Try
    ' Create a new HttpWebrequest object to the desired URL.
    Dim myHttpWebRequest1 As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com"), HttpWebRequest)
    
    ' Create an instance of the RequestState and assign the previous myHttpWebRequest1
    ' object to it's request field.  
    Dim myRequestState As New RequestState()
    myRequestState.request = myHttpWebRequest1
    
    ' Start the Asynchronous request.
    Dim result As IAsyncResult = CType(myHttpWebRequest1.BeginGetResponse(AddressOf RespCallback, myRequestState), IAsyncResult)
    allDone.WaitOne()
  
    ' Release the HttpWebResponse resource.
    myRequestState.response.Close()
  Catch e As WebException
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Exception raised!")
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Message:{0}", e.Message)
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Status:{0}", e.Status)
    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue..........")
  
  Catch e As Exception
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Exception raised!")
    Console.WriteLine("Source :{0} ", e.Source)
    Console.WriteLine("Message : {0}", e.Message)
    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue..........")
    Console.Read()
  End Try
End Sub

Private Shared Sub RespCallback(asynchronousResult As IAsyncResult)
  Try
    ' State of request is asynchronous.
    Dim myRequestState As RequestState = CType(asynchronousResult.AsyncState, RequestState)
    Dim myHttpWebRequest2 As HttpWebRequest = myRequestState.request
    myRequestState.response = CType(myHttpWebRequest2.EndGetResponse(asynchronousResult), HttpWebResponse)
    ' Read the response into a Stream object.
    Dim responseStream As Stream = myRequestState.response.GetResponseStream()
    myRequestState.streamResponse = responseStream
    ' Begin the Reading of the contents of the HTML page and print it to the console.
    Dim asynchronousInputRead As IAsyncResult = responseStream.BeginRead(myRequestState.BufferRead, 0, BUFFER_SIZE, AddressOf ReadCallBack, myRequestState)
  Catch e As WebException
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Exception raised!")
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Message:{0}", e.Message)
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Status:{0}", e.Status)
  End Try 
End Sub

Private Shared Sub ReadCallBack(asyncResult As IAsyncResult)
  Try
    Dim myRequestState As RequestState = CType(asyncResult.AsyncState, RequestState)
    Dim responseStream As Stream = myRequestState.streamResponse
    Dim read As Integer = responseStream.EndRead(asyncResult)
    '  Read the HTML page and then print it to the console.
    If read > 0 Then
      myRequestState.requestData.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(myRequestState.BufferRead, 0, read))
      Dim asynchronousResult As IAsyncResult = responseStream.BeginRead(myRequestState.BufferRead, 0, BUFFER_SIZE, AddressOf ReadCallBack, myRequestState)
    Else
      Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "The contents of the Html page are : ")
      If myRequestState.requestData.Length > 1 Then
        Dim stringContent As String
        stringContent = myRequestState.requestData.ToString()
        Console.WriteLine(stringContent)
      End If
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue..........")
      Console.ReadLine()
      responseStream.Close()
      allDone.Set()
    End If
  Catch e As WebException
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Exception raised!")
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Message:{0}", e.Message)
    Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Status:{0}", e.Status)
  End Try 
End Sub