To the OP:
Sounds like you fell into some sort of scam, glad to hear you did not pay out. There are a lot of fake technical support numbers on the search engines now, and that's their plan to trick people into paying fake setup / support fees.
As I recall, I provided no CC information when I setup my Roku account, but that was years ago when the Roku HD (1st generation) came out. When I upgraded to "The Stick", I was able to add it to my existing account.
RoyB wrote:
I am wondering how you pay for the large data you are going to using downstreaming ROKU... How does that work with the ROKU Stick... Everything can't be free...
Roy Ken
Unlimited plan :) If it's not nice outside to be hiking or playing with the camp fire, streaming HD video will use 40-60gb of data over a weekend.
As for content on the Roku, there are some free providers, mostly weird stuff. Most of the content is premium and a subscription is required.
I use mine for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Google Play and HBO + Showtime (as part of my cable tv subscription).