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Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy?

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Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com> wrote 
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>>> Is my experience normal in that, in Europe, both the 
>>> Hotels and Phone companies required my passport

>> Not if you don't say that you are a foreigner
>> or get a local to get the SIM for you.

>>> (never in the USA have I been required to have a passport).

>> Some jurisdictions do require some ID but it
>> isn't that hard to circumvent that requirement. 
 
> That's true, but you better be sure you trust the person 
> you are allowing to register a SIM card in your name. 

I wasn't talking about getting someone else to register
the SIM in your name. 

> If it's later found to have been used to carry out some illegal activity 
> the authorities are going to come knocking on your door.

They can't if you circumvent the ID requirement yourself
and there is no way to trace that SIM to you.  

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Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com> - 2015-07-22 13:48 +0800
  Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 08:29 +1000
    Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "M.L." <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-25 13:32 -0400
      Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-26 05:38 +1000
      Re: Who pays for a phone call to a US phone number, italy to italy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-25 20:45 -0400

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