Mid-market · ACC Coast & Sunshine Shootouts

South Atlantic

Footprint tier champions: National: AT&T · Mid-market: UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION · Regional: Windstream North Carolina, LLC · State: Zirrus · Local: IQ Fiber

Divisions map

Nine U.S. divisions — click a state to open that division’s bracket for this tier (map scales with the page).

Mid-market playoff bracket

FIRST ROUNDUNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP…#1 · south atlanticBYE — advancesUniti Fiber GulfCo LLC#2 · south atlanticBYE — advancesMetronet Holdings#3 · south atlanticBYE — advancesHotwire Communications#4 · south atlanticBYE — advancesQuantum Fiber#5 · south atlanticBYE — advancesAstound Broadband#6 · south atlanticBYE — advancesRipple Fiber#7 · south atlanticAll Points Broadband#26 · south atlanticFrontier#8 · south atlanticTelefonica#25 · south atlanticCox Communications#9 · south atlanticEarthLink Business#24 · south atlanticWindstream Communications, …#10 · south atlanticGoogle Fiber#23 · south atlanticPoint Broadband Fiber Holdi…#11 · south atlanticZAYO GROUP LLC#22 · south atlanticNetFortris#12 · south atlanticGlo Fiber#21 · south atlanticOptimum#13 · south atlanticMediacom Xtream#20 · south atlanticWebpass, Inc.#14 · south atlanticCenturyLink#19 · south atlanticWindstream Florida, Inc.#15 · south atlanticBlue Stream#18 · south atlanticBreezeline#16 · south atlanticBrightspeed#17 · south atlanticROUND OF 16UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP…#1 · south atlanticBreezeline#16 · south atlanticUniti Fiber GulfCo LLC#2 · south atlanticWindstream Florida, Inc.#15 · south atlanticMetronet Holdings#3 · south atlanticWebpass, Inc.#14 · south atlanticHotwire Communications#4 · south atlanticOptimum#13 · south atlanticQuantum Fiber#5 · south atlanticNetFortris#12 · south atlanticAstound Broadband#6 · south atlanticPoint Broadband Fiber Holdi…#11 · south atlanticRipple Fiber#7 · south atlanticWindstream Communications, …#10 · south atlanticFrontier#8 · south atlanticCox Communications#9 · south atlanticQUARTERFINALSUNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP…#1 · south atlanticFrontier#8 · south atlanticUniti Fiber GulfCo LLC#2 · south atlanticRipple Fiber#7 · south atlanticMetronet Holdings#3 · south atlanticAstound Broadband#6 · south atlanticHotwire Communications#4 · south atlanticQuantum Fiber#5 · south atlanticSEMIFINALSUNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP…#1 · south atlanticHotwire Communications#4 · south atlanticUniti Fiber GulfCo LLC#2 · south atlanticMetronet Holdings#3 · south atlanticCHAMPIONSHIPUNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP…#1 · south atlanticUniti Fiber GulfCo LLC#2 · south atlanticCHAMPIONUNITED STATES CELLULAR CO…#1 · south atlantic

Qualifiers (Mid-market tier · 26)

#ProviderLocationsReviewsAvgFootprint+ / −Bracket
1UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION655.8k4.42111.7111.7
2Uniti Fiber GulfCo LLC74.1k4.8188.488.4
3Metronet Holdings152.1k3.9587.887.8
4Hotwire Communications114.6k4.0387.387.3
5Quantum Fiber163.2k3.5986.986.9
6Astound Broadband78.5k4.2886.386.3
7Ripple Fiber82.3k4.2383.483.4
8Frontier302.8k2.2583.083.0
9Cox Communications125.8k3.1782.182.1
10Windstream Communications, LLC.62.3k4.3681.581.5
11Point Broadband Fiber Holding LLC43.9k4.5780.680.6
12NetFortris92.6k3.6280.280.2
13Optimum92.5k3.6280.180.1
14Webpass, Inc.52.1k4.2478.378.3
15Windstream Florida, Inc.71.5k3.8477.677.6
16Breezeline103.7k2.8876.576.5
17Brightspeed121.6k2.9476.476.4
18Blue Stream29.0k4.4075.775.7
19CenturyLink317101.6674.574.5
20Mediacom Xtream134.3k1.9672.472.4
21Glo Fiber36874.4671.971.9
22ZAYO GROUP LLC11423.8171.571.5
23Google Fiber31.3k4.1271.171.1
24EarthLink Business33.5k3.5969.969.9
25Telefonica49243.6669.169.1
26All Points Broadband11.8k4.6067.667.6

Profile snapshot

UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION is highlighted (Mid-market tier champion for this division). Footprint score comes from aggregated Google profile rows; bracket score adds Serper review sentiment (positive vs negative counts from the reviews API).

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Methodology

  • Aggregate Google profile rows by provider and census division (state → region mapping).
  • Top 26 overall qualifiers per region by footprint composite; each footprint tier’s division bracket uses up to 26 seeds except Local, which uses 16. Each provider is placed in a single global footprint tier (Local, State, Regional, Mid-market, or National) from US-wide listing, state, and division counts. Serper POST /reviews by place_id (cached) at build time.
  • Seeds and qualifiers are ordered by Supabase footprint (composite). Matchup winners compare a Serper-only duel score from positive vs negative review counts in the payload (≥4 vs ≤2); if Serper is off or missing, both sides fall back to footprint composite for that game. Ties break by footprint, then seed.

National pool seeding rules are summarized on the National assessments hub.

How footprint tiers are defined

  • National

    At least two census divisions and more than 30 distinct mappable US states.

    • Listings = distinct Google place_id across the country plus rows without a place_id (each row counts).
    • States and divisions are derived only from rows with a mappable US state → census division.
  • Mid-market

    At least two census divisions and not National, with either three or more states or exactly two states (multi-division gap rule).

    • Closes the gap where a provider spans multiple divisions with only two states—they still land here instead of being unclassified.
  • Regional

    All activity in a single census division and at least two mappable states.

  • State

    More than two listings and footprint in exactly one mappable state.

  • Local

    At most two listings (US-wide).

If there are no mappable states but more than two listings, we still assign a tier: Mid-market when there are multiple census divisions, Regional when there is exactly one division, otherwise State. Any remaining edge case is classified as Mid-market.