Hey Hal I hope you are using the correct plugs for those directly connected cables, as at my current place of employment I have punched down hundreds of cables like that on patch panels as the previous hacks used connectors that were meant for stranded wire not the ones that are for solid 24 awg which the cables are.
I agree with the patching of voice on a patch panel, it comes out much cleaner if all the cross connecting for the voice is done on a 110 block.
