>The same problem exists with .EDU capriciously adopting new criteria >that excludes any non-US-based institutions from being eligible. I >believe the major issue is that if a TLD is in the global namespace, >then it should NOT be allowed to restrict registrations based on >country; the internet is global and .GOV and .EDU are in Global >Namespace.
Gee, someone should alert NANOG management that the list has fallen through a wormhole into 1996. To answer the original question, many governments use a subdomain of their ccTLD such as gc.ca or gov.uk. Or they just use a name directly in the ccTLD such as bundesregierung.de. R's, John
