Big Pipe Receives Delivery of Dark Fiber from 360networks.

Business Editors

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2001

Big Pipe Inc., a division of Shaw Communications Inc., (NYSE:SJR) (TSE:SJR.B.) (CDNX:SJR.A) announced today that, as part of a broad-ranging agreement first announced in March 2000, it has received delivery from 360networks inc. of 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) of dark fiber in Canada and the United States.

The dark fiber is located on routes between Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Buffalo, and Seattle to Sacramento.

"We are very excited to have received this dark fiber," said Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications Inc.. "It represents the culmination of months of preparatory work under our agreement with 360networks. This is a tremendous opportunity for Shaw and Big Pipe customers and investors to realize the full advantages arising out of our ownership of our network infrastructure."

Under its original agreement with 360networks worth more than US $165 million (CDN $250 million), Big Pipe also expects to receive OC-48 (2.5 gigabits per second) channels between Vancouver and Toronto and an additional 5,800 kilometers (3,600 miles) of dark fiber in North America by the end of this year. About Big Pipe Inc.

Big Pipe Inc., a division of Shaw Communications Inc., operates a national fiber backbone for broadband Internet services. In addition to being the primary Internet backbone for Shaw's broadband Internet customers, Big Pipe's facilities are available to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and organizations that require end-to-end connectivity to the Internet. The Big Pipe product offering includes Video, Ethernet Broadband, and ATM Broadband. Additional information can be found on the Internet at www.bigpipeinc.com.

About Shaw Communications Inc.

Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet and satellite services to approximately 2.8 million customers. Shaw also has significant interests in telecommunications, Internet infrastructure and interactive television companies. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges (Symbol: TSE - SJR.B, NYSE - SJR).

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