The problem is it isn't even presenting a list of the continent selections to pick, whether name OR number. So when the user inputs "1","2", or "NA","North America" the script has no options to choose from and loops indefinitely.
This is happening across ALL OS platforms, Perl versions, etc which started occuring a few days ago.
It seems the MIRRORED.BY file being downloaded is really messed up which prevents the init script from parsing out the proper info for the question selection.