Cell Tower Deaths and Six Billion Dollar Bet

To satisfy the ever-increasing demand for cell phone service, tower climbers install and service cell antennas, a job that requires them to ascend hundreds of feet. Across the country, some of these workers have fallen to their deaths from cell phone towers. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate this hidden and deadly cost of the smartphone revolution.

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The independent contractors who are building and servicing America's cellular infrastructure are 10 times more likely than an average construction worker to die on the job. In "Cell Tower Deaths" FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the hidden cost that comes with the demand for better and faster cell phone service.