It's already underway. Across the country, AT&T is pulling the plug on the copper network that runs your phones, fax, fire alarms, elevators, and security systems — and once your wire center is scheduled, the disconnection notice can land with as little as 90 days' warning. When the line dies, it all dies at once. Switchpoint, powered by MetTel, moves you off copper before that happens. No scramble. No downtime. No copper left to fail.
is all the warning the FCC now requires before your copper lines can be cut — cut in half from the old 180-day rule.
Sources: AT&T Section 214 discontinuance filings; FCC rule reducing the notice period from 180 to 90 days; BLS POTS pricing data. Timelines vary by wire center.
Legacy POTS pricing has been rising about 31% a year on average. These hikes aren't an accident — they're the carriers' deliberate strategy to make copper too expensive to keep, so you migrate before the formal shutoff forces you to.
If any of these systems at your business still dials out over an analog line, copper retirement affects you directly.
Analog fire panels dial monitoring stations over copper. A dead line can mean a failed inspection.
Code-required emergency elevator phones depend on a working line — and on staying compliant.
Burglar alarms and perimeter systems lose their dial-out path when copper is cut.
Older POS and credit-card terminals that dial for authorization stop processing.
Analog fax — still essential across healthcare — goes silent the moment the line is gone.
Front-desk phones, gate and door intercoms, and emergency call boxes all sit on copper.
Switchpoint is built on MetTel's nationwide POTS Transformation platform — the proven "POTS-in-a-Box" solution trusted by the U.S. Postal Service and the Veterans Administration. Your existing analog devices plug into one managed device that routes calls over secure broadband, Wi-Fi, and LTE/5G cellular instead of copper. Your phones, fax, and alarms keep working exactly as they do today.
Tell us your address and what's on copper. We check it against the wire centers scheduled for shutdown and map every line at risk.
We design a Switchpoint deployment for your exact equipment — phones, fax, alarms, elevators — with a fixed price and timeline.
Our team installs and tests everything on-site. Your numbers and devices keep working. Copper is no longer your problem.
Get a free Texas Copper Line Audit. We cross-check your address against the wire centers AT&T is shutting down, flag every system that dies when copper goes, and hand you a fixed migration plan — so you move on your terms instead of scrambling after a 90-day notice. Every week you wait, the notice gets closer.
If your business is served by a wire center scheduled for retirement, then yes. AT&T is retiring its copper network across the country and begins shutting down Texas wire centers on June 30, 2026. Carriers are no longer required to keep copper running where modern alternatives exist — and even where the line still works, prices are climbing fast to push businesses to migrate.
The FCC recently cut the required notice period in half — from 180 days down to 90. So once your wire center is scheduled, you may have only about three months before service stops permanently. Waiting for that notice means migrating under pressure; a free audit now lets you move on your own schedule.
You keep your existing numbers, and you keep the analog devices you already use — phones, fax, alarm panels, elevator phones. There is one new piece of equipment: a small managed device that your existing lines plug into, which routes them over a digital network instead of copper. It's a painless swap, professionally installed, and your day-to-day doesn't change.
Yes. The solution is UL- and FCC-compliant for life-safety and emergency communications and fully supports alarm, elevator, and fax systems — which is exactly why a purpose-built replacement matters rather than a consumer internet phone service.
Yes. The Texas Copper Line Audit is free and carries no obligation. If your lines aren't at risk yet, we'll tell you and you can plan ahead on your own terms.