.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

|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.{{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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