.ec

.ec

Introduced	1 February 1991
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	EcuaNet
Sponsor	NICEC
Intended use	Entities connected with  Ecuador
Actual use	Popular in Ecuador
Registered domains	49,340 (2022-12-15)[1]
Registration restrictions	Some third-level registrations have restrictions depending on second-level name they are within
Structure	Registrations are made directly at the second level, or at third level beneath some second-level labels
Documents	Policies
Dispute policies	UDRP
Registry website	nic.ec

.ec is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ecuador.

Domains and Subdomains

Registrations are made directly at the second level or at the third level beneath these names:

• .EC General use
• .COM.EC Commercial use
• .INFO.EC General information
• .NET.EC Providers of Internet services
• .FIN.EC Financial institutions and services
• .MED.EC Medical and health-related entities
• .PRO.EC Professionals such as lawyers, architects, accountants, etc.
• .ORG.EC Non-profit organizations and entities.
• .EDU.EC Educational entities.
• .GOB.EC Government of Ecuador, since July 2010
• .GOV.EC Formerly used by the Government of Ecuador; replaced by GOB.EC in 2010
• .MIL.EC Ecuadorian military

Notable incidents involving .ec domains

In November 2016, one of the mirror domains of Archive.is, "archive.ec", did not work for a period of 8 consecutive days due to a software bug in the .ec registry.^[2]

See also

• Internet in Ecuador

References

External links

• IANA .ec whois information

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This page was last edited on 14 December 2023, at 15:00