JEFFREY D. ALARIO
                          LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
                        SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of JOYCE A. STOEBERL and DORINDA M. MASKER, each acting
individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned to:

     (1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file any and all forms
including, without limitation, Forms 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto)
with respect to the securities of WARWICK VALLEY TELEPHONE COMPANY, a New York
corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered
necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time
to time (the "Exchange Act");

     (2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned's representative and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

     (3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of each such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

     The undersigned acknowledges that:

     (1) this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each
such attorney-in-fact to act in her discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

     (2) any documents prepared and/or executed by each such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in
such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

     (3) neither the Company nor either attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

     (4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



     The undersigned hereby gives and grants each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and
on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

     This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file forms under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with
respect to the undersigned's holdings and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of April, 2008.


                                        /s/ Jeffrey D. Alario
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                                        Signature

                                        JEFFREY D. ALARIO
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