HTTPWebResponse + StreamReader Very Slow

Question

I\'m trying to implement a limited web crawler in C# (for a few hundred sites only) using HttpWebResponse.GetResponse() and Streamreader.ReadToEnd() , also tried using Strea

Answer 1

Thank you all for answers, they've helped me to dig in proper direction. I've faced with the same performance issue, though proposed solution to change application config file (as I understood that solution is for web applications) doesn't fit my needs, my solution is shown below:

HttpWebRequest webRequest;

webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(fullUrl);
webRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Post;

if (useDefaultProxy)
{
    webRequest.Proxy = System.Net.WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy;
    webRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
}
else
{
    System.Net.WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy = null;
    webRequest.Proxy = System.Net.WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy;
}