diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d0f30a4a..2fcd7fe12 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ docs/_build
 
 
 coverage
+vendor/bundle
diff --git a/lib/twilio-ruby/framework/rest/error.rb b/lib/twilio-ruby/framework/rest/error.rb
index 05fb3769e..51bbe3a35 100644
--- a/lib/twilio-ruby/framework/rest/error.rb
+++ b/lib/twilio-ruby/framework/rest/error.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ module REST
     class TwilioError < StandardError
     end
 
+    class NetworkError < TwilioError
+    end
+
     class RestError < TwilioError
       attr_reader :message, :response, :code, :status_code, :details, :more_info, :error_message
 
diff --git a/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb b/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb
index 56a984c8e..ddbf1d768 100644
--- a/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb
+++ b/lib/twilio-ruby/http/http_client.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def send(request)
                          request.url,
                          request.data)
       rescue Faraday::Error => e
-        raise Twilio::REST::TwilioError, e
+        raise Twilio::REST::NetworkError, e
       end
 
       def request(host, port, method, url, params = {}, data = {}, headers = {}, auth = nil, timeout = nil)
diff --git a/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb b/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb
index 422b62cd5..dbc8861ac 100644
--- a/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/http/http_client_spec.rb
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     expect(Faraday).to receive(:new).and_return(Faraday::Connection.new)
     allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:send).and_raise(Faraday::ConnectionFailed.new('BOOM'))
 
-    expect { @client.request('host', 'port', 'GET', 'url', nil, nil, {}, ['a', 'b']) }.to raise_exception(Twilio::REST::TwilioError)
+    expect { @client.request('host', 'port', 'GET', 'url', nil, nil, {}, ['a', 'b']) }.to raise_exception(Twilio::REST::NetworkError)
     expect(@client.last_response).to be_nil
     expect(@client.last_request).to_not be_nil
     expect(@client.last_request.host).to eq('host')
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
   it 'previous last_response should be cleared' do
     expect(Faraday).to receive(:new).and_return(Faraday::Connection.new)
     allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:send).and_raise(Faraday::ConnectionFailed.new('BOOM'))
-    expect { @client.request('host', 'port', 'GET', 'url', nil, nil, {}, ['a', 'b']) }.to raise_exception(Twilio::REST::TwilioError)
+    expect { @client.request('host', 'port', 'GET', 'url', nil, nil, {}, ['a', 'b']) }.to raise_exception(Twilio::REST::NetworkError)
     expect(@client.last_response).to be_nil
   end
 
@@ -166,4 +166,41 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  it 'should raise NetworkError for different types of Faraday errors' do
+    # Test TimeoutError
+    expect(Faraday).to receive(:new).and_return(Faraday::Connection.new)
+    allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:send).and_raise(Faraday::TimeoutError.new('Timeout'))
+    expect { @client.request('host', 'port', 'GET', 'url', nil, nil, {}, ['a', 'b']) }.to raise_exception(Twilio::REST::NetworkError)
+  end
+
+  it 'should raise NetworkError for connection failures' do
+    # Test ConnectionFailed
+    expect(Faraday).to receive(:new).and_return(Faraday::Connection.new)
+    allow_any_instance_of(Faraday::Connection).to receive(:send).and_raise(Faraday::ConnectionFailed.new('DNS error'))
+    expect { @client.request('host', 'port', 'GET', 'url', nil, nil, {}, ['a', 'b']) }.to raise_exception(Twilio::REST::NetworkError)
+  end
+
+  it 'should allow consumers to distinguish between network and API errors' do
+    begin
+      # This would normally make a real network call that fails
+      # but since we're mocking, we'll just test the error hierarchy
+      raise Twilio::REST::NetworkError, 'Network failure'
+    rescue Twilio::REST::NetworkError => e
+      # This should be caught as a retryable network error
+      expect(e).to be_a(Twilio::REST::NetworkError)
+      expect(e).to be_a(Twilio::REST::TwilioError)
+    end
+
+    begin
+      # This represents an API error response
+      response = double('response', status_code: 400, body: { 'code' => 20_003, 'message' => 'Invalid parameter' })
+      raise Twilio::REST::RestError.new('Authentication failed', response)
+    rescue Twilio::REST::RestError => e
+      # This should be caught as a non-retryable API error
+      expect(e).to be_a(Twilio::REST::RestError)
+      expect(e).to be_a(Twilio::REST::TwilioError)
+      expect(e).not_to be_a(Twilio::REST::NetworkError)
+    end
+  end
 end