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56 kbps

56 kbps (56 kilobits per second) is the data capacity of a normal single channel digital telephone[?] channel in North America. The figure is derived from the bandwidth of 4 kHz allocated for such a channel and the 16-bit encoding (4000 times 16 = 64000) used to change analogue signals to digital, minus the 8000 bit/s used for signalling and supervision.

At the end of 1997 there were two rival modem designs capable of this rate: k56flex and US Robotics' X2[?]. In February 1998[?] the ITU proposed a 56kbps standard called V.90[?], which is expected to be formally approved during September 1998[?].

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