“Lying ... unless you subscribe to a ‘service’ the cellphone companies ain’t going to let you send data thru their networks for free ...”
Depends on who’s paying the cellphone companies...doesn’t have to be the owner.
re: “Depends on who’s paying the cellphone companies”
Have you ever tried to pay someone else’s bill? Do you have a working knowledge how cellphone billing is implemented, is perfomed, within any given company?