HttpWebRequest - read page into string

Simple System.Net.WebRequest.cs

public static string GetPageAsString(Uri address)
{
	var result = "";

	var request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest;

	using (var response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
	{
		var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
		result = reader.ReadToEnd();
	}

	return result;
}