perlfaq nodetype faq_monk To get the best (and possibly cheapest) performance, pick a site from the list below and use it to grab the complete list of mirror sites. From there you can find the quickest site for you. Remember, the following list is not the complete list of CPAN mirrors. <PRE> <A HREF="http://www.perl.com/CPAN">http://www.perl.com/CPAN</A> (redirects to another mirror) <A HREF="http://www.perl.org/CPAN">http://www.perl.org/CPAN</A> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ <A HREF="http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/">http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/</A> ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ </PRE>