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Compare and switch your <strong>mortgage, gas & electricity, insurance, credit cards, loans, savings, ISAs</strong> or get <strong>free guides on personal finance</strong>. </p> <p class="information">This page is brought to you by OG Enterprises Ltd, a Guardian Media Group company</p> </div> <!-- email box --> <div id="email"> <h2>Money deals by email</h2> <form name="5YI1G9" method="POST" action="http://web.archive.org/web/20091029043731/http://guardianmail.co.uk/go.asp?/.$.gua001./bGUA001/mO70JG9/o5YI1G9/x7Y9JG9"> <input type="hidden" name="ctlFormName" value="cvVote"> <input type="hidden" name="ctlPollKey" value="5YI1G9"> Sign up to Money deals by email. <br><label for="email-address">Enter email address:</label> <input type="text" tabindex="1" size="15" name="N-strEmail."> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go" name="ctlEMRSubmit"/> <input type="hidden" name="ctlVoteKey" value="N-strEmail."> </form> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <ul> <!-- first row of trails --> <li class="first-col"> <h2><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091029043731/http://www.guardiandigitalcomparison.co.uk/">Broadband and digital TV deals</a></h2><img src="/web/20091029043731im_/http://www.money-deals.co.uk/images/large-internet-sign.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="Broadband"> <p>Compare broadband, digital TV and home phone deals from top providers and switch online. 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