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Internet country code top-level domain for the former Netherlands AntillesJune 2020 .an #CCF University of the Netherlands Antilles logo.png Logo of the University of the Netherlands Antilles, which administered the .an domain 1993 31 July 2015 Country code top-level domain Deleted (succeeded by .cw and .sx) University of the Netherlands Antilles University of the Netherlands Antilles Entities connected with the former Netherlands Antilles Registrations must correspond to name or trademark of registrant; proof of identity must be shown on registration Registrations taken at second level and also at third level beneath some second-level labels Rules .an was the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the former Netherlands Antilles. It was administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. The domain was phased out after the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved in 2010.https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/an.html IANA .an 28 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110426030033/https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/an.html 26 April 2011 live As of November 2010 the .an domain remained live with over 800 domains registered under .an, including secondary levels. On 31 July 2015, use of the domain was discontinued.http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/268890/internetextensie-an-stopt-per-31-juli.html versgeperst.com 7 July 2015 7 July 2015 Internetextensie .AN per 31 juli definitief uit de lucht 11 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133620/http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/268890/internetextensie-an-stopt-per-31-juli.html dead Second level domain Including google.com.an and youtube.com.an (both delegations to Google's nameservers), yahoo.com.an (delegated to Yahoo's nameservers but no A record for yahoo.com.an or www.yahoo.com.an), and visa.com.an (delegation to ultradns.net's nameservers).http://www.robert.net/ccTLD/AN AN Zone File Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data 2008-01-02 2008-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080119124003/http://www.robert.net/ccTLD/AN 19 January 2008 dead With the deletion of AN from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 register the ISO codes CW (Curaçao), SX (Sint Maarten) and BQ (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), the ccTLDs .cw, .sx and .bq have been designated (although the last one is not in use). Phasing out On 31 December 2013, the University of the Netherlands Antilles began removing inactive .an domain names from their databases and systems. On 31 October 2014, ICANN removed the .an domain from the DNS root servers.http://www.uoc.cw/ictssite/index.php/domreg/registering-a-cw-domain Registering .CW Domains 29 August 2014 University of Curaçao https://web.archive.org/web/20140817071254/http://www.uoc.cw/ictssite/index.php/domreg/registering-a-cw-domain 17 August 2014 dead See also Internet in the Netherlands Internet in the Netherlands Antilles ISO 3166-2:AN .nl – ccTLD for the Netherlands .eu – ccTLD for the European Union .aw – ccTLD for Aruba .bq – ccTLD for the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) .cw – ccTLD for Curaçao .sr – ccTLD for Suriname .sx – ccTLD for Sint Maarten, the Dutch side of the island. References External links IANA .an whois information Others collapsed Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Communications in the Netherlands Antilles Category:Internet properties established in 1993 Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2015