irc and public wifi access points

So I am sitting here at Stumptown downtown, and I
can't connect to IRC (or use any chat clients).I'm
guessing they are port blocking. I've tried to change
ports with no success.Any ideas on how to  further
investigate and/or get past this.
Thanx 
stefan


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