.bq

.bq

Introduced	20 February 2010
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Unassigned
Registry	None
Sponsor	None
Intended use	Entities connected with Caribbean Netherlands
Actual use	Not available for use
Registration restrictions	Not available for registration

.bq is designated—but not in use—as the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba^[1] (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.^[2] This decision followed the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles and new status of the Caribbean Netherlands as public bodies of the Netherlands 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.^[3]

BQ was chosen as other possible codes had already been allocated.

• Internet in the Netherlands Antilles
• Internet in the Netherlands
• .an

• IANA .bq whois information

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