Originally Posted by nmenaker
And, I don't think you have to have an SS number. A german friend of mine got one in December, not a prepay (which is an option and some access is free there) and only had to give a credit card number. They bill the phone to his account and made the bills go to the credit card account as well. It was a eurocard or mastercard I think, so this might be possilbe, but why would you when prepay is relatively cheap.
But still, without a US credit history they will pretty much always place you on their smartaccess plans with considerable limitations.
As for prepaid, that works out a lot more expensive than a normal plan.