If a couple of US Senators have their way, you will soon be required to show ID when purchasing pre-paid wireless in the United States.  Currently, anyone can walk into a cell phone shop and buy pre-paid service with no checks or hold-ups. As the Consumerist points out, popular TV show The Wire shows that…

When looking at the mobile markets in the US and most parts of the world, there has been one major glaring difference.’a0 Whereas most consumers outside the United States utilize mobile service on a pre-paid or contract free basis, we in the United States have operated under under a post-paid model.’a0 That is, in the…