NO 'RING' IN USA

Well, this may sound funny but the communication access, I mean the telephone service is very complicated in US than in India. In India, everything is so cheap and getting a phone or connection is a very easy work. But in US, We should be able to afford to call up using the mobile. Its very surprising that even the incoming call costs for a mobile. I hate it. I used to use my pretty mobile [I miss it so much] like anything. I used to send atleast some 1500 messages in a month and almost more than 600 minutes of call every month. And the money costed was hardly Rs. 300 [6$]. Here it is as if someone has cut off my right hand. Even though I have my mobile, I have to think 100 times before I use it as it costs 1$ [Rs. 50 approx] per day if I use the phone and over that again 10 cents [Rs 5] per minute both for incoming and outgoing. It may sound funny for people who live in US and are earning but for a person like me who is yet to build up a career and start earning, its a serious issue. I cant speak to my people back home as and when I want. We had a hard time to inform back in India that we landed safely in US as it is hard to find a public phone here and if found, allows only short distance calls. Those, which allow long distance and international calls ask for too much fee. The calling cards are avialable which offer cheap prices to call up. But to call up, you need a phone:-) I think what it costs in India to call up US [around Rs. 6.40 per minute from a mobile] is much much affordable when you compare. Of course I do agree that I am committing a serious mistake by converting US Dollars to Indian Rupees. But for new people who come to US searching for a splendid career, life is not so easy here, unless you have plenty of money to spend. This is only a minor issue of a hell lot of problems for people who come here and have to settle down first. Forget any other currency, its only US $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$