I have been posting for a while about this - those disposable pre-activated cell phones that can be purchased for cash without indentification, should have been outlawed as part of the Patriot Act.
Oh, no! I love those.
You can't just walk out of the store and start using them. They have to be activated by giving personal information to the telephone company first. My husband is always losing his so a TracFone is the only kind he gets now.