And now it appears they're trying to slow the mass exodus. http://gizmodo.com/5871154/godaddy-may-be-delaying-domain-transfers-on-purpose
GoDaddy lost 72,354 domains after supporting SOPA legislation http://www.infowars.com/godaddy-lost-72354-domains-after-supporting-sopa-legislation/
For registrations there are lots of companies from namecheap to register.com. There are also many domains for sale cheaply at places like digitalpoint For inexpensive & reliable hosting; Blue Host (Fast Domain), HostGator, etc...then you also have Yahoo, 1&1, and many others