Premium, group video, fair use, WHY?

Can someone from Skype please or someone who knows whats what explain WHY we have a LIMIT on group video when it causes no tax on Skype's servers. Its causing a lot of tax on MY computer hardware and my friends hardware.
So where does skype get off saying they have a right to limit how much I can use group video calling?

I'm glad to see it is not just me. I also have been searching desperately for a way to submit a question/call a helpdesk, etc.
In my case, I get an "OOPS! Looks like this feature is not available for your free subscription" message (that was from memory, not verbatim...). The issue is that I started with a free trial about 2 months ago, and then at the start of August I purchased a subscription and have been using it everyday until last week, when it stopped working. I can get the group audio, but not the video. I just renewed my subscription (monthly) and I dropped and re-installed a new version of SKYPe, but no luck so far.

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