$ time GET http://perlmonks.org
real    0m5.053s
user    0m0.130s
sys     0m0.060s
$ time GET http://www.google.com
real    0m0.593s
user    0m0.150s
sys     0m0.000s
$ time GET http://www.perl-community.de
real    0m0.332s
user    0m0.160s
sys     0m0.000s