People put a lot of timeouts in code when there are humans in the loop that should handle the timeout. An outgoing socket (as is the case in this scenario) really should not have a timeout.
An incoming one might could have a timeout if there is no other way to garbage collect the connection, but, if at all possible, that should usually be in the higher layers, not the lower ones.
(Maybe read my other response to the person you responded to? I purposefully gave you a really short and matter-of-fact statement that fit into the discussion from the thread more broadly.)
