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Four Other Cities Scheduled To Go Live in October EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. (AMEX:FTG) announced that on Monday, October 10th, it installed its One IP Voice network service in Hartford, CT. On Thursday, October 13th, 2005, the Company is scheduled to expand connectivity to New York City. The Company plans to roll out its service in four more US cities in October, including Raleigh, Milwaukee, Atlanta and Dallas. The Company's full-service VoIP hosted solution, when fully deployed in January of 2006, will provide local, long distance and internet service along with fully bundled hosted solutions to small and medium sized businesses. Small and medium sized businesses represent approximately 47% of gross domestic product. Jean-Marc Stiegemeier, Farmstead's Chairman and CEO, stated: "We have begun the process of rolling out our One IP Voice offering (VoIP service) in Tier 1 cities across the United States. Our bundled VoIP trial offerings in these cities remain on schedule as we continue to facilitate the build out of our Tier 1 support platform in Hartford, CT. We are very pleased with our progress on the build out of our hosted VoIP platform, and equally pleased with the market validation we continue to receive in our alternative channel build out." About One IP Voice One IP Voice, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farmstead Telephone Group, provides carrier-based Hosted IP Telephony solutions along with Network Services. The primary target of the One IP Voice offering will be to the Small to Medium Businesses (SMB) market for the under 200-employee businesses. The facilities-based One IP Voice offering will include Hosted IP Centrex and IP Trunking services, bundled with private One IP Voice "Last Mile" connectivity on a national basis, long distance calling, On Net calling, local area calling, 911 capabilities and Wide Area Network (WAN) voice and data connectivity. One IP Voice will also offer a consumer VoIP product. About Farmstead Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. is an Avaya Inc. Gold Business Partner, selling, installing and maintaining both new and refurbished Avaya business communications products nationwide. Further information about Farmstead Telephone may be found at http://www.farmstead.com/. We are interested in your feedback and comments. To respond to questions from our management team, click here: http://www.b2i.us/sendFeedBack.asp?B=1042&RL=7853&S=12204 To add yourself to our email distribution list, click here: http://www.b2i.us/frame.asp?BzID=1042&to=ea&Nav=1&S=0&L=1 This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. In addition to historical information, investors should consider carefully the risks associated with an investment in the Company's securities as previously outlined by the Company in its prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investor Contact: Alex Lewis or Dave Gentry Aurelius Consulting Group 407-644-4256 http://www.runonideas.com/ Contact: Mel Lipes Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. Voice: 860-610-6005 Fax: 860-282-5737 DATASOURCE: Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. CONTACT: Investor Contact: Alex Lewis or Dave Gentry of Aurelius Consulting Group, +1-407-644-4256, ; or Mel Lipes of Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc., +1-860-610-6005 Web site: http://www.farmstead.com/

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