An internet services provider (ISP) is an entity whose business is to provide services for accessing and using the internet. An ISP may also offer other internet-related services, including access to software, web hosting, and digital storage space rental services, or other related telecommunication services, such as telephone connection or cable TV access. There are different types of ISPs, like access IPSs, mailbox ISPs, hosting ISPs, transit ISPs, and Virtual ISPs.
See also: Digital Millennium Copyright Act; Internet Service Provider (ISP)
[Last updated in July of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]