Data segmentation, request and transfer method

A device for requesting information, comprising:

• a plurality of network interfaces;
• a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of range requests, the range requests each corresponding to a data range of a data resource;
• a communications unit configured to transmit the plurality of range requests to a server via the plurality of network interfaces, the server segmenting the data resource based on the range requests into a plurality of segments,
• wherein the communications unit is further configured to receive the plurality of segments, which are transmitted by the server, via the plurality of network interfaces such that each segment is received via a network interface which transmitted the corresponding range request;
• and
• a reassembly unit configured to reassemble the data resource using the plurality of segments received by the communications unit.