How to check who blocks ICMP during MTU path negotiation?
You could use a host on a network with a confirmed MTU of >=1500 (to the public internet, not just on the local link) and send large ping requests or other packets with the DF flag set. With a sniffer like Wireshark on that host, you should see an "incoming ICMP fragmentation needed" packet for every packet you send.
I've had some problems with my DSL provider and some webservers, but it turned out that while my provider was sending the ICMP packets, they were apparently filtered by the webservers or their firewalls. It's apparently common with Amazon Web Services and some of the big CDNs.