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.
Category | Features |
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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]
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