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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.8

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION OF ANY STATE.  THIS COMMON STOCK WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED,
ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS THE WARRANT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR UNLESS SUCH OFFERS, SALES,
ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS ARE MADE PURSUANT TO THE AVAILABLE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS.

                      DIAL-THRU INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

                         COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

                                                       DATED:  December 22, 1999

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Number of Common Shares:       15,000                  Holder: Carl Peterson
Purchase Price:                $1.44
Expiration Date:               Three (3) years from date of vesting

                           For identification only.
           The governing terms of this Warrant are set forth below.
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     DIAL-THRU INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received, Carl Peterson (the
"Holder") is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from
the Company at any time or from time to time prior to the earlier of (a) three
(3) years following the date of vesting of the Warrant or (b) the date of
termination of employment of the Holder with the Company (the "Exercise
Period"), at the Purchase Price hereinafter set forth, Fifteen Thousand (15,000)
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) of the
Company. The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the
Purchase Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein.

     The purchase price per share of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant (the "Purchase Price") shall initially be $1.44, provided, however, that
the Purchase Price shall be adjusted from time to time as provided herein.

     As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the following respective meanings:

          (a) The term "Company" means Dial-Thru International Corporation and
     any entity that shall succeed or assume the obligations of such corporation
     hereunder.

          (b) The term "Common Stock" means the Company's common stock, .001 par
     value per share.

          (c) The term "Fair Market Value" means the closing price of the shares
     of Common Stock on the date of delivery of any Notice of Exercise as
     reported on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (or other exchange on which the
     Common Stock is traded) or,
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     if not then traded on any exchange, then the closing price as of such date
     on the over-the-counter market or, if not quoted on the over-the-counter
     market, then as determined by the Board of Directors.

          (d) The term "Tax Withholding Liability" means all federal and state
     income taxes, social security taxes and other taxes applicable to
     compensation income arising from the exercise of this Warrant required by
     applicable law to be withheld by the Company.

          (e) The term "Warrant Shares" means as of any date during the Exercise
     Period, that number of shares of Common Stock which shall be exercisable
     (subject to any vesting requirements) by the Holder hereof pursuant to the
     terms of this Warrant.

     1.   Vesting and Exercise of Warrant; Resale Restrictions.

          1.1. Vesting. Holder's right to purchase 1/3 of the Warrant Shares
     shall vest upon each of the first, second and third anniversary dates of
     the date of this Agreement. Holder shall not have the right to acquire any
     Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant prior the vesting of such rights as
     set forth in this Section 1.1. Notwithstanding the vesting period set forth
     above, nothing contained herein shall be construed to imply that Holder is
     guaranteed employment with the Company for any specified period.

          1.2. Method of Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised (subject to the
     vesting requirements set forth above) by the Holder hereof in whole or in
     part (but not as to a fractional share of Common Stock), at any time and
     from time to time during the Exercise Period for up to, but not more than,
     the number of vested Warrant Shares at such time, by delivery to the
     Company at its principal office of (i) a notice of exercise (a "Notice of
     Exercise") substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, (ii)
     evidence satisfactory to the Company of the authority of the person
     executing such Notice of Exercise, (iii) this Warrant, and (iv) payment of
     (A) the Purchase Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock
     for which this Warrant is being exercised (the "Exercise Price") and (B)
     Tax Withholding Liability. Payment of the Exercise Price and Tax
     Withholding Liability shall be made by check or bank draft payable to the
     order of the Company or by wire transfer to the account of the Company. The
     shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued as of the close of
     business on the date on which the Company shall have received from the
     Holder payment in full of the Exercise Price and Tax Withholding Liability
     and the other documents referred to herein (the "Exercise Date").

          1.3. Regulation D Restrictions. The Holder hereof represents and
     warrants to the Company that it has acquired this Warrant and anticipates
     acquiring the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant
     solely for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to
     or for distributing such securities unless such distribution has been
     registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable
     exemption is available therefor. At the time this Warrant is exercised, the
     Company may require the Holder to state in the Notice of Exercise such
     representations

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     concerning the Holder as are necessary or appropriate to assure compliance
     by the Holder with the Securities Act.

     2.   Delivery of Stock Certificates, etc., on Exercise. As soon as
practicable after the exercise of this Warrant, the Company will cause to be
issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder a certificate for the number
of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall
be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which the
Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by
the then applicable Purchase Price, together with any other stock or other
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which the Holder
is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.

     3.   Adjustments on Certain Capital Transactions. On the occurrence of any
of the following events, the following adjustments to the rights granted under
this Warrant shall be made:

          3.1. In case the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
     Company shall be increased by way of a stock dividend, stock split,
     recapitalization, or other similar means, the number of unexercised shares
     of Common Stock covered by this Warrant shall be increased by the amount
     that a like number of shares of outstanding Common Stock shall have been
     increased as a result of such stock increase and the Purchase Price shall
     be adjusted by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
     to such stock increase by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
     number of unexercised shares covered by this Warrant immediately prior to
     such stock increase and the denominator of which shall be the number of
     unexercised shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant as adjusted for
     such stock increase.

          3.2. In case the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
     Company shall be reduced by recapitalization, reverse stock split or
     otherwise, the number of unexercised shares covered by this Warrant shall
     be reduced by the amount that a like number of shares of outstanding Common
     Stock shall have been reduced as a result of such stock reduction and the
     Purchase Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Purchase Price in
     effect immediately prior to such stock reduction by a fraction, the
     numerator of which shall be the number of unexercised shares covered by
     this Warrant immediately prior to such stock reduction and the denominator
     of which shall be the number of unexercised shares covered by this Warrant
     as adjusted for such stock reduction.

          3.3. In case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
     corporation, the holder of this Warrant will thereafter receive, upon the
     exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, the
     securities or property to which the holder of the number of shares of
     Common Stock then deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant would have
     been entitled upon such consolidation or merger ("Other Securities") and
     the Company shall take such steps in connection with such consolidation or
     merger as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall
     thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to
     any securities or property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this
     Warrant.

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     4.   Rights as a Shareholder. Holder shall not have any rights as a
shareholder of the Company with respect to the shares subject to this Warrant.

     5.   Securities Law Requirements. Neither this Warrant nor the Warrant
Shares have been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities or
blue sky laws. Accordingly, upon (a) any transfer of this Warrant, any
transferee of this Warrant or (b) the exercise of this Warrant in whole or in
part, and if the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities
Act, Holder or any other person exercising this Warrant shall, as applicable,
represent and agree in writing satisfactory to the Company that Holder or such
other person (a) is acquiring the shares for the purpose of investment and not
with a view to distribution thereof, (b) knows the shares have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any state securities or blue sky laws,
(c) understands that he must bear the economic risk of said investment for an
indefinite period of time until the shares are registered under the Securities
Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws or an exemption from such
registration is available, and (d) will not solicit any offer to sell or sell
all or any portion of the shares other than pursuant to an opinion of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

     6.   Transfer Restrictions.  This Warrant shall be exercisable
only by Holder and shall not be assignable or transferable.  Any attempted
alienation, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, attachment, execution or similar
process, whether voluntary or involuntary, with respect to all or any part of
this Warrant or any right hereunder, shall be null and void.

     7.   Reservation of Stock, etc. Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and
delivery on the exercise of this Warrant, all shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of this Warrant.

     8.   Replacement of Warrant. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant
and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on
delivery of an indemnity agreement or security satisfactory in form and amount
to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new warrant of like tenor.

     9.   Notices, etc. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
personally delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, at such address of facsimile numbers as may
have been furnished to each party by the other in writing.

     10.  Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought. This Warrant shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and
governed by the internal laws of the State of Texas. The headings in this
Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise
affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any
other provision.

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     DATED as of December 22, 1999.

                                  DIAL-THRU INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION



                                  By:         /s/ Roger D. Bryant
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                                  Name:         Roger D. Bryant
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                                  Title:         Chairman
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                                  Address:       8100 Jetstar, Suite 100
                                                 Irving, Texas  75063
                                                 Fax: (972) 929-1616


                                  HOLDER:
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                                  /s/ Carl Peterson
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                                  Printed Name: Carl Peterson


                                  Address:  --------------------------
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                                            Fax:
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                                   EXHIBIT A

                     FORM OF NOTICE OF EXERCISE - WARRANT
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               (To be executed only upon exercise or conversion
                      of the Warrant in whole or in part)

To Dial-Thru International Corporation

     The undersigned registered holder of the accompanying Warrant hereby
exercises such Warrant or portion thereof for, and purchases thereunder,
______________/8/ shares of Common Stock (as defined in such Warrant) and
herewith makes payment therefor (including any Tax Withholding Liability) of
$__________, as of the date written below. The undersigned requests that the
certificates for such shares of Common Stock be issued in the name of, and
delivered to, _______________________________________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________.

Dated:
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                                       (Name must conform to name of Holder as
                                       specified on the face of the Warrant)



                                       By:
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                                       Name:
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                                       Title:
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                                       Address of Holder:

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Date of exercise:
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/8/    Insert the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the accompanying
Warrant is being exercised. In the case of a partial exercise, a new Warrant or
Warrants will be issued and delivered, representing the unexercised portion of
the accompanying Warrant, to the holder surrendering the same.