Icloud synced devices and streaming music

Please excuse my novice questions, but i need help understanding how iCloud influences my data usage. I have iPhone 5, iPad and MacBook 2011. I have checked the iCloud sync so that all devices talk. Also, i signed up for iCloud back up - $25 or whatever it is for the annual fee.
When i listen to music from my iPhone (which i do frequently at my job) - am i hearing music that's native to my iPhone OR am i "streaming" every song from the cloud and incurring data fees?
Also, when i signed up for iCloud, did it copy all of my music from my computer Hard Drive or is that music still there?
Lastly, i signed up for NPR Podcast and somehow i don't think it's actually "downloading" to my iPhone. I think it only streams. How can I set it up to actually download the information so that i can listen even when i don't have WiFi and so that i'm not burning up data allotment?

RodeoQueen wrote:
Ok, i see that my iTunes Match button is OFF. Does this mean i'm listening to music directly from my iPhone? If i turn the Match button ON, will it play from albums native to my phone or stream from iCloud?
Yes to both questions. If you have iTunes Match turned off, you can only listen to music actually stored on your phone. You could also just leave it on, and just go to Settings>Music and turn Show All Music to Off and accomplish the same thing. With this set to off, it will only display songs stored on your phone.
When you have iTunes Match turned on, and you play a song that is already on your phone, it does not stream from iCloud (since the song is already stored locally on your phone). If you play a song that is not on your phone, it will stream from iCloud, but still downloads in the background.
I do understand that when I have WiFi on, i'm not using data from my data plan. However, at my office there is no WiFi, so i would be streaming.
If possible, download the music you plan on listening to while you're on wifi at home so you don't have to use your data plan to listen to it at work.
On you podcast question, I only download them to iTunes and sync them to my devices. I don't have any experience trying to "stream" them. I think if you did the same, you would experience the interruption in playback when you're away from wifi.

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