For anyone misguided enough to attemmpt such a thing: Just get road runner, removing the filter is easy. its just a mater of where they put it. Wehn you get road runner installed, wait a week or 2 so the time warner inspector can come out and verify the install was done properly, then remove it later. the rarely check, if ever after the inital inspection. The filter tap itself is just a silver "can" about 3 inces long and an inch in diamter that is installed in the cable line, uses standard coax cable ends, and takes about 30 seconds to remove with simple tools (carecent wrench, leatherman, ect)