Has this changed recently? I thought I heard about this several years ago, but the last 2-3 times I've visited (in the last couple of years) I've been able to pick up a prepaid SIM from Colesworth without any ID check.
Has this changed recently? I thought I heard about this several years ago, but the last 2-3 times I've visited (in the last couple of years) I've been able to pick up a prepaid SIM from Colesworth without any ID check.
It has been like that for at least 8 years, and probably longer. There are still stalls at airports, but you must provide ID.
Interesting. Seems like this isn't very consistently enforced, then.
You may have bought the sim card but never activated it. It's not the device itself that is restricted, just using it.
It used to be that you did the ID check when you bought the SIM, but now you have to do the ID check when you activate it.
You can buy the SIM but can’t activate it without going through ID checks.
It's been like this since at least the late 90s, I remember having to fill out the paperwork manually when working at Target