I wouldn't even call it future proofing. I am guessing that they only cable relatively small systems and spaces. In my larger 700+ phone systems it would be a wiring nightmare if it was all on patch panels. I mean, what good would it do to have IDF's all over and convert them to patch panels? The wiring closets would be like HUGE and VERY ineffecient. I have convinced MIS directors by simply explaining the cross connect is simply the telecom equivilent to the patch cord.
