.bq is designated—but not in use—as the
Internet
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country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet
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(
ccTLD) for ''
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba'' (the
Caribbean Netherlands) following the assignment on December 15, 2010, by the
ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency of BQ as the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 to the area. This decision followed the
dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and new status of the Caribbean Netherlands as public bodies of the
Netherlands
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, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Neth ...
on October 10, 2010.
On 15 December 2010 the
ISO 3166-1 code for
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius and
Saba changed to reflect the BQ codified for the
ccTLD.
Previously, the Caribbean Netherlands used the former
Netherlands Antilles's ccTLD,
.an, which has been phased out in July 2015. As part of the Netherlands proper,
.nl also applies. Use of the top level domain is as of July 2015 being considered and an economic evaluation is being performed to that effect.
BQ was chosen as other possible codes had already been allocated.
See also
*
Internet in the Netherlands Antilles
*
Internet in the Netherlands
*
.nl
*
.an
References
External links
IANA .bq whois information
Country code top-level domains
Communications in the Dutch Caribbean
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