diff --git a/examples/service/client.py b/examples/service/client.py
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+
+import socket
+
+import mitogen.master
+import mitogen.unix
+import mitogen.service
+import mitogen.utils
+
+
+PING = 500
+
+
+mitogen.utils.log_to_file()
+
+router, parent = mitogen.unix.connect('/tmp/mitosock')
+with router:
+    print mitogen.service.call(parent, CONNECT_BY_ID, {})
diff --git a/examples/service/server.py b/examples/service/server.py
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+
+# The service framework will fundamentally change (i.e. become much nicer, and
+# hopefully lose those hard-coded magic numbers somehow), but meanwhile this is
+# a taster of how it looks today.
+
+import time
+
+import mitogen
+import mitogen.service
+import mitogen.unix
+
+
+class PingService(mitogen.service.Service):
+    well_known_id = 500
+    max_message_size = 1000
+
+    def dispatch(self, dct, msg):
+        return 'Hello, world'
+
+
+@mitogen.main()
+def main(router):
+    listener = mitogen.unix.Listener(router, path='/tmp/mitosock')
+    service = PingService(router)
+    service.run()