Well, if I had 30-40 year old computer tapes, guess where I would go to have the data recovered?
In fact before JBII read MY tape from the early 70's, I called several data recovery places and asked them about recovery of old 1/2 inch tapes from the early computer era. Their opinions of 100% recovery were not optimistic. Plus they wanted a $200 non-refundable 'assessment' charge.
I sent it to JBII, and they recovered 100% of the data on the tape. See previous posts for images, etc.
So the answer to your question is Yes......anybody with more than 4 brain cells to rub together will go to whoever has the only technology that guarantees 100% recovery. And they will also go to JBII because their price is much more reasonable than anybody elses...........z