Explain why serial ports offered a poor option for networking.

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Serial ports offered a poor option for networking, because they had very slow data rates - only about 56,000 bps (note, that's bits per second!) - and only point-to-point connections. Serial ports were last used decades ago for connecting to networking devices, such as high-end switches, for configuration purposes only.
 

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