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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


      Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 4, 2005

                       FARMSTEAD TELEPHONE GROUP, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                     0-15938               06-1205743
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)             File Number)        Identification No.)


22 Prestige Park Circle, East Hartford, CT                   06108-3728
 (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (860) 610-6000


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       (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION 

      In accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8126, the following information 
is furnished under Item 2.02, "Results of Operations and Financial 
Condition." This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of 
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 
"Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be 
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

      On August 4, 2005, Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. issued a press 
release announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended June 
30, 2005. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM 9. 01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits

      99.1  Press release issued by Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. dated 
August 4, 2005.


                                 SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by 
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       FARMSTEAD TELEPHONE GROUP, INC.


                                       By: /s/Robert G. LaVigne
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                                           Robert G. LaVigne
                                           Executive Vice President &
                                           Chief Financial Officer


Date: August 4, 2005