diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 281e6f8..982ff26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ list(APPEND sources "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/git_revision.cpp")
 list(APPEND sources ${fc_headers})
 
 add_subdirectory( vendor/easylzma )
-#add_subdirectory( vendor/udt4 )
+add_subdirectory( vendor/udt4 )
 
 setup_library( fc SOURCES ${sources} LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC DONT_INSTALL_LIBRARY )
 
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ target_link_libraries( ntp_test fc )
 
 #include_directories( vendor/udt4/src )
 
-#add_executable( udt_server tests/udt_server.cpp )
-#target_link_libraries( udt_server fc udt )
+add_executable( udt_server tests/udts.cpp )
+target_link_libraries( udt_server fc udt )
 
-#add_executable( udt_client tests/udt_client.cpp )
-#target_link_libraries( udt_client fc udt )
+add_executable( udt_client tests/udtc.cpp )
+target_link_libraries( udt_client fc udt )
 
 #add_executable( test_compress tests/compress.cpp )
 #target_link_libraries( test_compress fc )
diff --git a/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp b/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp
index b022b93..aa1dd49 100644
--- a/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@
 #include <fc/fwd.hpp>
 #include <fc/io/iostream.hpp>
 #include <fc/time.hpp>
+#include <fc/noncopyable.hpp>
 
 namespace fc {
    namespace ip { class endpoint; }
 
-   class udt_socket : public virtual iostream 
+   class udt_socket : public virtual iostream, public noncopyable
    {
      public:
        udt_socket();
        ~udt_socket();
    
-       void             connect_to( const fc::ip::endpoint& remote_endpoint );
+       void bind( const fc::ip::endpoint& local_endpoint );
+       void connect_to( const fc::ip::endpoint& remote_endpoint );
 
        fc::ip::endpoint remote_endpoint() const;
        fc::ip::endpoint local_endpoint() const;
@@ -46,4 +48,20 @@ namespace fc {
    };
    typedef std::shared_ptr<udt_socket> udt_socket_ptr;
 
+   class udt_server : public noncopyable
+   {
+      public:
+        udt_server();
+        ~udt_server();
+     
+        void             close();
+        void             accept( udt_socket& s );
+   
+        void             listen( const fc::ip::endpoint& ep );
+        fc::ip::endpoint local_endpoint() const;
+     
+      private:
+        int _udt_socket_id;
+   };
+
 } // fc
diff --git a/include/fc/noncopyable.hpp b/include/fc/noncopyable.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87fad6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/fc/noncopyable.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace fc
+{
+   class noncopyable
+   {
+      public:
+         noncopyable(){}
+      private:
+         noncopyable( const noncopyable& ) = delete;
+         noncopyable& operator=(  const noncopyable& ) = delete;
+   };
+}
+
diff --git a/src/network/udt_socket.cpp b/src/network/udt_socket.cpp
index 7a1f197..3d23073 100644
--- a/src/network/udt_socket.cpp
+++ b/src/network/udt_socket.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 namespace fc {
+
    
    class udt_epoll_service 
    {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ namespace fc {
 
                UDT::epoll_wait( _epoll_id, 
                                 &read_ready, 
-                                &write_ready, 1000 );
+                                &write_ready, 1000*1000 );
 
                { synchronized(_read_promises_mutex)
                   for( auto sock : read_ready )
@@ -101,6 +102,12 @@ namespace fc {
    };
 
 
+   udt_epoll_service& default_epool_service()
+   {
+      static udt_epoll_service* default_service = new udt_epoll_service();
+      return *default_service;
+   }
+
 
    void check_udt_errors()
    {
@@ -120,18 +127,40 @@ namespace fc {
 
    udt_socket::~udt_socket()
    {
-      close();
+     try {
+        close();
+     } catch ( const fc::exception& e )
+     {
+        wlog( "${e}", ("e", e.to_detail_string() ) );
+     }
    }
 
+   void udt_socket::bind( const fc::ip::endpoint& local_endpoint )
+   { try {
+      if( !is_open() ) 
+         open();
+
+      sockaddr_in local_addr;
+      local_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+      local_addr.sin_port = htons(local_endpoint.port());
+      local_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(local_endpoint.get_address());
+
+      if( UDT::ERROR == UDT::bind(_udt_socket_id, (sockaddr*)&local_addr, sizeof(local_addr)) )
+         check_udt_errors();
+   } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+
    void udt_socket::connect_to( const ip::endpoint& remote_endpoint )
    { try {
+      if( !is_open() ) 
+         open();
+
       sockaddr_in serv_addr;
       serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
       serv_addr.sin_port = htons(remote_endpoint.port());
       serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(remote_endpoint.get_address());
 
       // connect to the server, implict bind
-      if (UDT::ERROR == UDT::connect(_udt_socket_id, (sockaddr*)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)))
+      if( UDT::ERROR == UDT::connect(_udt_socket_id, (sockaddr*)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) )
          check_udt_errors();
 
    } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW( (remote_endpoint) ) }
@@ -165,8 +194,11 @@ namespace fc {
       {
          if( UDT::getlasterror().getErrorCode() == CUDTException::EASYNCRCV )
          {
-            // create a future and post to epoll, wait on it, then
-            // call readsome recursively.
+            UDT::getlasterror().clear();
+            promise<void>::ptr p(new promise<void>("udt_socket::readsome"));
+            default_epool_service().notify_read( _udt_socket_id, p );
+            p->wait();
+            return readsome( buffer, max );
          }
          else
             check_udt_errors();
@@ -188,7 +220,18 @@ namespace fc {
       auto bytes_sent = UDT::send(_udt_socket_id, buffer, len, 0);
 
       if( UDT::ERROR == bytes_sent )
-         check_udt_errors();
+      {
+         if( UDT::getlasterror().getErrorCode() == CUDTException::EASYNCRCV )
+         {
+            UDT::getlasterror().clear();
+            promise<void>::ptr p(new promise<void>("udt_socket::writesome"));
+            default_epool_service().notify_write( _udt_socket_id, p );
+            p->wait();
+            return writesome( buffer, len );
+         }
+         else
+            check_udt_errors();
+      }
 
       if( bytes_sent == 0 )
       {
@@ -217,4 +260,81 @@ namespace fc {
    }
      
 
+
+
+
+
+  udt_server::udt_server()
+  :_udt_socket_id( UDT::INVALID_SOCK )
+  {
+      _udt_socket_id = UDT::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+      bool block = false;
+      UDT::setsockopt(_udt_socket_id, 0, UDT_SNDSYN, &block, sizeof(bool));
+      UDT::setsockopt(_udt_socket_id, 0, UDT_RCVSYN, &block, sizeof(bool));
+  }
+
+  udt_server::~udt_server()
+  {
+     try {
+        close();
+     } catch ( const fc::exception& e )
+     {
+        wlog( "${e}", ("e", e.to_detail_string() ) );
+     }
+  }
+
+  void udt_server::close()
+  { try {
+     UDT::close( _udt_socket_id );
+     check_udt_errors();
+  } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+
+  void udt_server::accept( udt_socket& s )
+  { try {
+      FC_ASSERT( !s.is_open() );
+      int namelen;
+      sockaddr_in their_addr;
+
+      s._udt_socket_id = UDT::accept( _udt_socket_id, (sockaddr*)&their_addr, &namelen );
+
+      if( s._udt_socket_id == UDT::INVALID_SOCK )
+      {
+         if( UDT::getlasterror().getErrorCode() == CUDTException::EASYNCRCV )
+         {
+            UDT::getlasterror().clear();
+            promise<void>::ptr p(new promise<void>("udt_server::accept"));
+            default_epool_service().notify_read( _udt_socket_id, p );
+            p->wait();
+            this->accept(s);
+         }
+         else
+            check_udt_errors();
+      }
+  } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+
+  void udt_server::listen( const ip::endpoint& ep )
+  { try {
+      sockaddr_in my_addr;
+      my_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+      my_addr.sin_port = htons(ep.port());
+      my_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+      memset(&(my_addr.sin_zero), '\0', 8);
+      
+      if( UDT::ERROR == UDT::bind(_udt_socket_id, (sockaddr*)&my_addr, sizeof(my_addr)) )
+        check_udt_errors();
+
+      UDT::listen(_udt_socket_id, 10);
+      check_udt_errors();
+  } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW( (ep) ) }
+
+  fc::ip::endpoint udt_server::local_endpoint() const
+  { try {
+     sockaddr_in sock_addr;
+     int addr_size = sizeof(sock_addr);
+     int error_code = UDT::getsockname( _udt_socket_id, (struct sockaddr*)&sock_addr, &addr_size );
+     if( error_code == UDT::ERROR )
+         check_udt_errors();
+     return ip::endpoint( ip::address( htonl( sock_addr.sin_addr.s_addr ) ), htons(sock_addr.sin_port) );
+  } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+
 } 
diff --git a/tests/udtc.cpp b/tests/udtc.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adfd497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/udtc.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <fc/network/udt_socket.hpp>
+#include <fc/network/ip.hpp>
+#include <fc/exception/exception.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace fc;
+
+int main( int argc, char** argv )
+{
+   try {
+       udt_socket sock;
+       sock.bind( fc::ip::endpoint::from_string( "127.0.0.1:6666" ) );
+       sock.connect_to( fc::ip::endpoint::from_string( "127.0.0.1:7777" ) );
+
+       std::cout << "local endpoint: " <<std::string( sock.local_endpoint() ) <<"\n";
+       std::cout << "remote endpoint: " <<std::string( sock.remote_endpoint() ) <<"\n";
+
+       std::string hello = "hello world";
+       sock.write( hello.c_str(), hello.size() );
+
+       std::vector<char> response;
+       response.resize(1024);
+       int r = sock.readsome( response.data(), response.size() );
+
+       std::cout << "response: '"<<std::string( response.data(), r ) <<"'\n";
+   } catch ( const fc::exception& e )
+   {
+      elog( "${e}", ("e",e.to_detail_string() ) );
+   }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/udts.cpp b/tests/udts.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ebb724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/udts.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include <fc/network/udt_socket.hpp>
+#include <fc/network/ip.hpp>
+#include <fc/exception/exception.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace fc;
+
+int main( int argc, char** argv )
+{
+   try {
+      udt_server serv;
+      serv.listen( fc::ip::endpoint::from_string( "127.0.0.1:7777" ) );
+
+      while( true )
+      {
+          udt_socket sock;
+          serv.accept( sock );
+
+          std::vector<char> response;
+          response.resize(1024);
+          int r = sock.readsome( response.data(), response.size() );
+
+          std::cout << "request: '"<<std::string( response.data(), r ) <<"' from " << std::string( sock.remote_endpoint() ) <<"\n";
+
+          std::string goodbye = "goodbye cruel world";
+          sock.write( goodbye.c_str(), goodbye.size() );
+      }
+   } catch ( const fc::exception& e )
+   {
+      elog( "${e}", ("e",e.to_detail_string() ) );
+   }
+
+   return 0;
+}