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first does xbc cost money to download the servers.
No. First of all, you don't download a server, you download a client that interacts with their server. That download is free, but they do ask you to register for $15. You DO NOT have to do as they ask, though.
No xbconnect doesn't cost anything and it is probably the GREATEST thing EVER!!!!
besides xbox live