LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
                        SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,  constitutes
and  appoints  Barbara L.  Blackford  and Mary Love  Sullenberger,  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  Forms  3,  4,  and  5
     (including  any  amendments  thereto)  with  respect to the  securities  of
     AirGate PCS, Inc., a Delaware 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 and approves and
     ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)  perform  any  and  all  other  acts  which  in  the   discretion   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
     attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information  provided to the
     attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)  any documents prepared and/or executed by any 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  the
     attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)  neither  the Company  nor either of the  attorneys-in-fact  assumes (i) any
     liability  for the  undersigned's  compliance or failure to comply with the
     requirements  of the Exchange  Act, or (ii) 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  of  the   foregoing
attorneys-in-fact  full power and  authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing  whatsoever  requisite,  necessary  or  appropriate  to be done in the
exercise of the rights and powers  herein  granted,  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 full force and effect until
revoked   by  the   undersigned   in  a  signed   writing   delivered   to  each
attorney-in-fact.


     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  has caused  this  Limited  Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2004.


                                    /s/ Charles S. Goldfarb
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                                    Charles S. Goldfarb
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