LAN Works, Outside LAN/Internet Connect Fails

[Nightspire]

I'm having a similar issue to some others but what worked to fix theirs does not work to fix my problem. My server (Windows 7) is up and running like a champ, I can login on my LAN/Network but anyone who tries to login outside my network - out on the internet once logged into my network can create a character but once they try to login to the world/zone it goes black and hangs on them and kicks them off. They can't log in and actually play.

On BOTH UDP and TCP I have forwarded the ports:

5998
5999
7000 to 7500
8500
9000
9080

I used the walkthru link below to setup my server and I went through it several times over a week very slowly and carefully and everything else on the server works fine, I can get on via LAN and play no problems, it's anyone outside my network who can see and login to my server, but once they try to load into the world, it hangs and goes black on them and they get kicked out.

Here's the walkthru I used: (great walkthru)
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32980

I've forwarded all these ports to my server's IP address which has been set static and I've been able to see the server as a web server from the outside on other ports so other programs are able to open and use ports on my server but for some reason the EQEMU ports 5998, 5999 7000s all seem to remain closed/blocked as I've used a couple tools including www.canyouseeme.org and it shows my ports are blocked.

I don't know what to do next, I've tried everything I have found on these forums and online in general including trying DMZ on the server and opening up even wider ranges on the ports. My firewall on windows on the server is completely off and the programs/ports on my firewall are open on that firewall anyway just in case, but my windows FW is completely off. My firewall on my router is also completely off and the port forwarding active - I still have "blocked/closed" status on those ports.

I've called Comcast and they say if I forwarded them they should be open and that they do not do any additional blocking etc that would cause those ports to be blocked. They don't know what the problem is and say it's out of their league. /shrug

I don't get it, can anyone help please? I'm hoping someone who is running a server currently and may have gone through this can help me. I've been trying to fix this for three or four weeks now with no luck. Anyone have any ideas please?