What value do you get for

  o conf connect_to_internet_ok
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Mine has a value of undef which means it asks me every time.

I believe that the init command sets it to 0 which appears to be not to connect. I think setting it to 1 would connect. (You can also go to the CPAN/Config.pm file and delete the hash entry for connect_to_internet_ok, but that could be a problem if you accidentally mess up something else.