I'll repeat chejus' question since this link apparently (to me at least) doesnt answer it.

Skype out has always been 2 cents per minute to US landlines. pc to pc has always been free. This link indicates that nothing has changed at least so far:

http://www.skype.com/products/priceo...ncy=USD&vat=NO

so what is the $14 the OP is talking about?