Yup, they've made it so easy to spot them too.
Consolidation of major media companies:
"Before the 1996 Act was passed, the largest four ILECs owned less than half of all the lines in the country while, five years later, the largest four local telephone companies owned about 85% of all the lines in the country."[26]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996