Excellent explanation!
Another thing you could do to increase your bandwidth is to buy Steem and power up. I know buying cryptocurrencies isn't easy for everyone, but it's impossible for all of us to get free money from posting on an uncensored ad-free website. Someone will have to pay the bill. So far, @steemit has generously been paying the cost of creating an account for new users, but even their funds are not unlimited.
One of many guides: How to buy Steem.
Thank you for the read and comment, mate!
And yes, covered buying Steem and powering up in solution #4, but thank you for the extra literature that goes more in depth in the process, @edb, and thank you @mrslauren for writing such a detailed guide!