Are you behind a proxy?

If you are, WWW::Mechanize respects your $ENV{HTTP_PROXY} environment variable - you could try setting that in your program to whatever your browser is set to.

Update: Just checked the Mech FAQ, How to use mech through a proxy might be of interest, too

s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)
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