Since the release of the Xbox 360, yes it technically is. You can have friends and chat with the "silver" account, which is 100% free to use. Although, if you are trying to get on the "Gold" subscription to actually play games online and download addons/demos of games then you will need to pay the subscription fee.
However there are resources that will show you how with a little bit of work you can get your gold subscription for free!
Silver does not have xbox live. It is free; but no xbox live!
Yes, Xbox Live Silver is free.
No, Microsoft Corp. has never announced Xbox Live being free.
Yes xbox live is completely free except if you want to upgrade to gold
Every Xbox comes with xbox live Example I bought my Xbox for $299.99 and I got the month of live for free
Xbox Live could be free but Microsoft chooses not to because they wish to make a profit from it.
Xbox Live may never become free, but there has been speculation that if it does, it will be in mid-2009.
no they am not
On Xbox Live all the demos are free. If you have Xbox Live.
Currently there is no information that says Xbox Live Gold will be for free, but that can change in the future.
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.
It is free at the xbox live arcade