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.

Alabama: Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa

Arizona: Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson

Arkansas: El Dorado-Magnolia, Fayetteville-Springdale, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Russellville

California: Bakersfield, 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

Colorado: Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Pueblo

Connecticut: Greater Fairfield and New Haven, Hartford, New London County

Delaware: Dover, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce-Vero Beach

District of Columbia: Washington DC

Florida: Gainesville, Lakeland-Winter Haven, Melbourne-Titusville, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota-Bradenton, Tallahassee, Tampa-St. Petersburg, West PalmBeach

Georgia: Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus

Hawaii: Honolulu, Kahului-Wailuku

Illinois: Bloomington, Carbondale, Champaign-Urbana, Chicago, Danville, Decatur-Effingham, Kankakee, La Salle-Peru-Ottawa, Mattoon, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield

Indiana: Anderson, Bloomington-Bedford, Columbus, Elkhart, Evansville, Indianapolis, Kokomo-Logansport, Lafayette, Marion, Richmond, South Bend-Mishawaka, Terre Haute, Vincennes-Washington

Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City, Blackfoot, Burley, Pocatello

Kansas: Dodge City, Garden City, Hays, Manhattan-Junction City, McPherson, Salina, Topeka, Wichita

Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville

Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Monroe, New Orleans, Shreveport

Maryland: Baltimore, Salisbury

Massachusetts: Boston, Hyannis-Mid-Cape, Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester-Fitchburg

Michigan: Benton Harbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Houghton, Lansing

Minnesota: Bemidji, Brainerd, Duluth, Fergus Falls-Alexandria, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Rochester, St. Cloud

Missouri: Jefferson City, Kansas City, St. Joseph

Montana: Billings

Nebraska: Grand Island-Kearney, Lincoln, North Platte, Omaha, Scottsbluff

Nevada: Las Vegas, Reno

New Hampshire: Manchester-Nashua

New Jersey: Atlantic City

New Mexico: Albuquerque, Santa Fe

New York: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Elmira-Corning-Hornell, Ithaca, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica

North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte-Gastonia, Fayetteville-Lumberton, Raleigh-Durham, Wilmington

North Dakota: Bismarck, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Williston

Ohio: Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland-Akron, Columbus, Dayton-Springfield, Findlay-Tiffin, Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Portsmouth, Toledo

Oklahoma: Bartlesville, Lawton, Liberal, Oklahoma City, Tulsa

Oregon: Eugene-Springfield, Portland, Salem-Albany-Corvallis

Pennsylvania: Allentown-Bethlehem, Altoona, Erie, Harrisburg, Indiana, Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Shamokin, Sharon, State College, Stroudsburg, Williamsport, York

Rhode Island: Greater Providence

South Carolina: Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville-Spartanburg, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach

South Dakota: Aberdeen, Rapid City, Sioux Falls

Tennessee: Chattanooga, Cleveland, Cookeville, Dyersburg, Jackson, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville

Texas: Amarillo, 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

Utah: Logan, Provo, Salt Lake City-Ogden

Virginia: Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Greater Hampton Roads, Harrisonburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Winchester

Washington: Longview, Olympia, Seattle-Tacoma, Spokane

Wisconsin: Appleton-Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Green Bay

Source: Verizon [pdf]

Apologies for the earlier formatting issues in the app, they have been fixed

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