If you’ve got anything but Verizon, full cell phone service in Metro is still a few years off.

The collapse of the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile is good for jobs and monthly rates, but AT&T service in D.C. could become much spottier than it already is.

Photo by Nivad Last week we got a little too excited about the impending expansion of cell phone service in the Metro system, but now it’s official: T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel customers should be able to use their cell phones inside Metro’s 20 busiest stations starting first thing Friday morning (the Post says it’ll be turned on at midnight, but of course the system will be closed by then). Verizon customers could already…

Photo by Nivad Back in August, WMATA announced that the first phase of the Congressionally imposed expanded cell phone network inside D.C.’s Metro system would be completed by October 16. That date, by which time Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, AT&T and T-Mobile customers should all be able to access their networks inside the 20 busiest underground Metro stations, is coming up fast. And earlier this week, it appeared as though some of the stations…

Photo by lorigoldberg Verizon Wireless customers in Washington are soon going to have precious little left to brag about to their friends with other cell phone companies. Metro today released the first part of its schedule for installing expanded wireless service in the system’s underground stations and tunnels. The new wireless network, the first phase of which will be completed by mid-October, will be able to be accessed by people who subscribe to any…