diff --git a/connection/connect.go b/connection/connect.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a6367f8..0000000
--- a/connection/connect.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package connection
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"fmt"
-)
-
-
-func NewConnect(address string) (*Connection, error) {
-	conn, err := connectTCP(address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &Connection{
-		conn: conn,
-		BufSize: defaultBufSize,
-		stopFlag: false,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func connectTCP(address string) (*net.TCPConn, error) {
-	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	conn, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return conn, nil
-}
-
-func (c *Connection) SendChan() (chan<- []byte) {
-	c.dataChan = make(chan []byte)
-	go c.sendLoop()
-	return c.dataChan
-}
-
-func (c *Connection) sendLoop() {
-	for !c.stopFlag {
-		data, open := <- c.dataChan
-		if !open {
-			c.stopFlag = true
-		}
-		_, err := c.conn.Write(data)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err)
-			c.stopFlag = true
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/connection/connection.go b/connection/connection.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 03cd7cf..0000000
--- a/connection/connection.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package connection
-
-import (
-	"net"
-)
-
-const defaultBufSize = 1 * 1024
-
-
-// Connection represents a recv-only network connection.
-type Connection struct {
-	BufSize int
-	conn *net.TCPConn
-	dataChan chan []byte
-	stopFlag bool
-}
-
-// Close closes the connection
-func (c *Connection) Close() {
-	c.stopFlag = true
-	c.conn.Close()
-}
diff --git a/connection/listen.go b/connection/listen.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d33e1f1..0000000
--- a/connection/listen.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package connection
-
-import (
-	"net"
-)
-
-
-// NewListen starts listening for a single connection on the given address.
-// This method blocks until this is done.
-func NewListen(address string) (*Connection, error) {
-	conn, err := listenAndAcceptTCP(address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &Connection{
-		conn: conn,
-		BufSize: defaultBufSize,
-		stopFlag: false,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func listenAndAcceptTCP(address string) (*net.TCPConn, error) {
-	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	sock, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	conn, err := sock.AcceptTCP()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	conn.SetNoDelay(true)
-	return conn, nil
-}
-
-// RecvChan returns a read-only channel of byte slices and starts
-// receiving and pushing data into it asynchronously.
-// The channel is closed when the sender closes the connection.
-// Use this to read bytes from the network connection.
-// The data read is owned by the reader, it is thread-safe to modify.
-func (c *Connection) RecvChan() <-chan []byte {
-	c.dataChan = make(chan []byte)
-	go c.recvLoop()
-	return c.dataChan
-}
-
-func (c *Connection) recvLoop() {
-	buf := make([]byte, c.BufSize)
-	for !c.stopFlag {
-		n, err := c.conn.Read(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			c.stopFlag = true
-		}
-		if n > 0 {
-			// the underlying memory of the buffer
-			// must be copied for thread safety
-			sendBuf := make([]byte, n)
-			copy(sendBuf, buf)
-			c.dataChan <- sendBuf
-		}
-	}
-	close(c.dataChan)
-}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6421918..b4cff70 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"remote-mic/audio"
-	"remote-mic/connection"
+	"remote-mic/networking"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ func usage() {
 
 func listen() {
 	fmt.Print("Listening for connection on port 8080... ")
-	conn, err := connection.NewListen(":8080")
+	conn, err := networking.ListenAndAcceptTCP(":8080")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	reader := networking.NewAsyncReader(conn)
+	defer reader.Close()
 	fmt.Println("Connection accepted!")
 
-	recvChan := conn.RecvChan()
+	recvChan := reader.RecvChan()
 	for {
 		buf, open := <-recvChan
 		if !open {
@@ -62,16 +64,16 @@ func listen() {
 }
 
 func stream() {
-	conn2, err := connection.NewConnect("localhost:8080")
+	conn, err := networking.ConnectTCP("localhost:8080")
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err)
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	writer := networking.NewAsyncWriter(conn)
+	defer writer.Close()
 
-	c := conn2.SendChan()
+	c := writer.SendChan()
 	c <- []byte("cicasajtok")
 
-	time.Sleep(20 * time.Second)
 	fmt.Println("Exiting.")
 }
 
diff --git a/networking/io.go b/networking/io.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0179574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networking/io.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package networking
+
+import (
+	"net"
+)
+
+const defaultBufSize = 1 * 1024
+
+
+func ListenAndAcceptTCP(address string) (*net.TCPConn, error) {
+	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sock, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conn, err := sock.AcceptTCP()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conn.SetNoDelay(true)
+	return conn, nil
+}
+
+func ConnectTCP(address string) (*net.TCPConn, error) {
+	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conn, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conn.SetNoDelay(true)
+	return conn, nil
+}
diff --git a/networking/reader.go b/networking/reader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5f858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networking/reader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package networking
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+
+type AsyncReader struct {
+	BufSize int
+	stream io.ReadCloser
+	dataChan chan []byte
+	stopFlag bool
+}
+
+// NewListen starts listening for a single connection on the given address.
+// This method blocks until this is done.
+func NewAsyncReader(reader io.ReadCloser) *AsyncReader {
+	return &AsyncReader{
+		BufSize: defaultBufSize,
+		stream: reader,
+		stopFlag: false,
+	}
+}
+
+// RecvChan returns a read-only channel of byte slices and starts
+// receiving and pushing data into it asynchronously.
+// The channel is closed when the sender closes the connection.
+// Use this to read bytes from the network connection.
+// The data read is owned by the reader, it is thread-safe to modify.
+func (ar *AsyncReader) RecvChan() <-chan []byte {
+	ar.dataChan = make(chan []byte)
+	go ar.recvLoop()
+	return ar.dataChan
+}
+
+func (ar *AsyncReader) recvLoop() {
+	buf := make([]byte, ar.BufSize)
+	for !ar.stopFlag {
+		n, err := ar.stream.Read(buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			ar.stopFlag = true
+		}
+		if n > 0 {
+			// the underlying memory of the buffer
+			// must be copied for thread safety
+			sendBuf := make([]byte, n)
+			copy(sendBuf, buf)
+			ar.dataChan <- sendBuf
+		}
+	}
+	close(ar.dataChan)
+}
+
+func (ar *AsyncReader) Close() {
+	ar.stopFlag = true
+	ar.stream.Close()
+}
diff --git a/networking/writer.go b/networking/writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33f995a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networking/writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package networking
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+
+type AsyncWriter struct {
+	BufSize int
+	stream io.WriteCloser
+	dataChan chan []byte
+	stopFlag bool
+}
+
+func NewAsyncWriter(writer io.WriteCloser) *AsyncWriter {
+	return &AsyncWriter{
+		BufSize: defaultBufSize,
+		stream: writer,
+		stopFlag: false,
+	}
+}
+
+func (aw *AsyncWriter) SendChan() (chan<- []byte) {
+	aw.dataChan = make(chan []byte)
+	go aw.sendLoop()
+	return aw.dataChan
+}
+
+func (aw *AsyncWriter) sendLoop() {
+	for !aw.stopFlag {
+		data, open := <- aw.dataChan
+		if !open {
+			aw.stopFlag = true
+			return
+		}
+		_, err := aw.stream.Write(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("ouchie")
+			aw.stopFlag = true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (aw *AsyncWriter) Close() {
+	aw.stopFlag = true
+	close(aw.dataChan)
+}
\ No newline at end of file