Shaw High-Speed Internet Rules the West; Company Tops the One Million Customer Mark on June 14,...

CALGARY, Alberta -- When the Beckley family of Chestermere, Alberta ordered Shaw High-Speed Internet on June 14, they simply thought they were placing a straightforward service request to Shaw Cablesystems. Little did they know that they were the customers that would put Shaw (NYSE:SJR) (TSX:SJR.B)

"Internet access is a competitive business," said Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications. "There are a range of choices for customers, and in our markets, more than one million of them have chosen Shaw. We believe speed, reliability and service have been the strengths that have helped us achieve this significant milestone."

Shaw launched its High-Speed Internet service on November 12, 1996 in Calgary. Since its launch, Shaw has consistently been the leader in Western Canada in terms of growth, availability and technology deployment.

To congratulate the Beckley family as the millionth Internet customer, they will be awarded a trip for 4 anywhere in North America (including flight, hotel and spending money). In addition, Shaw will draw for another North America trip giveaway from its existing Internet customer base. Shaw is giving back to each of its communities through the donation of one million minutes of Internet service (approximately two years) to a local charity or community group, as chosen by the employees of Shaw in each community.

"Reaching this customer milestone is a reaffirmation of the loyal customers we're fortunate to have, in both our cable and Internet businesses," said Bissonnette. "We put our customers at the centre of our business, in all parts of our operations. We've also aggressively deployed High-Speed into smaller communities that previously did not have access to broadband technologies."

Shaw offers three levels of Internet service: Shaw High-Speed Internet, Shaw High-Speed Lite Internet service, and the new Shaw High-Speed Xtreme-I service, which features download speeds of up to 5 MB per second. Bissonnette added that features such as always-on connectivity to the Internet, the delivery of local content, and new value-added services such as Shaw E-Mail Filter have helped propel the company towards the one million mark.

Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet and satellite direct-to-home ("DTH") services to approximately 2.9 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B, NYSE - SJR).