I'm seeing a trend towards using 110 blocks in wiring closets rather than patch panels. Why would one want to do this? And if you do use this method, how do you connect the 110 block to a piece of ...

I've seen this a number of places, but can't figure out what this term means. I'm planning on doing some wiring of the house so I better figure out if I need to know this or not. For the record, I ...

A type of terminal strip used to connect telephone or data lines to each other. Also called "punch-down block," "quick-connect block," "terminating block" and "connecting block," punch blocks use ...