Which web hosting provider should I use?

[flippyshark]

Here's my situation. I have a domain name registered with Network Solutions. For a long time, I used their "do it yourself" web hosting service, but I found it slow, unwieldy and unfriendly, and I wasn't thrilled with their customer service.

I need to keep my domain name (my published play directs people to it in order to inquire about performance rights) but I want to find a good, inexpensive and user-friendly place to park it. Any suggestions? (And how big a pain will it be to transfer the domain name away from NS?)

I am also willing to entertain the suggestion of staying with Network Solutions if anyone here has had recent stupendous experience with them (they've had quite a history, though.) I'm just thinking I can do better.