Unable to ping my public ip address

RBS

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Wasn't sure where to exactly put this question

I have a xampp home server that I use for web development projects
I had been using Comcast for residential ISP and had zero problems
However (for cost reasons) switched to CenturyLink and now I can't ping my public IP address, by that I mean if I do a whatismyip it returns

71.36.126.19

but if I try to ping it via command line I get a request time out and I can not access my site via the ip address, but I can access via the local ip example, 192.168.0.4
i can ping other addresses example
Google 8.8.8.8
ping www.eightforums.com
no problems, it just my own public ip I can't reach

talking to CenturyLink is next to impossible to troubleshoot, sometimes I think they have no networking experience at all. I talk of ping and tracert and they have no clue what I mean.

any suggestions?
 

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System One

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    windows 7 & 8
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