[MichaelGG]

It can be easy to get a SIM in the US. But the companies make it difficult for some reason. Everyone is obsessed with credit. Get cable TV? They want your SSN to check credit. It's bizarre.

Even on a T-Mobile prepaid plan, they insisted on an SSN after a year and refused to charge my Amex. I told them I was Canadian, so they asked for a SIN. They said Amex required it. Only after getting Amex involved did T-Mobile back down.

There's about zero risk for them on a prepaid system. The risk is someone trying to exploit a hole in their billing platform, which is really quite minuscule.