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Cell-Tower Fatalities: 3G iPhones at Any Price?

"Since April 12th, six cell-tower technicians have fallen to their deaths, and at least three of them were working on AT&T projects. During the four months before that, there were zero cell-tower fatalities."

The "four months before that" were, of course the period commonly known as "winter," when one would generally expect less work on the outside lines if avoidable. How about a comparison to the same time frame last year? I bet more people have also been injured working on phone lines during daylight hours conclusively proving that it is safer to work at night.
Half the workers injured were working on ATT "projects". That means half weren't. Do we have any basis to believe that the injured individuals were doing anything related to 3G? Or do you assume that all ATT "Projects" are 3-G related. How can you make an APPLE connection?

Apple's AT&T Deal Is Costly

I think that one of the reasons for the exclusive relationship were the critical changes jobs was able to force in ATT's offering approach and its relationsip w/the handset maker. Appl was the first co to force the telecoms to offer a fresh approach to the consumer. An offering to all carriers would not have allowed that -- Verizon had already balked. Jobs force a paradigm shift. The loss of revenue from unlocked phones is unfortunate, but there are many more innings to this game.