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Expand Up @@ -62,13 +62,8 @@ <H2>Network</H2>
<P> The master CPAN site is hosted by FUNET, the Finnish University NETwork
(Espoo, Finland, Europe).</P> Select the site nearest to you from the list
below, <B>'Registered CPAN sites</B>' or from our <A HREF="http://mirror.cpan.org/">
mirror database</A> to get the best response time and bandwidth. <B>NOTE</B>: one
way to select 'the nearest' is to use the CPAN Multiplexer which can be used either to
<A HREF="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/">guess</A>
or to
<A HREF="http://www.perl.com/CPAN">select</A>
the nearest site for you
based on your host's Internet domain name.
mirror database</A> to get the best response time and bandwidth.
</p>

<P>The list of the <A HREF="#register">registered</A> CPAN sites follows.
Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields:</P>
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<H3><A NAME="register">Register</A></H3>

<P>If you have a reliable and well-connected ftp or http site where you can
keep CPAN (about 850 MB currently), more mirror sites are welcome.
keep CPAN (about 9GB currently), more mirror sites are welcome.
Feel free to volunteer and contact the <A HREF="#feedback">CPAN
administrators</A> describing your mirroring setup, please see the top
of the file <A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/MIRRORED.BY">MIRRORED.BY</A> or
register it <A HREF="http://mirror.cpan.org/mirror.cgi">on-line</A>. Of course, first
check (see from the <A HREF="#hostlist">above list</A>) whether your
area (network-connectivity-and-bandwidth-wise) is already well
covered. Redundancy and fault-tolerance are good things for ftp
archives like CPAN but virtues can be exaggerated. Mirroring
software <A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/scripts/ftpstuff/mirror-2.8.tar.gz">is available</A>
from the CPAN or from the Mirror <A HREF="http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/"> home page</A>
which will have the most recent version. We also encourage the use of
<A HREF="http://rsync.samba.org/"> rsync</A>.</P>
of the file <A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/MIRRORED.BY">MIRRORED.BY</A>.
</p>

<p>See the FAQ for more instructions on <a
href="http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_mirror_CPAN">How to
mirror CPAN</a></p>


<H3><A NAME="private">Private/Local Mirroring</A></H3>

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sites would give the best <TT>ftp</TT> bandwidth for you (at off-peak hours)
and contact the mirror admin via the email address
given in the <TT>MIRRORED.BY</TT> file to learn the best time of the
day to do your mirror. Mirroring software
<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/scripts/ftpstuff/mirror-2.8.tar.gz">is available</A> from the
CPAN or from the Mirror <A HREF="http://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror/"> home page</A>
which will have the most recent version. We also encourage the use of
<A HREF="http://rsync.samba.org/"> rsync</A>.</P>

<P>We encourage you to read our <A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_mirror_CPAN">
FAQ Section</A> on how to mirror CPAN and visit <A HREF="http://mirror.cpan.org/">the mirror
database</A> to find a mirror close to you and to register yours with CPAN.</P>
day to do your mirror.</P>

<P>We encourage you to read our <A
HREF="http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_mirror_CPAN"> FAQ
Section</A> on how to mirror CPAN and visit <A
HREF="http://mirror.cpan.org/">the mirror database</A> to find a
mirror close to you and to register yours with CPAN.</P>

<H3>Thank You</H3>

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