How do you know you need a new one? The phone was busy for over an hour. You go home and catch your kids playing jump rope in the kitchen -- using the old, stretched out, kitchen telephone cord as a rope! Lost some of the "spring" in your telephone's handset cord? The Belkin PRO Series 12 foot Telephone Handset Cord is the ideal replacement for your telephone's handset cord. This extended length coiled cord grants you more line while working in the office or at home, and the PVC Cable Jacket retains "spring" despite repeated pulling or stretching.