in reply to Re^5: LWP for URL monitoring - 500 connect timeout errors
in thread LWP for URL monitoring - 500 connect timeout errors

Add this to your code 
die sprintf "ERRRR(%d)(%s)(%d)(%s)", $!,$!,$^E,$^E;

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that should give you better idea of exact error (LWP should include this)

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