Hello, I humbly present my networking library, Mastermind<http://www.pygame.org/project-Mastermind+Networking+Lib-859-.html>. It works out-of-the-box, and provides a simple programmer interface (as well as examples to help you get started). So far, I've published one game<http://www.pygame.org/project-Spacewar+Multi-1025-.html>that uses it. Seems to handle crowds pretty nicely. Anyway, you may find it suits your needs. Enjoy!
Ian