I don't mean to be rude, but quite honestly you get what you pay for. By nature, nothing free will ever be nearly as good as you can get if you pay for it, especially hosting. Because they're free, they get waaay too many users on way too few servers so instability is rampant. If you really want a good server, you're gonna have to pony up some cash.
http://www.f2s.com is a freebie that fits all the rest of that, I think. (I've never been there, so I'm not really sure, though.) It's what a lot of people use. Some people have great luck with it, and some people don't. So while it may end up being a good server, I don't guarantee it.
---Skorpion
