[jandrese]

Web hosting is so cheap it's practically already free. If you just want to toss up a webpage there are a number of providers that will do it for free. Choose a cheap domain name and your total costs are a few bucks a year unless it somehow becomes exceptionally popular.

[BitwiseFool]

As a point of order, registrars are also refusing service. If you want a simple, non-controversial, non scalable website, yes, hosting one solo is really easy. As soon as you have something that you plan to scale it becomes nearly impossible to 'go it alone'.