I've had it with services like hyperspin who want $850/year to check if a 100 urls are running every 15 minutes. Any recommendations? I don't want to pay more than $100/year & want at least 2 different countries monitoring the urls.
I'm using mon.itor.us for monitoring uptime. It is very easy to use, and best part: it is free. They have servers on different locations, too. I'm not sure about the 100 urls, though.
Have you had a look at Service Uptime's plans: http://www.serviceuptime.com/pricing.php They have what you are looking for, however it is $50/month which is much more than you want. Most of the cheaper services wont check that many urls that often.
you can try siteuptime.com. They are very cheap and also provide free service for one month to check their services.