Here are Verizon's initial XLTE cities

Verizon has fired up a new, beefier branding for its 4G LTE smartphone service. Dubbed XLTE, it takes advantage of the AWS spectrum to double the bandwidth in high-traffic locations. And here's the list of cities that get it first.

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AlabamaBirmingham, Decatur, Florence, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa
ArizonaFlagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson
ArkansasEl Dorado-Magnolia, Fayetteville-Springdale, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Russellville
CaliforniaBakersfield, Chico-Oroville, Fresno, Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, Oakland, Redding, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stockton, Visalia-Porterville, Yuba City-Marysville
ColoradoColorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Pueblo
ConnecticutGreater Fairfield and New Haven, Hartford, New London County
DelawareDover, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce-Vero Beach
District of ColumbiaWashington DC
FloridaGainesville, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Melbourne-Titusville, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota-Bradenton, Tallahassee, Tampa-St. Petersburg, West PalmBeach
GeorgiaAthens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus
HawaiiHonolulu, Kahului-Wailuku
IllinoisBloomington, Carbondale, Champaign-Urbana, Chicago, Danville, Decatur-Effingham, Kankakee, La Salle-Peru-Ottawa, Mattoon, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield
IndianaAnderson, Bloomington-Bedford, Columbus, Elkhart, Evansville, Indianapolis, Kokomo-Logansport, Lafayette, Marion, Richmond, South Bend-Mishawaka, Terre Haute, Vincennes-Washington
IowaCedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City, Blackfoot, Burley, Pocatello
KansasDodge City, Garden City, Hays, Manhattan-Junction City, McPherson, Salina, Topeka, Wichita
KentuckyLexington, Louisville, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport
MarylandBaltimore, Salisbury
MassachusettsBoston, Hyannis-Mid-Cape, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester-Fitchburg
MichiganBenton Harbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Houghton, Lansing
MinnesotaBemidji, Brainerd, Duluth, Fergus Falls-Alexandria, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Rochester, St. Cloud
MissouriJefferson City, Kansas City, St. Joseph
MontanaBillings
NebraskaGrand Island-Kearney, Lincoln, North Platte, Omaha, Scottsbluff
NevadaLas Vegas, Reno
New HampshireManchester-Nashua
New JerseyAtlantic City
New MexicoAlbuquerque, Santa Fe
New YorkAlbany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira-Corning-Hornell, Ithaca, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica
North CarolinaAsheville, Charlotte-Gastonia, Fayetteville-Lumberton, Raleigh-Durham, Wilmington
North DakotaBismarck, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Williston
OhioCanton, Cincinnati, Cleveland-Akron, Columbus, Dayton-Springfield, Findlay-Tiffin, Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Portsmouth, Toledo
OklahomaBartlesville, Lawton, Liberal, Oklahoma City, Tulsa
OregonEugene-Springfield, Portland, Salem-Albany-Corvallis
PennsylvaniaAllentown-Bethlehem, Altoona, Erie, Harrisburg, Indiana, Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Shamokin, Sharon, State College, Stroudsburg, Williamsport, York
Rhode IslandGreater Providence
South CarolinaCharleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville-Spartanburg, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach
South DakotaAberdeen, Rapid City, Sioux Falls
TennesseeChattanooga, Cleveland, Cookeville, Dyersburg, Jackson, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
TexasAmarillo, Austin, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Bryan-College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Laredo, Longview-Marshall, Paris, San Antonio, Sherman-Denison, Temple-Killeen, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls
UtahLogan, Provo, Salt Lake City-Ogden
VirginiaCharlottesville, Fredericksburg, Greater Hampton Roads, Harrisonburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Winchester
WashingtonLongview, Olympia, Seattle-Tacoma, Spokane
WisconsinAppleton-Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Green Bay

Source: Verizon [pdf]

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