You'll find more than you ever wanted to know about paracord by using the SEARCH feature (menu bar at top of forum page); type in "paracord" w/o quotes; for max results, be sure to change Date Range to All Posts. To get you started, here's near identical thread from couple of months ago.

You might find these pages useful if you intend to do any lanyard braiding (great use; easy way to carry small lengths) w/paracord.