i signed up to Go Markets yesterday
got my account today
no money required (hopefully can use indefinitely like so.. in the PDS they say they "could" charge you for live data, and I dunno what that criteria is)
the most trouble you'll get is passport number and tax file number for identification. then someone should email you a login, pass and link to the platform.
(saying this with no experience in any other platform)
the platform for stocks seems a bit slow. it is a web / java based program, maybe just not what i pictured a real time trading platform to be like.
so far i've only noticed only these:
real time data [yep]
fair collection of TA tools [yep]
news [nope. 9/12/2008 says "news server not operating correctly"]
i am also paper trading with this account so i have no idea about how it is to actually trade with it