What's up with search.cpan.org? I've been trying from a couple of widely separated points on the net to get to it today with no joy. Others reporting the same thing. The last few lines of traceroute are the same in each case:
traceroute to search.cpan.org (198.246.0.28), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets [...] 12 gbr4-p20.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.122.2.53) 1635.209 ms 1658.336 ms 67.077 ms 13 tbr2-p012301.sl9mo.ip.att.net (12.122.10.46) 72.766 ms 72.680 ms 72.455 ms 14 gbr1-p40.sl9mo.ip.att.net (12.122.11.114) 70.741 ms 75.609 ms 71.770 ms 15 gar1-p360.sl9mo.ip.att.net (12.123.24.209) 72.019 ms 70.019 ms 71.824 ms 16 12.125.75.114 (12.125.75.114) 72.775 ms !X 73.310 ms !X * -- Peter Scott

