http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/ Engadget Comments for Xbox Live "up and running," now with no caveats. http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
Everybody that pays for their XBL account should demand credit for their lost time!

Anybody that would argue about that is either working for the company that screwed up or is a complete moron for being a pushover for the company that they are paying.]]>Dec 30th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
This has left a very bad taste for me. I just bought an XBox 360 on Friday, 28 DEC. I'm trying to show my wife how cool this is, and everything keeps breaking. We try to download a quick show for her to watch, and it keeps timing out and disconnecting. I add a mutual friend of ours and show how we can communicate with them... but we get Messenger errors all weekend. She's already made the comment that she regrets that I spent all that money on the system. Seeing it from her point of view, I can't argue. Everything I told her we could do with it, that would benefit her, doesn't work.]]>Dec 30th 2007 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
Let's compare apples and apples next time, huh? Not apples and systems no one wants to buy/play.]]>Jan 3rd 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
It's been down like this since 24th December. Can't even connect at all

Test connection and shows DNS failed

Sucks!]]>Dec 30th 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
I was cut-off with my ISP for 4weeks 2 years ago, and they offered to half my subscription fee because I threatened to leave. I still left because they had been crap for years, but the offer was good.]]>Dec 30th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
Another factor is how ps3's network is completely free yet it hasn't got such issues ( i know live has a bigger user base, but people are still paying money, so microsoft should atleast ensure the servers are running)

it's just the amount of money they milk off customers over things like themes, add ons, pictures, live service is a hell of a lot]]>Dec 30th 2007 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
So, 25% of his card has been basically useless. He called to complain and ask for some compensation, such as some time added to the end of his month, but they stonewalled him, and wouldn't give him anything. This is all while they were 1) acknowledging a problem and 2) taking responsibility for said problem.

They are losing some serious face with this one. Notch one off for MS. If they were smart, they'd stand up and take care of their users. Just because there's a million of us on live doesn't mean they can stop caring about the individual.]]>Dec 30th 2007 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/WTF is up with the other gaming sites though? Kotaku, Joystiq, and fucking XBoxFanBoy are pretending the outage never happened?]]>Dec 30th 2007 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
Ogi]]>Dec 30th 2007 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
Status:

Users may experience intermittent issues logging onto Xbox Live. Our engineers are continuing to investigate and are working to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.


I seem to have been ok with only a few issues, but MS seems to be struggling. I would expect that if your NAT is anything but Open you will really struggle, it is hard to get a game when the service is fully up and running.]]>Dec 30th 2007 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 31st 2007 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 31st 2007 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
I do feel it would be a nice gesture on Microsoft's part to offer 1 free week of XBL. 1 month seems like a bit much.]]>Dec 30th 2007 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/]]>Dec 30th 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 31st 2007 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/
people pay $15 a month for those internet games like WoW and CoH, but that is only for one game! Xbox live is less than $5 a month and that is for almost every 360 game. its a good deal, and those games go down too, but nobody goes around crying about it]]>Dec 30th 2007 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/]]>Dec 30th 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/30/xbox-live-up-and-running-now-with-no-caveats/Dec 30th 2007 3:00PM