Telephone cord having braided outer jacket

A retractile telephone cord which comprises:

• a length of telephone cordage which is coiled in a helical configuration and is heat-set in said configuration and which comprises:
• a plurality of conductors, each of said conductors being insulated with a thermoplastic material, said thermoplastic material having sufficient thermal memory to cause the cord to be retractile;
• an inner jacket which is made of a plastic material and which encloses said plurality of individually insulated conductors;
• and
• a braided outer jacket which encloses said plastic inner jacket, said braided outer jacket including a coating which impregnates an end portion of the braid and bonds said end portion to said plastic inner jacket, said braid being disposed about and in engagement with said plastic inner jacket, said engagement of said braided outer jacket with said plastic inner jacket being insufficient to prevent the inhibition of a substantially uniform distribution of helices of the cord when the cord is extended, while being sufficient to cause said impregnated end portion to adhere to said plastic inner jacket;
• and
• a modular plug having a plurality of terminal blades, and a cavity for receiving an end portion of said cordage, said modular plug being assembled to said length of said telephone cordage with an end portion of the cordage being received in said cavity, said modular plug including a first strain relief system for engaging said braid of said end portion to hold the cordage within the cavity and a second strain relief system for engaging the individually insulated conductors to facilitate their engagement by said terminal blades.