import socket
import threading
import time


s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.settimeout(5)
s.connect(('127.0.0.1', 7))  # echo server


def reader():
    while True:
        try:
            data = s.recv(1024)
        except socket.timeout:
            print "read timeout"
            continue
        print data.strip()


def writer():
    while True:
        s.sendall("hello\n")
        time.sleep(0.01)


rt = threading.Thread(target=reader)
rt.start()

wt = threading.Thread(target=writer)
wt.start()