T-Mobile glorifies vandalism? [Telecom]

Have you seen the T-Mobile commercial is which a young lady stops her car along a rural highway, pulls out a chain saw, and proceeds to cut down a telephone pole, bringing down the entire line?

Besides the fact that the poles appear to be carrying three-phase power lines, and I know its just a commercial, but still: I had to wonder if T-Mobile couldn't have made their point about "cutting the cord" by having the lady cut the cord of her home phone, rather than vandalizing the poles of a telco or utility company.

What's next? Blowing up a central office?

***** Moderator's Note *****

That commercial takes the classic approach to marketing: show the sheep something they're afraid of, and then sell them a product that lets them pretend they're not.

• Men are afraid of beautiful, self-sufficient women who make their own decisions.
• Women are afraid of power lines
• Everyone is afraid of chain saws

So, by extrapolation, when you sign a T-Mobile contract, you become a beautiful, self-sufficient electrician and lumberjack with a buzzing, scary blade.

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