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October 20th, 2006, 10:01 AM
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| A simple question This wondered me the day I saw it: Why does co.uk exist? All countries are: .at .ch .de .es .fr .sk .us etc etc... but in England it's co.uk. Why not just .uk like all other countries???
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October 20th, 2006, 10:16 AM
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| Here's one explaination.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.co.uk Quote:
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October 20th, 2006, 11:14 AM
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| thanks... One learns something new every day
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October 21st, 2006, 08:31 AM
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| Hey man, 'co.uk' is for the whole of the United Kingdom, not just England.
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October 21st, 2006, 10:53 AM
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| Ok, when I said England I meant Scotland and Wales too.
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October 21st, 2006, 01:06 PM
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| And I guess the "co.uk" instead of only "uk" is meant as a symbol against the "American" ".com", then? I mean: They *could* simply use www.bbc.uk, right? Plus bbc.com. Is there some reason behind having to have a 2nd level domain for UK commercial sites? I see on that wikipedia-article: "It is prohibited to register a domain name directly under .uk (such as .internet.uk) and a second-level domain must be used (such as internet.co.uk)." Yes, okay, it's prohibited. But why? I think the original poster's question is not really answered yet, is it? At least mine isn't... 
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