diff --git a/lib/netconify/cmdo.py b/lib/netconify/cmdo.py
index d0e57d9..8626bf8 100644
--- a/lib/netconify/cmdo.py
+++ b/lib/netconify/cmdo.py
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ def _tty_login(self):
             host, port = re.split('[,:]', self._args.telnet)
             tty_args['host'] = host
             tty_args['port'] = port
+            tty_args['baud'] = self._args.baud
             self.console = ('telnet', host, port)
             self._tty = netconify.Telnet(**tty_args)
         elif self._args.ssh is not None:
diff --git a/lib/netconify/tty_telnet.py b/lib/netconify/tty_telnet.py
index f86f1a5..1ab06a4 100644
--- a/lib/netconify/tty_telnet.py
+++ b/lib/netconify/tty_telnet.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def __init__(self, host, port, **kvargs):
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
         self.timeout = kvargs.get('timeout', self.TIMEOUT)
+        self.baud = kvargs.get('baud', 9600)
         self._tty_name = "{0}:{1}".format(host, port)
 
         Terminal.__init__(self, **kvargs)
@@ -62,12 +63,34 @@ def _tty_close(self):
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def write(self, content):
-        """ write content + <ENTER> """
-        self._tn.write(content + '\n')
+        # If baud set to 0 write full speed
+        if (int(self.baud) == 0):
+            self._tn.write(content + '\n')
+            return None
+
+        # Write data according to defined baud
+        # per 8 bit of data there are 2 additional bits on the line
+        # (parity and stop bits)
+        for char in content:
+            self._tn.write(char)
+            wtime = 10/float(self.baud)
+            sleep(wtime)                          # do not remove
+        self._tn.write('\n')
 
     def rawwrite(self, content):
-        """ write content as-is """
-        self._tn.write(content)
+        # If baud set to 0 write full speed
+        if (int(self.baud) == 0):
+            self._tn.write(content + '\n')
+            return None
+
+        # Write data according to defined baud
+        # per 1 byte of data there are 2 additional bits on the line
+        # (parity and stop bits)
+        for char in content:
+            self._tn.write(char)
+            wtime = 10/float(self.baud)
+            sleep(wtime)                          # do not remove
+        self._tn.write('\n’)
 
     def read(self):
         """ read a single line """