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1. The use of any telecommunications facilities or services that circumvents those of the local exchange common carrier. Note: Bypass facilities or services may be either customer-provided or vendor-supplied. 2. An alternate circuit that is routed around equipment or system component. (188) Note: Bypasses are often used to allow system operation to continue when the bypassed equipment or a system component is inoperable or unavailable.