Most of the
CPAN sites are ftp sites. Here's a list of sites:
On the Web:
http://www.perl.com/CPAN (multiplex only)
http://www.perl.org/CPAN
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/
FTP, BY CONTINENT:
Africa
South Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
Asia
Hong Kong ftp://ftp.hkstar.com/pub/CPAN/
Japan ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp/lang/perl/CPAN/
South Korea ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
Taiwan ftp://dongpo.math.ncu.edu.tw/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.wownet.net/pub2/PERL/
Australasia
Australia ftp://ftp.netinfo.com.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
New Zealand ftp://ftp.tekotago.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
Europe
Austria ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
Belgium ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
Czech Republic ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/Languages/Perl/CPAN/
Denmark ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
France ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/unix/perl/CPAN/
Germany ftp://ftp.gmd.de/packages/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/programming/languages/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/Perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
Greece ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
Hungary ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
Italy ftp://cis.utovrm.it/CPAN/
the Netherlands ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.EU.net/packages/cpan/
Norway ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
Poland ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
Portugal ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/lang/perl/
ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/CPAN/
Russia ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
Slovenia ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
Spain ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/mirror/perl/
ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
Sweden ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
Switzerland ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
UK ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/
ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/
ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/perl-CPAN/
North America
Ontario ftp://ftp.utilis.com/public/CPAN/
ftp://enterprise.ic.gc.ca/pub/perl/CPAN/
Manitoba ftp://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
California ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/perl/
Colorado ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
Florida ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
Illinois ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
Massachusetts ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/
New York ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
North Carolina ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
Oklahoma ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
Oregon ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/CPAN/
Pennsylvania ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
Texas ftp://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
ftp://ftp.metronet.com/pub/perl/
Washington ftp://ftp.spu.edu/pub/CPAN/
South America
Chile ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/Lang/perl/CPAN/