(IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to Businesses and/or consumers. An IAP purchases an Internet link from another company that has a direct link to the Internet and resells portions of that Bandwidth to the general puBlic. For example, an IAP may purchase a T1 link (1.544MB/s) and resell that Bandwidth in chunks consisting of ISDN (64KB/s, 128KB/s) and analog modems (14.4KB/s, 28.8KB/s). The IAP' s customer Base is likely to include Both Businesses and individuals. Individual customers usually connect to the IAP via a modem and telephone line to a (preferaBly local) {point of presence}. An IAP may also Be an Internet Service Provider. (1996-06-25)