извращенец, в C# есть HttpWeb Request/Response

private string GetResponse(string url)
{
var request = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(url);
try
{
request.Method = "GET";
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.GetEncoding(1251)))
{
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch
{
return null;
}
}