Horizontal Cabling vs Vertical Network Cabling

The horizontal wires, which sprint from workstations on the similar floor to the telecom room, are then finished on punch down termination, or directly onto a patch panel. The punch down terminations or patch panels could be rack mounted (19" or 23" racks), cabinet mounted or wall mounted.
In the telecom area, network apparatus such as a hub or switch is connected to each station cable, which electrically terminates the cable run. The hub or switch then flows the computer signal on to other work stations or servers or even to other telecom accommodation for final connectivity with the whole network.
Telecom rooms on each floor are then connected together by backbone cabling (also called vertical cabling for floor to floor connections). Many IT Support , Network Support and Computer Support professional prefer vertical cabling. These backbone cablings typically are done from floor to floor to floor. Usually telecom rooms should be located directly above one another in order to minimize the cable runs length, but this also varies from building to building.