FTG Farmstead Telephone Grp.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. (AMEX:FTG) today announced the achievement of a major milestone -- the completion of the build out of its One IP Voice platform. One IP Voice provides carrier-based Hosted IP Telephony solutions along with network services. Jean-Marc Stiegemeier, Farmstead's Chairman and CEO, stated: "We are pleased that we selected the Sylantro platform for our Hosted offering, and we are delighted with the timely and professional assistance Sylantro provided in completing the installation on schedule. One IP Voice will be launching service to several customers in Tier 1 cities over the next few weeks, with a full nationwide deployment of the One IP Voice offering commencing January 1, 2006." The primary target of the One IP Voice offering is the Small to Medium Businesses (SMB) market for businesses with less than 200 employees. The facilities-based (Sylantro) One IP Voice offering includes Hosted IP Centrex and IP Trunking services, bundled with private One Net (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. In the near future, One IP Voice will also offer a consumer VoIP product. Farmstead's Voice over Intelligent Protocol(TM) (VoIP) offerings provide business users across the country with a VoIP solution that meets all of their business needs at economical prices. On Friday, September 23, 2005, One IP Voice cut over its hosted platform in the Denver based Level 3 Co-lo facility with support from Sylantro, Iperia, Convedia, Centric Voice, Acme Packets and Straitshot. Stiegemeier commented, "The traditional offering of telephone systems and services to businesses has begun to change. This paradigm shift of traditional voice to VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) will have a significant effect on traditional providers of voice communications systems as the business users' needs change. The bundled One IP Voice offering will also eliminate long distance and local calling costs, while providing the user with improved system features and functionality. Our ability to provide proprietary last mile connectivity, long distance and local calling nationwide will set us apart from traditional (early market) providers. We believe that the under 200-employee businesses market represents the fastest growth segment for those new VoIP offering. "Our One IP Voice offering includes a full array of 'bundled solutions', delivered via a unique and proprietary One IP Voice Network (One Net) offering and coupled with the deployment of an industry-leading hosted IP telephony facilities based infrastructure. These offerings will be provided nationwide through Farmstead's direct selling organization and the One IP Voice channel program," said Stiegemeier. "To become the national leader in this growth market, you must provide your customer a unique, 'fully bundled' platform that serves their needs. We at Farmstead Telephone Group see the One IP Voice offering as that platform," Stiegemeier further stated. 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: Alex Lewis or Dave Gentry both 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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