56kbetA 56 kbits is a dital connection capable of carrying 56 kilobits per second (kbits), or 56,000 bits, the data rate of a classical single channel dital telephone in North America. Since the wide deployment of faster, cheaper technologies, 56 kbits s are gerally considered to be an obsolete technology.1997 saw the arrival of the 56 Kbits modem, despite the absence of any international standard for this speed. The K56Flex group of companies, including 3Com, Ascend, Hayes, Motorola, Lucent and Rockwell, used Rockwell