Originally Posted by Dogg_P

Downloading via usenet (paid or free) is fast as all get-out.
Usually sustained 950K/s here, which is nice.
There are usually pars to fix any semi corruption.
I only use it for 0-day though, I've never had luck with anything more than a day or two old.
Let me know how your experiences go, I'd love to know how good one of those free long-term retention sites works (but I'm lazy)