well, to cut a long story short, i recived a call from a chap from sky, got a quote, asked him to call back later on in the afternoon when i'd got a quote from the one remaining company i needed to get a quote from

gave me a good price, better than everything i'd previously had, but no return phone call

so today i got a call from the original company i am currently with, who beat the best quote by £40, and seeing as it's only another tenner more than last year, i've decided to stick with them

the moral of the story is either:

find a good price and get them to call you back

or

wait till the very lastminute.com and get the best price