diff --git a/curionet/network.py b/curionet/network.py
index 279d6ea..3c74879 100644
--- a/curionet/network.py
+++ b/curionet/network.py
@@ -45,15 +45,15 @@ async def handle_connect(self):
     async def handle_connected(self):
         pass
 
-    async def handle_received(self, data):
-        pass
-
     async def handle_send(self, data):
         try:
             await self.connection.sendall(data)
         except socket.error:
             return await self.handle_disconnect()
 
+    async def handle_received(self, data):
+        pass
+
     async def handle_disconnect(self):
         await self.connection.close()
         await self.factory.remove_handler(self)
@@ -155,3 +155,67 @@ def run(self):
             raise NetworkFactoryError('Failed to listen on socket!')
 
         return run(self.execute)
+
+class NetworkConnectorError(RuntimeError):
+    """
+    A network connector specific runtime error
+    """
+
+class NetworkConnector(object):
+    """
+    A connector instance that manages single a socket connection
+    """
+
+    BUFFER_SIZE = 1024
+
+    def __init__(self, address, port):
+        self.address = address
+        self.port = port
+
+        self.__socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    
+    async def __update(self):
+        try:
+            data = await self.__socket.recv(self.BUFFER_SIZE)
+        except socket.error:
+            return await self.handle_disconnect()
+
+        if not data:
+            return await self.handle_disconnect()
+
+        await self.handle_received(data)
+
+    async def handle_connected(self):
+        pass
+
+    async def handle_send(self, data):
+        try:
+            await self.__socket.sendall(data)
+        except socket.error:
+            return await self.handle_disconnect()
+
+    async def handle_received(self, data):
+        pass
+    
+    async def handle_disconnect(self):
+        await self.__socket.close()
+        await self.handle_disconnected()
+
+    async def handle_disconnected(self):
+        pass
+    
+    async def execute(self):
+        await self.handle_connected()
+
+        async with self.__socket:
+            while True:
+                await self.__update()
+    
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            self.__socket.connect((self.address, self.port))
+        except socket.error:
+            raise NetworkConnectorError('Failed to connect to server at (%s:%d)!' % (self.address,
+                self.port))
+        
+        return run(self.execute)
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diff --git a/tests/tests_tcp_client.py b/tests/tests_tcp_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e17f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests_tcp_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+ * Copyright (C) Caleb Marshall and others... - All Rights Reserved
+ * Written by Caleb Marshall <anythingtechpro@gmail.com>, May 23rd, 2017
+ * Licensing information can found in 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
+"""
+
+from curionet import network
+
+class ExampleConnector(network.NetworkConnector):
+    """
+    An example connector derived from NetworkConnector
+    """
+
+    async def handle_connected(self):
+        print ('Connected.')
+
+        # send the server some data...
+        await self.handle_send('Hello World!')
+
+    async def handle_received(self, data):
+        print ('Data recieved from (%s: %r)!' % (self.address, data))
+
+    async def handle_disconnected(self):
+        print ('Disconnected.')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    connector = ExampleConnector('127.0.0.1', 8080)
+    connector.run()
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diff --git a/tests/tests_tcp_server.py b/tests/tests_tcp_server.py
index e065508..8ab5eae 100644
--- a/tests/tests_tcp_server.py
+++ b/tests/tests_tcp_server.py
@@ -4,22 +4,25 @@
  * Licensing information can found in 'LICENSE', which is part of this source code package.
 """
 
-from curionet.network import NetworkFactory, NetworkHandler
+from curionet import network
 
-class ExampleHandler(NetworkHandler):
+class ExampleHandler(network.NetworkHandler):
     """
     An example connection handler derived from NetworkHandler
     """
 
     async def handle_connected(self):
-        await super().handle_connected()
+        print ('Connected.')
 
     async def handle_received(self, data):
-        print ('Data recieved from %s: %r!' % (self.address, data))
+        print ('Data recieved from (%s: %r)!' % (self.address, data))
 
-    async def handle_closed(self):
-        await super().handle_closed()
+        # send the data back to the client.
+        await self.handle_send(data)
+
+    async def handle_disconnected(self):
+        print ('Disconnected.')
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    factory = NetworkFactory(8080, ExampleHandler)
-    factory.run()
+    factory = network.NetworkFactory('0.0.0.0', 8080, ExampleHandler)
+    factory.run()
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