On Thursday, 21 November, 2019 12:00, "Rob Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com> said:

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On Nov 21, 2019, at 05:33, "tim@pelican.org" <tim@pelican.org> wrote:

Or am I woefully naive, and it's actually trivial for a non-US resident to come up with a US credit card and billing address to pay for the service?

It’s a thing. Need a US address but fairly straightforward. Ask your favorite border hopping Canadian.

Fair enough - thanks for the info. These days, you have to show up in person at a branch with a passport to open almost any kind of bank account here, following a money-laundering crackdown, so I was assuming it ought to be a sufficiently-strong check to satisfy rights-holders. Regards, Tim.