Is 3G shared internet considered as WIFI connection?

I have an iPhone 4S sharing the 3G internet connection with de iOS Hotspot option. My iPad WIFI is connected to that shared connection and the icon of a little chain appears on my iPad.
The questions is if the iPad will recognize that connection like a Cellular connection o WIFI special, in order not to do things like download/upload Photo Stream photos, iCloud Backup, Apps downloading things that only are configured to be downloaded from WIFI (like Instacast)?
Is 3G shared internet considered as WIFI connection by the iPad?
Thank you in advance.

Yes, The Shared connection is wifi, and all traffic throught the wifi connection is passed through the 3G connection. You have to watch out for what you have enabled when you leach off your phones 3g connnnection...You will go over your plan limits in a hurry.

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