For a month Xbox voice chat takes a long time to connect, then fails. Does anyone have a...

RanDog is correct- However, I don't believe anyone "Lied"- it was an error to assume Kinect voice chat would work. CoD does no,t at this time, support voice chat with Kinect.

Please take a look at this article here to help resolve this issue.
support.xbox.com/.../parties-voice-chat

I hated voice messages and am glad that they've been removed (or haven't been re-added). If Voice Messages are brought back, please give people the ability to DISABLE sending/receiving voice messages. I hated having to stop everything I was doing to listen
to a slow and long voice message. The new text messaging does exactly that now unless you're in a party chat.

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I don't want ANYONE sending me voice messages!

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But I agree, please fix the bugs with Party Chat and make 'Party Chat' default when you create or join a party. No more 'Turn On Party Chat' after joining.

not connected to xboxlive, still chatting with online friends in a party... No access to GTA online... How long does this normally take?

Everytime someone gets in Red Reputation its basically a suspension, and it can be issued by anyone that takes the time out to report you for crap you never even did. Think about it does Microsoft actually record your voice every single game? NO, therefore
if someone reports you for voice communication, and for instance you don't own a chat adapter (like me) you still get reported for voice communication, and your rep declines (like me).