diff --git a/src/network/Network.cpp b/src/network/Network.cpp
index a2b98680..8766ff28 100644
--- a/src/network/Network.cpp
+++ b/src/network/Network.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,171 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-Network::Network(std::unique_ptr<Http> http) : http(std::move(http)) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+/// ...
+#else
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+static inline int closesocket(int descriptor) noexcept {
+    return close(descriptor);
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline int connectsocket(
+    int descriptor, const sockaddr* addr, socklen_t len
+) noexcept {
+    return connect(descriptor, addr, len);
+}
+
+static inline int recvsocket(
+    int descriptor, void* buf, size_t len, int flags
+) noexcept {
+    return recv(descriptor, buf, len, flags);
+}
+
+static inline int sendsocket(
+    int descriptor, const void* buf, size_t len, int flags
+) noexcept {
+    return send(descriptor, buf, len, flags);
+}
+
+static std::string to_string(const addrinfo* addr) {
+    if (addr->ai_family == AF_INET) {
+        auto psai = reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in*>(addr->ai_addr);
+        char ip[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+        if (inet_ntop(addr->ai_family, &(psai->sin_addr), ip, INET_ADDRSTRLEN)) {
+            return std::string(ip);
+        }
+    } else if (addr->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
+        auto psai = reinterpret_cast<sockaddr_in6*>(addr->ai_addr);
+        char ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+        if (inet_ntop(addr->ai_family, &(psai->sin6_addr), ip, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN)) {
+            return std::string(ip);
+        }
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
+class SocketImpl : public Socket {
+    int descriptor;
+    bool open = true;
+    addrinfo* addr;
+    size_t totalUpload = 0;
+    size_t totalDownload = 0;
+public:
+    SocketImpl(int descriptor, addrinfo* addr)
+        : descriptor(descriptor), addr(addr) {
+    }
+
+    ~SocketImpl() {
+        closesocket(descriptor);
+        freeaddrinfo(addr);
+    }
+
+    int recv(void* buffer, size_t length, bool blocking) override {
+        int len = recvsocket(descriptor, buffer, length, blocking ? MSG_WAITALL : MSG_DONTWAIT);
+        if (len == 0) {
+            int err = errno;
+            close();
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                "Read failed [errno=" + std::to_string(err) +
+                "]: " + std::string(strerror(err))
+            );
+        } else if (len == -1) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        totalDownload += len;
+        return len;
+    }
+
+    int send(const void* buffer, size_t length) override {
+        int len = sendsocket(descriptor, buffer, length, 0);
+        if (len == -1) {
+            int err = errno;
+            close();
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                "Send failed [errno=" + std::to_string(err) +
+                "]: " + std::string(strerror(err))
+            );
+        }
+        totalUpload += len;
+        return len;
+    }
+
+    void close() override {
+        closesocket(descriptor);
+        open = false;
+    }
+
+    bool isOpen() const override {
+        return open;
+    }
+
+    size_t getTotalUpload() const override {
+        return totalUpload;
+    }
+
+    size_t getTotalDownload() const override {
+        return totalDownload;
+    }
+
+    static std::shared_ptr<SocketImpl> connect(
+        const std::string& address, int port
+    ) {
+        addrinfo hints {};
+
+        hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+        hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+        addrinfo* addrinfo;
+        if (int res = getaddrinfo(
+            address.c_str(), std::to_string(port).c_str(), &hints, &addrinfo
+        )) {
+            throw std::runtime_error(gai_strerror(res));
+        }
+        int descriptor = socket(
+            addrinfo->ai_family, addrinfo->ai_socktype, addrinfo->ai_protocol
+        );
+        if (descriptor == -1) {
+            freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
+            throw std::runtime_error("Could not create socket");
+        }
+        int res = connectsocket(descriptor, addrinfo->ai_addr, addrinfo->ai_addrlen);
+        if (res == -1) {
+            closesocket(descriptor);
+            freeaddrinfo(addrinfo);
+
+            int err = errno;
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                "Connect failed [errno=" + std::to_string(err) +
+                "]: " + std::string(strerror(err))
+            );
+        }
+        logger.info() << "connected to " << address << " ["
+                      << to_string(addrinfo) << ":" << port << "]";
+        return std::make_shared<SocketImpl>(descriptor, addrinfo);
+    }
+};
+
+class SocketTcp : public Tcp {
+public:
+    SocketTcp() {};
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Socket> connect(const std::string& address, int port) override {
+        return SocketImpl::connect(address, port);
+    }
+};
+
+Network::Network(std::unique_ptr<Http> http, std::unique_ptr<Tcp> tcp)
+    : http(std::move(http)), tcp(std::move(tcp)) {
 }
 
 Network::~Network() = default;
@@ -88,15 +252,30 @@ void Network::httpGet(
     http->get(url, onResponse, onReject);
 }
 
+std::shared_ptr<Socket> Network::connect(const std::string& address, int port) {
+    auto socket = tcp->connect(address, port);
+    connections.push_back(socket);
+    return socket;
+}
+
 size_t Network::getTotalUpload() const {
-    return http->getTotalUpload();
+    size_t totalUpload = 0;
+    for (const auto& socket : connections) {
+        totalUpload += socket->getTotalUpload();
+    }
+    return http->getTotalUpload() + totalUpload;
 }
 
 size_t Network::getTotalDownload() const {
-    return http->getTotalDownload();
+    size_t totalDownload = 0;
+    for (const auto& socket : connections) {
+        totalDownload += socket->getTotalDownload();
+    }
+    return http->getTotalDownload() + totalDownload;
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<Network> Network::create(const NetworkSettings& settings) {
     auto http = CurlHttp::create();
-    return std::make_unique<Network>(std::move(http));
+    auto tcp = std::make_unique<SocketTcp>();
+    return std::make_unique<Network>(std::move(http), std::move(tcp));
 }
diff --git a/src/network/Network.hpp b/src/network/Network.hpp
index fbf77926..099d8df7 100644
--- a/src/network/Network.hpp
+++ b/src/network/Network.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
-#include <functional>
 
 #include "typedefs.hpp"
 #include "settings.hpp"
@@ -25,10 +24,32 @@ namespace network {
         virtual size_t getTotalDownload() const = 0;
     };
 
+    class Socket {
+    public:
+        virtual int recv(void* buffer, size_t length, bool blocking) = 0;
+        virtual int send(const void* buffer, size_t length) = 0;
+        virtual void close() = 0;
+        virtual bool isOpen() const = 0;
+
+        virtual size_t getTotalUpload() const = 0;
+        virtual size_t getTotalDownload() const = 0;
+    };
+
+    class Tcp {
+    public:
+        virtual ~Tcp() {}
+
+        virtual std::shared_ptr<Socket> connect(
+            const std::string& address, int port
+        ) = 0;
+    };
+
     class Network {
         std::unique_ptr<Http> http;
+        std::unique_ptr<Tcp> tcp;
+        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Socket>> connections;
     public:
-        Network(std::unique_ptr<Http> http);
+        Network(std::unique_ptr<Http> http, std::unique_ptr<Tcp> tcp);
         ~Network();
 
         void httpGet(
@@ -37,6 +58,8 @@ namespace network {
             OnReject onReject = nullptr
         );
 
+        std::shared_ptr<Socket> connect(const std::string& address, int port);
+
         size_t getTotalUpload() const;
         size_t getTotalDownload() const;
 
diff --git a/test/network/curltest.cpp b/test/network/curltest.cpp
index ac4d04dd..79ab3332 100644
--- a/test/network/curltest.cpp
+++ b/test/network/curltest.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ TEST(curltest, curltest) {
             std::cout << value << std::endl;
         }
     );
+    if (false) {
+        auto socket = network->connect("localhost", 8000);
+        const char* string = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n";
+        socket->send(string, strlen(string));
+        char data[1024];
+
+        int len = socket->recv(data, 1024, true);
+        std::cout << len << " " << std::string(data, len) << std::endl;
+    }
+
     std::cout << "upload: " << network->getTotalUpload() << " B" << std::endl;
     std::cout << "download: " << network->getTotalDownload() << " B" << std::endl;
 }