Competitive Access Provider
<networking> (CAP, or "Bypass Carrier") A company which provides network
links between the customer and the IntereXchange Carrier or even directly to the
Internet Service Provider. CAPs operate private networks independent of Local
Exchange Carriers.
["Getting Connected The Internet at 56k and Up", Kevin Dowd, First Edition, p.
49, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., June 1996, ISBN 1-56592-154-2 (US), ISBN
1-56592-203-4 (international)].
(1997-07-23)
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