Martini buddi,
Most people are actually very nice in Xbox Live!, but if you swear one time, they swear back at you 20 times. Also, some people talk 24/7 and it gets pretty annoying hearing them all the time.
The headset is comfy and easy to use, it connects directly to the memory card slot and the card thingie allows you to set the volume and toggle microphone on/off. The actual online price haven't been decided yet but you can still play Xbox Live! for one year without paying. (Free starting from the day your activate Xbox Live!, not purchase.) My guess is that Xbox Live! will be charged for $5 USD/yr. Also, forgot to mention, there's one more problem in Ghost Recon is that when you find games in Opti-Match, you have to set the min. players to 3 cuz if you make it 0, no games will show up. Anyways, that's no biggie and I am sure you wouldn't mind that.
Angelo: In fact, most of the people in America play Mech Assault in Xbox Live!, UC is No. 4...
Snake: You are right, SOCOM is very smooth, I never get a lag. I mean, how can SCEA NET do that? I am very impressed with the SOCOM's server. However, I traded SOCOM with the Xbox Live! Kit.