. If it were granted to anyone and everyone who claimed an educational "purpose", it would be as meaningless as .org, which was originally designed to meet the needs of your customer. Also, if everyone who claimed to be educational qualified for .edu domains, it would be as impossible to find an appropriate domain name as it is now for .com's.

By definition and design, the .gov domain is granted to branches of the U.S. Federal Government. City and state governments have access to the .us domain. Same argument applies here as above. We have 50 state Secretaries of State and one Federal Secretary of State. Who gets sos.gov, and what do the rest of them do?



Oooops! - I hit the EDIT button instead of the REPLY button accidentally. Sorry! Jaiem :)

Hmmppph! And it was such an eloquent and well-reasoned response, too :eek:

James