In addition to the greater disk space, some providers offer guest books, email, chats, and in some cases support for Microsoft FrontPage extensions. The exact details of what is offered vary widely. Be sure to review our Top 10 sites comparison table . It is to your advantage to look around. The server side extensions for Microsoft FrontPage require additional steps to setup and need to be implemented for each user.
Providers also have security concerns.
As these issues are addressed and the popularity of the authoring package grows, I believe that we will see more hosts offer this feature to attract customers. Late last year, Tripod was one to the first major free services at offered FrontPage extension support to its users. Many of the free site hosts restrict the usage of your site. Most are free for personal or non-profit use only. Most combine their address with a path that may include a community name and your account name.