Shaw Internet
E849503
Shaw Internet is a Canadian internet service provider that offers broadband and related telecommunications services, primarily in Western Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaw Internet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10208648 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaw Internet Context triple: [Bell Internet, competitor, Shaw Internet]
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A.
Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
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B.
Bell Internet
Bell Internet is a Canadian residential and business internet service provider offering broadband and fiber connections under the Bell brand.
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C.
Plusnet
Plusnet is a UK-based internet service provider known for offering affordable broadband and phone packages, historically operating as a value-focused brand under BT Group.
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D.
IAC
IAC is a U.S.-based media and internet holding company that owns and operates a wide portfolio of online brands and digital services.
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E.
Sky Broadband
Sky Broadband is a major UK and Ireland internet service provider offering home broadband and related connectivity services under the Sky brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaw Internet Target entity description: Shaw Internet is a Canadian internet service provider that offers broadband and related telecommunications services, primarily in Western Canada.
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A.
Cox Internet
Cox Internet is a major U.S. broadband and telecommunications service provider offering high-speed internet and related digital services to residential and business customers.
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B.
Bell Internet
Bell Internet is a Canadian residential and business internet service provider offering broadband and fiber connections under the Bell brand.
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C.
Plusnet
Plusnet is a UK-based internet service provider known for offering affordable broadband and phone packages, historically operating as a value-focused brand under BT Group.
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D.
IAC
IAC is a U.S.-based media and internet holding company that owns and operates a wide portfolio of online brands and digital services.
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E.
Sky Broadband
Sky Broadband is a major UK and Ireland internet service provider offering home broadband and related connectivity services under the Sky brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Internet service provider ⓘ |
| brandOf | Shaw Communications ⓘ |
| brandStatus | regional brand ⓘ |
| connectionType |
fixed broadband
ⓘ
wired broadband ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Calgary, Alberta
ⓘ
linked to:
Calgary
|
| industry |
Internet access industry
ⓘ
telecommunications industry ⓘ |
| languageOfService |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| marketPosition | major regional ISP in Western Canada ⓘ |
| networkType |
cable network
ⓘ
hybrid fibre-coaxial network ⓘ |
| offersBundle |
Internet and TV bundles
ⓘ
Internet and phone bundles ⓘ |
| offersFeature |
data caps on some plans
ⓘ
modem rental ⓘ self-installation options ⓘ technical support ⓘ |
| offersService |
Wi-Fi services
ⓘ
broadband Internet ⓘ business Internet ⓘ cable Internet ⓘ email services ⓘ home Internet ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Shaw Communications ⓘ |
| regionFocus |
Western Canada suburban areas
ⓘ
Western Canada urban areas ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Alberta
ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ Western Canada ⓘ |
| serviceCategory |
Internet access service
ⓘ
telecommunications service ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
enterprise customers
ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ small business customers ⓘ |
| technologyUsed |
DOCSIS
ⓘ
DOCSIS 3.0 ⓘ
linked to:
DOCSIS
DOCSIS 3.1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shaw Internet Description of subject: Shaw Internet is a Canadian internet service provider that offers broadband and related telecommunications services, primarily in Western Canada.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.