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Costa Rican .co.cr Domain Names to be Lost

Holders of the .co.cr Internet domain names face losing them in April. These domain names include those that end with ac.cr, co.cr, ed.cr, fi.cr, go.cr, or.cr, sa.cr.

While most of the online gambling websites based out of Costa Rica utilize either the .com or .net suffixes, email support and mirror websites often use the .co.cr variations.

After the 90 days starting Feb. 7, the nation’s domain registry will allow the names to be registered by anyone, according to a news release. The original owner will lose rights to the domain. In all, there are 7,380 second level domains registered with the .cr suffix representing Costa Rica.

The Academia Nacional de Ciencias which operates the domain registry, said it is eliminating all the double dot names in favor of a simple .cr suffix. The agency is charging $100 for each domain reregistration. In contrast, some domain registrars elsewhere in the world charge as low as $1.99 a year to register a domain name with a .com, a .tv or .info suffix.

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ATA Airlines will begin a direct Miami-San José route next month

ATA Airlines will begin a direct Miami-San José route next month, the low-cost U.S. carrier said.

ATA also plans to open routes to Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.

The Florida-Costa Rica flights, starting March 15, will cost $190 plus tax, Iván Casorla, sales manager of USA LatinSky, the company charged with ATA’s Costa Rica advertising, told the daily La República. The price would change according to demand, he said.

ATA will become the third airline to fly here directly from Miami, after El Salvador’s TACA and American Airlines. Its flights will be on the Boeing 737-800, which seats 148 in economy class, 12 in executive.

The flight responds to the high demand in the United States for Latin America, according to USA LatinSky operations manager Javier Araya.

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