Why is Verizon blocking its customers from using OpenDNS service?

I have always used my devices through my home WiFi until recently my phone and tablet are not using my preferred DNS server. I'm considering changing wireless companies if this issue is permanent.

Verizon does block certain ports for safety and security reasons. That is true. They have a responsibility to protect their customers and their network.
You state in the past your tablet and phone was able to connect to your home WiFi network using Open DNS.
The part I am trying to get across is the tablet and phone have no idea what DNS you are using.
A properly set up network either using your broadband or DSL providers network versus you using the open DNS service is not going to stop the tablet or the phone from making a connection to your mode/router.
In example I receive my connection through RR. I then have my own modem connected to it, my modem grabs its DNS from RR. This modem also has WiFi built in. So the address is 292.168.1.100 but I can change it.
My router now is accessed via 192.168.1.1 but in the routers settings I can use open DNS or any other proxy server I have rights to.
I use different id names for both WiFi devices. So I set my tablets to use a dedicated address, in fact every device is set to use 192.168.1.25, or 24, 23, or 13 and so on. This forces all connected devices to acquire the same address each time.
However it makes no difference what DNS server I am using. As long as my modem/router has a solid connection to the net my devices will always work and do.
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