Few Canadians may have understood the significance of the .ca top level domain when it first came into being in 1987, but a quarter century later, few are left in any doubt.
The Canadian government, the bulk of the country's academic institutions and hundreds of sites that fuel national e-commerce are just a few of the two million domains that have chosen to append the .ca suffix to the end of their websites.
It attracted only eight applicants when it was first conceived, but has now grown to become the 14th largest registry out of 250 worldwide, according to the Canadian Internet Regulation Authority (CIRA) which oversees the network.
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canad...years-1.879409
The Canadian government, the bulk of the country's academic institutions and hundreds of sites that fuel national e-commerce are just a few of the two million domains that have chosen to append the .ca suffix to the end of their websites.
It attracted only eight applicants when it was first conceived, but has now grown to become the 14th largest registry out of 250 worldwide, according to the Canadian Internet Regulation Authority (CIRA) which oversees the network.
Full story
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canad...years-1.879409
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