Competitive Access Provider


Competitive Access Provider

(networking)(CAP, or "Bypass Carrier") A company whichprovides network links between the customer and theIntereXchange Carrier or even directly to the Internet Service Provider. CAPs operate private networks independentof 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)].