you never have to pay for an xbox live account but if you want gold account you have to pay per account the best way to do it is the pre paid cards the sometimes go 13 months for $30 the standard price is $50 through xbox
You do have to pay for xbox live.
There are Gold accounts, which is where you have to pay 60 dollars a year (which you can pay in multiple different ways) this gives you access to online play, downloads etc. and there are Silver accounts which you get access to a little bit of what xbox live has to offer for free. If you plan on playing with friends you should get Gold 60 bucks a year isn't too bad.
xbox live is on all xbox's but you have to pay the only difference with arcade is you dont get a hard drive or an online microphone
Silver does not have xbox live. It is free; but no xbox live!
Usually on Xbox live, all updates are free. So you won't need to pay for the updates.
no u do not have to pay like a bill
Yes, you have to pay for Xbox Live for any game
yes
You cant get xbox live for free anywhere you have to pay a certain amount for what ever amount of months you want to pay for.
No.
you can pay online, got to xbox360.com/live
No, Because Microsoft tracks your Xbox Live Account. So you have to pay for Xbox Live whether with a game card or if you pre-pay.