.ec
{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Ecuador}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name = .ec
| image = Nic.ec logo.png
| introduced = 1 February 1991
| type = Country code top-level domain
| status = Active
| registry = EcuaNet
| sponsor = NICEC
| registereddomains = 49,340
| dateregistereddomains = 2022-12-15
| refregistereddomains = {{Cite web |date=2022-12-15 |title=EcuadorDomain |url=https://nic.ec/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213084934/https://nic.ec/ |archive-date=2022-12-13 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Nic.ec}}
| intendeduse = Entities connected with Ecuador
| actualuse = Popular in Ecuador
| 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
| document = [http://www.nic.ec/eng/politicas/default.htm Policies]
| disputepolicy = UDRP
| website = [http://www.nic.ec/ 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:
class="wikitable"
!Domain !Intended users |
.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 |
.mil.ec |
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.{{cite web|url=http://blog.archive.today/post/153325783921/estimadao-cliente-debido-a-un-error|title=Archive.is blog — """ Estimada/o cliente, Debido a un error...|website=Archive.is blog|access-date=14 April 2018}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ec.html IANA .ec whois information]
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Category:Country code top-level domains
Category:Telecommunications in Ecuador
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