How can I read data from the net (http)

So you want to read data from the net.

This is one easy way you can do it
It creates a socket and then read line by line until the end of the file.

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class Driver
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
URL site = new URL("http://www.thegate.nu/uptime.php");
URLConnection con = site.openConnection();
BufferedReader data = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));

String d = data.readLine();

while(d != null)
{
System.out.println(d);
d = data.readLine();
}

data.close();
}
}