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Shaw Communications Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
August 31, 2015
Shaw’s Network
At Shaw we are proud of our advanced hybrid fibre-coax network that is comprised of:
ŠNorth American fibre backbone
Šregional fibre optic and co-axial distribution networks
Šlocal Shaw Go Wifi connectivity
Backbone
The backbone of Shaw’s network includes multiple fibre capacity on two diverse cross-North America routes. The southern route
principally consists of approximately 6,400 route kilometres of fibre located on routes between Seattle and New York City (via
Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto Buffalo, and Chicago). The northern route consists of approximately 4,000 route
kilometres of fibre between Edmonton and Toronto (via Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Thunder Bay). These routes, along with a
number of secured capacity routes, provide redundancy for the network. Shaw also uses a marine route consisting of
approximately 330 route kilometres from Seattle to Vancouver (via Victoria), and has secured additional capacity on routes
between a number of cities, including Vancouver and Calgary, Vancouver and San Jose, Toronto and New York City, Seattle and
Vancouver and Edmonton and Toronto.
LONDON
AMSTERDAM
ASIA
ASIA
SASKATOON
VANCOUVER
CALGARY
VICTORIA
SAN JOSE
PALO ALTO
BUFFALO
MONTREAL
OTTAWA
WASHINGTON
ASHBURN
WINNIPEG
TORONTO
CHICAGO
EDMONTON
SEATTLE
KAMLOOPS
REGINA
NEW YORK
Regional Distribution Network
We connect our backbone network to residential and business customers through our extensive regional fibre optic and co-axial
cable distribution networks.
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