Ok, I've followed this thread and read all the posts. But something needs to be said here. Not
ALL cheap web hosts are bad!!! I can't watch a thread go by while people bash cheap hosting like this with general terms.
I do not run a host, nor am i affiliated with one, I post this a long time customer/client. I have used tons of different hosts and for the past 4 years have stuck with 2. BOTH of which are under $5.
As a customer, I pay for what I get. Do I need 20 sql databases, no. Do I need 50 email accounts, no. And I certainly don't need unlimited bandwidth. Again, I pay for what I get, plain and simple.
Does that mean hosts that make claim to give unlimited everything for this kind of money are bad? No, a hosting company is a business just like my development company. I'm in it to make money, that's how business works.
If I run a server with (just for the sake of saying) 10 sites, 5 of which will never use the amount of space given, why is that a bad thing?
So, how about creating a list of pros and cons of running a host rather than bashing the business altogether?
Oh, and let me add...I am not a "noob" by any stretch of the word.