**SOLVED**
Turns out this was a problem with windows getting through my Comcast firewall.
so i normally run ubuntu but i was gifted a new windows 10 machine. I promised my brother i would try windows for 6 months before reinstalling ubuntu.
here is the problem: i can run minetest fine on ubunut and any android device i have, but on Windows 10 i get an Connection TImed out every time for every server.
I usually play on Fozland but i have tried Xanadu, King Arthur, Apple Tree etc...
i have tried the download from minetest.net, and sfan5's builds for 0.15 and 0.14-dev... any suggestions???