[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droidriven:
Yes it is, you are missing the fine point that makes a difference. As for the rooting and hotspotting, the difference is that it is done on a phone that is their phone on their network with unlimited data that you are paying for on THAT phone, not another phone that is disguised as their phone, and that is where you are, if for example a user was on a plan that had a limit on data and the user found a way to go beyond that limit to get get data when they are supposed to then that would be the same as what you are saying, just rooting and hotspotting is not the same as this because with or without the hotspot the unlimited data is being paid for by the user that owns the account on the device they own on the network its supposed to be on as the phone it is supposed to be, yes you're paying for the plan but you are not using it on the device it goes to, there is a difference, what you are doing is the same as giving YOUR service to another person that isnt on the same network whether you own that phone or not that phone is unregistered, whether cloned by the numbers or not doesnt change anything, even cloning it isn't in the same category as what you are doing because even a cloned device is still registered on their network, what you are saying would be TRUE if you had it on their network through them, which you DONT. I can go switch the VIN numbers on a car and get a title for that car under the other cars' VIN but that isn't any more legit than what you're doing. You're doing it with a plan and SIM that goes to another phone on a phone that is not on their network or on your contract, that's another difference, a paid plan is a CONTRACT which is a binding agreement between you and the provider and you're violating that contract which in a nutshell makes that piracy, a prepaid device has no contract and no penalties for violating, no matter how you slice it, you are getting service on a device that isn't on their network, THAT IS PIRACY. If you went down and had it switched to their network for real then you could say that all you want but that isn't what you're doing, you're letting them think its a different phone, that is in no way legit, no matter what you are paying for, its like getting a tax refund from a country that you aren't a citizen of, you can run that circle all day dude, it doesn't change the fact that you are getting something that you're not supposed to, something that is not in their contract to provide to you.

Either way what you are doing isn't legit and doesn't do the users that are legit any good at all, the only thing you've accomplished is showing that you're a crook that's out to get anything he can get away with. Rooting and hotspotting is no comparison by any means, their is nothing hinky about the data paid for or the device the data is used on or the network the device is on or the name its in, the only thing you've got is a SIM that is active in your name, it would be legit if you used that SIM in a device that is actually on their network in your name on a bill you pay for. How slow are you when it comes to what something is and what it is not? Enjoy being a pirate, crook. Its nothing to brag about or be proud of, it will come back to you in some way at some time even if its in a way that has nothing to do with your phone or what service you have. Karma is real.

Let's say you ordered something and you paid for it but then you went and kicked in the back door of the warehouse or store it is from and went grabbed the thing you PAID for, does that not still make you a thief even though you paid the bill? Hmmm....see the difference?