Hosting support

So i was wondering. Does anybody have any recumendatuions for hosting? I would like

-user friendly
-drupal to work out of the box
-stable
-cheap
-easy in way of maintaining and backing up database

There will be no user file upload. Just text in comments and user avatars. The plan for the project is 1 year period. And then to decide to proceed or shut down.

I will run drupal 6 as CMS and forum for discussion. Right now there is no users. But i don't know. Maybe in the end of the year there will be 10 maybe 1000 users. Just don't know.

Hi all,

I planned to start a social network site and been looking for a web host.
My target number of user is 10,000 user (is it too much?)
I hope to give my user to upload up to 500 photos (is it too much again? but not all user will upload to the max.).
My user should be able to blog too...

Some web host grab my attention when they provide unlimted web space with low price.
While i quite doubtful about the offer, I really hope that the offer is true.

Hello
I've been looking on the net and on drupal about free web hosting, can please someone recommend me of a good free webhost ? , I 've seen lot of them on the net, but still I'm still sceptic on whether I can rely on their service.

please can someone advise of a good one working for drupal ?

thanks

hicham

I am thinking of using TMDHosting.com, since they have good prices, seem to offer a lot of Drupal support, and will migrate sites at no additional cost. Does anyone have experience with them?

I just opened a free hosting at freehostia.com and installed drupal thru their Elefante script installer. The installation was fast. I was able to access my site but when I logged-in as admin, there are errors at the 'Status Report'. The errors are as follows:

1. HTTP request status Fails
Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services.

2. PHP register globals Enabled ('1')
register_globals is enabled. Drupal requires this configuration directive to be disabled. Your site may not be secure when register_globals is enabled. The PHP manual has instructions for how to change configuration settings.

3. Unicode library Error
Multibyte string input conversion in PHP is active and must be disabled. Check the php.ini mbstring.http_input setting. Please refer to the PHP mbstring documentation for more information.

I tried reading the links (about the PHP) but I can't seem to understand it and was not able to locate what are the necessary steps to correct these errors. Are these errors really critical? What are the steps to correct these errors?

I signed up for a year long hosting for $60 (using promo code) 2/2/08, the terms of service stated that unless I unsubscribed before that date this year I would be charged $120 annually. January 10th I used a upgrade/downgrade service interface on their site to cancel my subscription. Despite that I was today charged $120, Amit is not replying, service ticket has not been replied to. When re-reading the initial confirmation mail there are instructions there that I should cancel on PayPal using a cancel button, when there I can find no such button, but perhaps there was before.