56kbet56k modems were a popular way to access the internet in the late 1990s. Pictured is an external 56K modem created by USRobotics. A 56k modem is a voiceband modem nominally capableHow to convert 56 Kilobits to Megabits. To convert 56 Kilobits to Megabits you have to multiply 56 by 0.001, since 1 Kilobit is 0.001 Megabits. The result is the following: