The title of this post is very misleading. Verizon has made no change to the schedule of the shutdown other than allowing more time for end-users to request a partial download of data that they've posted. These downloads are incomplete and do not contain much of the metadata required to be useful for archiving.

Verizon are giving a tiny, meaningless concession to change the narrative and make everything seem fine now, but it is not. A vast trove of important historical information will become inaccessible and essentially lost forever in less than four days.

Verizon provides no way for anyone to download a complete, archival quality copy of groups. The only method currently available is by using the third party software that Verizon is attempting to block and this method will become completely unavailable after the 14th.