Ok thanks a heap for that picture, because that’s an aspect I was actually confused about. So the patch panel will end up connected through at the front instead of being flush with the wall? And the wires would just be run out of the wall through to the front of the panel?
Here in europe I could buy a panel with 24 CAT.6a ports for about 55€ on ebay
Yeah without looking very hard I can find multiple options around $50 in Australia, and even lower. The $150 figure is pretty much the most expensive option I found in my quick search, and was really meant to contrast with the seemingly-excessive $567 the builder is quoting. (Basically, my goal is to “steel man” them, and point out that even if I take the prices in the most extreme way at every option, it still ends up way cheaper than they’re quoting.)
I would recommend to use keystone modules, because they are more flexible
Out of interest, what’s the alternative? Is it that the cables would be hard wired directly into a particular port of the patch panel and not be movable?