simple_udp_client.py

import socket
import time

HOST = 'localhost'    # The remote host
PORT = 8888
MSGLEN = 60 * 1000
# create the socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
# connect to host and port
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
# say what the server should send
s.send(str(MSGLEN)+"\n\n")
msg = ''
starttime = time.time()
# initialize counter
counter = 0
# get the message in chunks
while True:
    chunk = s.recv(1000)
    print len(chunk)
    print "Packet counter: %d" % counter
    counter += 1
s.close()
endtime = time.time()
print (endtime - starttime)