My experience is the opposite.  I had some RR techs come out to check my 
deteriorating signal, and they ended up removing my filter (they said it 
was from a problem batch).  So according to the RR guys, I now have free 
basic cable if I want to use it (I don't, I'm happy with my dish - NFL 
ticket!).  I've heard horror stories of TW suing people for cable theft 
because there wasn't a filter in place, so I made sure the RR guys 
recorded that they were responsible for its removal.

Most importantly, I'm getting a consistent 2 Mbit pipe into the house....

Mark Smith

Dustin Decker <dustind@moon-lite.com>
Sent by: owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net
09/18/2002 10:39 AM

 
        To:     kclug@kclug.org
        cc: 
        Subject:        Time-Warner, Cable Modems and basic cable service

Howdy all,

 [snip]

Well - today a cable monkey climbed the pole out back and DID apply a
filter which disables basic cable.  So - I'm getting exactly what I am
paying for - a cable modem and nothing else.

Moral of the story - if you have roadrunner only, and basic cable still
works and you like it that way, you might want to keep that to yourself.
TWC obviously does not intend for basic cable to accompany a roadrunner
account for free.  (YES!  They DO have filters to make this a reality.)

Dustin