You can try FatCow hosting for $46 / year. (Less than $4 / month!) They were born in 1998, offers live chat support and accept credit cards.
The problem with asking for advice on the best web host is that you'll get 50 replies that are mostly different answers, many of which are people shilling their own web hosting service.. The hard truth is that the best hosting you can get is a dedicated server, which unfortunately never seems to get cheaper as the years go by (still wish I could get a financial explanation as to why)... you may have to either consider getting a dedicated server, or look into hosting your video files on services like Amazon A3, which is pay-per-file-use rather than a flat monthly fee.
I believe Hostgator is the best shared hosting so far. So if you are now getting more traffic I recommend purchasing a VPS. Or if you don't want to have VPS as VPS is quite complicated I recommend MediaTemple. It is good for high traffic sites.
Are you kidding? he is looking for a web hosting better than hostgator then you are suggesting free hosting?
This one is good and you can own it as a private label service Free and then use it for you own needs and sell services. 3.75 per month http://www.resellerspanel.com/?a=sdhy1956 .................
with respect to others suggestions, i say go for semi dedicated. it is like shared account but you will be given more resources cause less people are sharing the server.
You get the quality for the price. Try bluehost.com for shared plan. Try liquidweb.com for quality VPS.
Never go with unlimited plans, you can check out my sig if you want, but btw unlimited plans make servers unstable, and slow!
If you can afford dedicated hosting, go with theplanet.com For Vps - go with liquidweb.com For shared - go with bluehost.com All accept credit/debit card payments.
I honestly would recommend you DotXM Hosting Solutions (Since 2000). Having over 150+ clients, you can't go wrong!
I don't care what anyone says here , WWW.HOSTMONSTER.COM & IXWEBHOSTING.COM , best hosting out there no doubt, use it! very affordable , great customer service!
Actually much of the Hostgator hosting is on 'The Planet hosting' and they guy has only $15 budget how can you ask him to go for dedicated hosting ......