noun, Islam. 1. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him. Also, Shiite, ShiÊ¿a, ShiÊ¿ah, ShiÊ¿i.
Product Description: Access Recovery Charge. Effective July 3, 2012, CenturyLink will assess an Access Recovery Charge (ARC) as. a way to recover the costs of providing access to the telephone network, The ARC has. been authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and will be $.50.
CenturyLink gobbled up Denver-based Qwest in April 2011. Subscribers to CenturyLinkâs broadband service in Colorado were hit with a surprise 99-cent-per-month surcharge in June. CJ Powell, a spokesman for Monroe, La.-based CenturyLink, said the so-called Internet Cost Recovery Fee is new for Colorado customers but not for the company. âThe Broadband or Internet Cost Recovery Fee has been in place in much of CenturyLinkâs service areas for several years,â Powell said in an email.