How do newsgroups actually work?

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So you use a newsprovider, is it true to say that they then hold every post for acertain retention peroid, surely the storage for that must be huge.

If there are hundreds of different news providers, does there not need to be a central one, i.e. i want to upload to alt.whatever, I do so, but how does my friend on another newsprovider get it instantly?


Anyone share some knowledge?
 
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