I know exactly how you feel. I have been searching through various webhosts forever. I found one back in March that's only $4.95 a month, but they only let me have 1 MySQL db, and I would like more than that. I like your free hosting plans here, mainly because it is just that--free. Since I don't have a job right now, and therefore limited income, I don't like to spend more than I have to.
I was wondering about ads, too. Do you put those on sites? I actually found Xisto through an ad on my own site! So I don't know... I don't really have space for them with my layout....
Also, do you inspect and reject websites? Mine's not like a porn site or anything, I was just wondering if you do that at all. I don't have a lot of pics on the site, but I think the bw is getting somewhere around 500 MB a month... I guess I should start to try to make money from this thing Lol.
Ya so, anyway... Um... I guess I'll just think of something else to post. hehe later.