EXHIBIT 32

    Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
            Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

      Each of the undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer and the
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of Shenandoah
Telecommunications Company (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, on the date
hereof:

(1)The quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the three months ended
September 30, 2005 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)Information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.


                                           /s/ Christopher E. French
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                                           Christopher E. French
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                           November 9, 2005


                                           /s/ Earle A. MacKenzie
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                                           Earle A. MacKenzie
                                           Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           November 9, 2005

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate
disclosure document. This certification shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes
of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to liability under that
section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except to
the extent this Exhibit 32 is expressly and specifically incorporated by
reference in any such filing.


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