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No card, no phone, no ID at signup; paid plans use Stripe Checkout, cards only.","country":null},"reliability_note":"On the credit a box auto-pauses itself after 2 hours idle unless the window is changed or switched off per box; it never pauses in its first 24 hours.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"Every number is from the billing page read today. 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