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 each of 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 requirement 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 H. Alario
                                           Signature