Originally Posted by
Matt Meiser
OK, you've convinced me. Looking around they've come down quite a bit in price. When I looked at doing patch panels/cords before it was going to be really expensive. Patch panels were $100 and up used at the time. Cables were a couple bucks each. But they have come down quite a bit in price so I just ordered some of the 12-port vertical patch panels. I chose those because they'll be easier to mount in my situation than buying the 19" rack style and a bracket. Now is a good time because I need to do some changes on the phone side and run wiring to the attached garage where the conduit from the shop will be coming in. Monoprice has cables ridiculously cheap and I've had good luck with them.