[quote name='crunchewy']I really think they messed this thing up. They should allow all xboxes on the same subnetwork to share all download content without restriction. I'd be more then happy with that arrangement. I think having it go beyond a single house is twisting what this is for, or at least what it *should* be for, which it apparently isn't: for a single household. I can't imagine they really want to discourage people from buying more then one xbox for their house, but that's exactly what they do and have always done. WEIRD.[/QUOTE]
From a technical standpoint, restricting it to a subnetwork has two major problems 1) Easy to exploit (trick the xbox into thinking it's on a private network when it's not) and 2) They would have to rewrite the DRM for every piece of content out on XBL.
[quote name='shosh']how does the conversion work? i tried to find out on xbox.com, but all it gives me is "yes you can convert your current gold, click to BUY NOW"[/QUOTE]
What do you mean how does it work?
First, I'd suggest clicking on the ad in your dashboard to do it, as you get 800 points and an extra month through a promotion.
As the master account holder buying the gold family pack you will get $5 off for each remaining month you have in your current subscription. As you are adding people to your family account, any gold they have will convert two months to one and add it to your time.