There are plenty of reasons to pay for bandwidth, though I’ve never paid for it for any site I’ve made. The best free host (SynthaSite, by most opinions,) is quickly becoming comparable to other options. Don’t judge it by my sites, as I’ve been too occupied to design them to potential, just pay attention to it as a possibility — two million users do, and a top rating on a major tech blog has helped.

Webcomics are strangely behind the curve on this one. I think people remember catches like forced ads and having to pay to get adequate features.

P.S. El Santo, your funny remark a few days ago did not escape me, though first I took it seriously, and was flummoxed.