CALGARY – Shaw Communications’ top-end broadband service got even faster today.
The company launched Fibre+ Gig 1.5, which it says is “a new internet plan designed to provide gamers, streamers and other heavy data users the speed and bandwidth they need.
“We know that there’s a growing segment of people — including heavy gamers, content creators and super streamers — who need access to ultrafast internet services, and that need has only increased during the pandemic as many of our customers manage the reality of having multiple people working from home and sharing bandwidth,” said Paul Deverell, Shaw’s consumer division president, in the press release, explaining the reasons behind the speed boost.
Fibre+ Gig 1.5 is available in the vast majority of neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg, as well as in smaller cities Shaw serves, such as Dawson Creek, B.C., Banff, Alta., and Burnaby, B.C.
“The hard work and investments we’ve made in building, upgrading and expanding our Fibre+ and Fast LTE networks and services — nearly $30 billion over the past seven years — allow us to deliver these ultrafast speeds to Western Canadians over our existing infrastructure,” added Zoran Stakic, chief operating officer and chief technology officer, in the release. “These ongoing investments are the foundation to providing our customers service beyond one gigabit today and ultrafast speeds to more places in the future.”
Shaw’s new internet speed tier is a premium product with unlimited data, available to customers for $165 per month on a two-year plan.
