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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by thiht on Sunday July 23, 2023 @01:11PM (#36837368)
You’re confusing TLDs and domain names.
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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by 8organicbits on Sunday July 23, 2023 @03:40PM (#36838953)
ICANN has lots of rules around TLD assignment, so squatting .gov doesn't seem possible. But some have recurring cost. Here's gTLDs:

> a fixed fee of US$6,250 per calendar quarter; (b) and a transaction fee of US$0.25. [1]

.gov is not a gTLD, I'm not sure what financial relationship exists, if any.

[1] https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs...

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