Though unlike the majority of other sites, getting a listing is not subject to being an affiliate, though this does help greater in keeping up to date with pricing.

Yep, unfortunately you can probably think of the worst possible thing and someone will already have done it I was amazed when I saw the first advert for these.

In reference to www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/energy-bills/10970226/B...:

Mr Hunter said that the biggest hidden cost in bills came from price comparison sites. "One supplier estimated that hidden commission makes up 7pc of the bill on top of supplier profits, yet it is hidden under the radar.

"These murky costs are spread across all customers � whether or not you use a broker � so there is no avoiding the surcharge even if you compare the market yourself," he said.

Well, at least all that cash we spend on funding comparison sites goes to good use, like making adverts with irritating opera singers.

Yeah, way OT now.

I think you are being a little down on it all - what about all the free meerkat toys that get given away - seems that is essential to me (not that I have ever gone through to receive them but as I am paying for them anyway maybe I should).

That would take some trawling through. OTH the SSE offer appears very reasonably priced, and I only found out about it because they sent me an email, as I am an M&S Energy customer.

But if SSE are as slow to answer the phone for broadband queries as they are for electricity contract queries they might be worth avoiding.

Also anyone interested in this should obtain firm information about their traffic management policy.

I was pleased to find that a place I rented for a week in Anglesey last week had a newly installed ADSL broadband connection. The Thinkbroadband speed test showed that the ISP was the Post Office.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/14110...

Good example of congestion!