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Internet users nostalgic for old Saskatchewan .sk.ca domain names
Original: Whenever I see a .sk domain I get excited and think it’s a Saskatchewan website. I remember back in the day there were .
A Canadian internet user sparked a small conversation about country and provincial domain names, saying that seeing .sk domains makes them wish Saskatchewan still had its own web addresses. They recalled the old .sk.ca and .on.ca provincial domains and noted that CIRA, the Canadian internet registry, stopped registering them in 2010, calling on the organisation to bring the system back.
Why now: Nostalgia for the early-internet era of provincial domain names has reignited debate over whether CIRA should reinstate them.
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- Whenever I see a .sk domain I get excited and think it’s a Saskatchewan website. I remember back in the day there were . sk.ca and . on.ca domain names. I found CIRA stopped registering them in 2010. So that’s sad! @ cira would be cool to bring it back! #tech #canada #internet · plzupgrademe@fedi.txw.ca · 2
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