.la

Infobox Top level domain
name=.la
background=#CCF


introduced=1996
type=Country code top-level domain
status=Active
registry=LA Names Corporation
sponsor=LANIC
intendeduse=Entities connected with Laos
actualuse=Marketed as domain for Los Angeles; hasn't really caught on much
restrictions=None; some names are reserved as "premium names" at extra cost
structure=Registrations are taken directly at the second level
document= [http://www.icann.org/cctlds/la/ ICANN .la MoU]
disputepolicy=UDRP
website= [http://www.la/ WWW.LA] |

.la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos.

History

The LA Names Corporation, based in Guernsey, has gained the rights to market .la registrations, and they had used the registry services of Afilias and, formerly, the registrar services of DreamHost. However, DreamHost has discontinued registrar services as of May, 2006, and CentralNic now provides these services. CentralNic is based in the United Kingdom, while the .la domain is allocated to Laos, but the registrar site claims it to be associated with the city of Los Angeles [http://www.la/: "LOS ANGELES is the world's first city to be awarded its own unique internet address: .LA."] .

External links

* [http://www.iana.org/root-whois/la.htm IANA .la whois information]
* [http://www.la/ Official registry site]

References