X-box Live

DY357LX

<div class="IPBDescription">Anyone used it? Whats It Cost?</div> I'm considering buying the X-Box Live package for
my X-Box for upcoming titles like Halo 2. Apparently
Wolfenstein: Tides Of War is amazing online via X-Box live
and I can get that through a friends shop (help a growing
business today!)

So here's my questions:
Anyone used it?
Is it any good? (lag, ease of use etc)
Do I have to pay a monthly fee? (If so, how much)

All comments welcome.

Talesin

Haven't used it, have heard good things about SOME games with it (usually decent lag, though some gain anywhere from ten to thirty seconds of it, if not more). And yes, IIRC they had a $40/mo fee initially, but that may have dropped to $20/mo.

It does have some problems going through 'home routers' (ie: IP Masquerading, 'shared' connections) without some pretty detailed configuration, and can only use a broadband connection. Some of the config for directly hooking it to a DSL modem is a little wonky, but you only have to set it up once.