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On Mon, 12 Mar 2018 07:34:41 -0500, gypsylcd wrote:

> Thanks for trying. I'm on Giganews and I've never been able to dl files
> that old.  They advertise it but I can never make it work.

I use nGroups.net, and their 3000+ day binary retention is real.  They do
have some gaps, mostly when the articles didn't fully propagate because
the OP used a flakey provider.  Or, to put it another way, my waiting 5+
years to use or retry an NZB has not magically fixed the posting.  But,
I'm still getting reliable downloads, mostly images that I passed over
when they were first posted.

Funny thing:  Back then, there was a poster in a.b.d.c that was ALWAYS
touting the superiority of Giganews, I guess it was just her 'rose-colored'
glasses and not a verifiable reality.

Oh, yes, I did download that particular image of 'Victim' in January 2011
(based on the datestamp of the VIDEO_TS folder and it's contents).

BTW:  nGroups does have a free "3 day / 5 GB" trial (which could be used
to mostly prove the availability of Victim (a 6.25 GB un-rar'd image).
Standard disclaimer:  I don't work for them, I'm just a very happy
customer.

I can't upload for you, since I truly am in the middle of nowhere and have
less than a 1 Mbs uplink.

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