Wal-Mart says it will team up with satellite broadband provider Hughes Communications to resell HughesNet satellite Internet access in over 2800 U.S. Wal-Mart stores. Satellite pricing is tiered with packages starting at $60 a month for 700Kbps download speeds up to 2.0Mbps.

Cable and DSL are widely viewed as the best buy per kilobit for customers in residential areas. But satellite broadband may be the only way for people in the middle of nowhere to get fast downloads.