Maybe some ISPs are starting to block port 5998 sometimes for some various reason. It might be worth investigating with your ISP to see if they do or not. I think there may also be some port scanner sites out there that you might be able to use to see if 5998 is open to your connection.
Normally when people see issues with port 5998, it is because they are going through a proxy and the proxy is set to block that particular port or port range. This would normally be for people in college campuses, hotels, airports, or in the work place. Normally a regular home connection should not have issues with ports unless the ISP itself was causing them. Though, it could also be a problem with some type of antivirus or firewall program on your PC that is doing it.
Maybe you guys should start posting the name of your ISP provider. If you all use the same one, I would call them up and give them one heck of an earful!
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