I can't connect to IRC either, but that's because someone on campus has a trojaned machine and Technology Services is too ineffective to do anything about it. I've been G-lined from two networks in the past month because everyone on campus is NATed through the same IP address, so if one person gets banned for having a trojan IRC bot, everyone loses access.
At least I can still listen, though. I should fly to England and listen to it together with Rexy.