%-> One byte is 8 bits, therefore:
%-> 56 kbit/s = 56/8 kbyte/s = 7 kbyte/s

You would normally have a start/stop bit with serial modems, so dividing by 9 instead is a better approximation (~6.2KBps).

-- Juha

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