No, cause my friends have Verizon as well and theirs still works. So I don't see how they would be blocking mine, and not theirs.

*Note*
I went and downloaded Bearshare, and that didn't work either. So, I know that there is a setting that I need to change.

So far I have:
-Unistalled security updates
-Got the newest version of Limewire
-Rolled back my java (as one post recommended to do)
-Manually allowed the port to be open

So if you have anything else that you could think of let me know.