Who likes their discount broker?

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I am looking to open up a discount broker account. I am doing this just as a hobby; I will probably just put in a few thousand and make no more than a few stock trades a month, not worried about mutual funds as I will generally take those positions in my vanguard account.

After looking at the smartmoney rankings and consumer reports, my top choices right now are firstrade, tradeking, and scottrade. If anyone uses these and has any thoughts on them it would be much appreciated.

If anyone is a strong advocate and uses zecco, sogoinvest, or others, thoughts on those are welcome as well.

Thanks.