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Wal-Mart will soon begin marketing broadband service, through a reseller arrangement with Hughes Network Systems. The broadband product will be HughesNet, which offers packages of satellite delivered broadband at download bandwidth speeds of 700kbps to 1.5mbps (not guaranteed). BusinessWeek is reporting that Wal-Mart will initially offer the service in 800 stores. It’s not clear if Wal-Mart will offer the broadband ...