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SEC Company Response from RAPID LINK INC (CIK 0000913659) — Apr 29, 2005

RAPID LINK INC (CIK 0000913659)
Date: April 29, 2005 · CIK: 0000913659 · Accession: 0000926236-05-000052

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Referenced dates: April 11, 2005

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April 29, 2005
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RAPID LINK INC (CIK 0000913659)

Letter

April 29, 2005 Mr. Larry Spirgel United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporate Finance 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Dial Thru International Corporation (the "Company") Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (the "Annual Report") Securities and Exchange Commission Comment Letter Dated April 11, 2005

Dear Mr. Spirgel,

We are in receipt of your letter dated April 11, 2005 (the "Letter"), which sets forth a number of Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") comments to our Company's Annual Report. Our responses are keyed to the comments set forth in the Letter.

Item 1. Business - Customers ----------------------------

1. In describing your primary customers, you disclose that the Company provided wholesale services to one customer who accounted for 17% of the Company's revenues and another customer who accounted for 13% of the Company's revenues. Revise your disclosure to fully comply with Item 101 (c)(vii) of Regulation S-K, which requires the disclosure of 'Dependence on one or a few customers, with the name and relationship of any customer accounting for 10% or more of consolidated revenues under certain conditions'.

We note the Commission's comment. However, it is our position that we are not required to disclose the name and relationship of any customer accounting for 10% or more of consolidated revenues as we do not believe that the "the loss of such customer would have a material adverse effect on the registrant and its subsidiaries taken as a whole" as noted in Item 101 (c)(vii). However, we will amend our disclosure under the heading "Customers" to add the following language at the end of the paragraph:

"We generally do business with approximately 20 wholesale customers, any of which either collectively, or in most cases individually, could compensate for the loss of a major customer. Typically, we have limited capacity, imposed by our suppliers, in which to transmit our telecommunications traffic. We frequently offer this capacity to our larger customers, however it is possible to offer these opportunities to all, or a few, of our wholesale customers at any time, thus reducing our reliance on any one customer and providing a relatively quick transition between customers if we should lose a customer."

Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2004, 2003 and ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 - Liquidity and Sources of Capital ---------------------------------------

2. Revise your disclosures regarding liquidity and sources of capital to include tabular disclosure of contractual obligations, as required by Item 303 (a)(V) of Regulation S-K.

The Commission's comment is duly noted and we will revise our disclosure to include the following table, as required by Item 303(a)(V) of Regulation S-K.

Payments Due By Period

Less More than 1 1-3 3-5 than 5 year years years years Total --------- ------- ----- ----- --------- Contractual Obligations: Long term debt $3,760,890 $ - $ - $ - $3,760,890 Capital leases 126,196 - - - 126,196 Operating leases 203,251 223,449 - - 426,700 --------- ------- ----- ----- --------- Total $4,090,337 $223,449 $ - $ - $4,313,786 ========= ======= ===== ===== =========

3. Expand the disclosure in the liquidity and capital resources section to discuss the issuance of a going concern opinion by the auditors. Include a detailed discussion of management's viable plan for overcoming your financial difficulties. Discuss in detail your cash requirements during the next twelve months and your ability to generate sufficient cash to support operations. Expand this discussion to specifically include the manner in which you intend to generate future revenues. Update this disclosure in each subsequent Form 10-Q. Refer to Section 607.02 of the Financial Reporting Codification.

The Commission's comment is duly noted and we will expand our disclosure regarding liquidity and capital resources to include the following discussion.

"Although we have significantly reduced our operating loss, to date we have been generally unable to achieve positive cash flow on a quarterly basis primarily due to the fact that our present lines of business do not generate a volume of business sufficient to cover our overhead costs. Our audit report includes an explanatory paragraph indicating substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We have violated certain requirements of our debt agreements relating to failure to register the underlying securities, and timely payment of principal and interest, including payment in full on the maturity date of the notes, either through the issuance of common stock, or payment in cash. Our lenders have not declared us in default and have allowed us to continue to operate. A capital infusion of $4.9 million is necessary to cure these defaults. Of this amount, approximately $2.2 million is due to two of our executives and a director.

Furthermore, we frequently are not able to make timely payment to our trade creditors. As of our fiscal year ended October 31, 2004, approximately $2.0 million, representing approximately 50% of our trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities, were past due. Although formal payment terms have not been negotiated with most of these vendors, we continue to make regular payments, or provide opportunities for the vendors to send us telecommunications traffic in return for a reduction in our debt to them. These vendors have not stopped providing services to us. If these vendors were to stop providing services to us, our ability to continue to operate would be jeopardized. We continue to seek sources of working capital sufficient to fund delinquent balances and meet ongoing obligations, though our success on that front has been limited.

Our future operating success is dependent on our ability to quickly generate positive cash flow from our VoIP lines of products and services. Our major growth areas are anticipated to include the establishment of additional wholesale points of termination to offer our existing wholesale and retail customers, and the introduction of new retail VoIP products, primarily our new Executel and Rapidlink products (see "Our Products and Services") both domestically and internationally. We anticipate a cash shortfall from operations of approximately $300,000 during the next twelve months. We do not have any capital equipment commitments during the next twelve months. We anticipate funding this shortfall through available cash on hand, further reduction of our overhead expenses, including personnel, and consolidation of operations as necessary. In addition, we are actively pursuing debt or equity financing opportunities to continue our business. Any failure of our business plan, including the risk and timing involved in rolling out retail products to end users, to generate positive cash flow could result in a significant cash flow crisis and could force us to seek alternative sources of financing as discussed, or to greatly reduce or discontinue operations. Although various possibilities for obtaining financing or effecting a business combination have been discussed from time to time, there are no agreements with any party to raise money or for us to combine with another entity and we cannot assure you that we will be successful in our search for investors or lenders. Further, negotiations with our existing lenders have not resulted in any extension of past due obligations, which could therefore be declared due and accelerated at any time. Any additional financing we may obtain will involve material and substantial dilution to existing stockholders. In such event, the percentage ownership of our current stockholders will be materially reduced, and any new equity securities sold by us may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to our current common stockholders. If we are unable to obtain additional financing, our operations in the short term will be materially affected and we may not be able to remain in business. These circumstances raise substantial doubt as to the ability of our Company to continue as a going concern."

Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2004, 2003 and ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 - Critical Accounting Policies, Goodwill ---------------------------------------------

4. Specifically describe in your goodwill policy the manner in which you conduct annual impairment testing. For example, explain that the first step in the process is to identify potential goodwill impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount. The second step measures the amount of the impairment based on a comparison of the 'implied fair value' of goodwill with its carrying amount. Revise your disclosures to include this detail in you critical accounting policies.

The Commission's comment is duly noted and we will revise our disclosure to add the following information:

"We record goodwill when the consideration paid for an acquisition exceeds the fair value of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired. We measure and test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if we believe indicators of impairment exists. Performance of the impairment test involves a two-step process. The first step compares the fair value of our single reporting unit to its carrying amount. The fair value of the reporting unit is determined by calculating the market capitalization of the reporting unit as derived from quoted market prices, and further substantiated through the use of other generally accepted valuation methods. A potential impairment exists if the fair value of the reporting unit is lower than its carrying amount. Historically, the impairment test has shown that the carrying value is less than fair value. The second step of the process is only performed if a potential impairment exists, as indicated by step one, and involves determining the difference between the fair values of the reporting unit's net assets, other than goodwill, as compared to the fair value of the reporting unit. If the difference is less than the net book value of goodwill, impairment exists and is recorded. We determine our reporting units, for purposes of testing for impairment, by determining (i) how we manage our operations, (ii) if a component of an operating unit constitutes a business for which discrete financial information is available and our management regularly review such financial information, and (iii) how the acquired entity is integrated with our operations. Based on these criteria, we determined that we have a single reporting unit.

5. Disclose the significant assumptions and estimates you use to estimate the fair value of your reporting units under SFAS 142. Also, provide quantitative information to the sensitivity of these assumptions on the estimated fair value of reporting units if these could have a material impact on the financial statements. See Interpretive Release No. 33-8350 on our website for further guidance (http: //www.sec.gov/rules/interp/33-8350.htm).

In order to determine the fair value of our reporting unit under SFAF 142, we consider the following two approaches:

* Market Approach - Under the market approach, recent sales of comparable companies or securities are analyzed to determine the value for a particular asset under study. Adjustments are made to the sales data to account for differences between the subject asset and the comparables. The market approach is most applicable to assets that are homegenous in nature and are actively traded. Relative to other approaches to value, the key strength of the market approach is that it provides objective indications of value while requiring relatively few assumptions be made.

* Income Approach - This approach measures the present worth of anticipated future net cash flows generated by the business. Net cash flows are forecast for an appropriate period and then discounted to present value using an appropriate discount rate. Net cash flow forecasts require analysis of the significant variables influencing revenues, expenses, working capital, and capital investment. An income approach methodology is generally useful because it accounts for the specific contribution of fundamental factors impacting those variables that affect the value of the business.

According to SFAS 142, quoted market prices in active markets are the best evidence of fair value and shall be used as the basis for the measurement of fair value, if available. As of October 31, 2004, our market capitalization was $2,303,415, determined by taking the shares outstanding as of that date multiplied by our stock price of $0.10. We added interest bearing debt and operating liabilities (excluding net current liabilities of discontinued operations), adjusted downward to a fair value estimate of 25%, resulting in a fair value of assets of approximately $4.75 million. This amount exceeds the carrying value of our assets (the value of our assets as reported in our financial statements), including goodwill,

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 April 29, 2005

 Mr. Larry Spirgel
 United States Securities and Exchange Commission
 Division of Corporate Finance
 450 Fifth Street, N.W.
 Washington, D.C. 20549

      Re:  Dial Thru International Corporation (the "Company")
           Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004
             (the "Annual Report")
           Securities and Exchange Commission Comment Letter
             Dated April 11, 2005

 Dear Mr. Spirgel,

      We are in receipt of your  letter dated April 11, 2005 (the  "Letter"),
 which sets  forth  a  number of  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
 "Commission") comments  to our  Company's Annual Report.  Our  responses are
 keyed to the comments set forth in the Letter.

 Item 1. Business - Customers
 ----------------------------

 1.   In describing your  primary customers,  you disclose  that the  Company
      provided wholesale services to one customer who  accounted  for 17%  of
      the  Company's  revenues and another customer who  accounted for 13% of
      the Company's revenues.  Revise your  disclosure  to fully comply  with
      Item 101 (c)(vii) of Regulation S-K,  which requires the disclosure  of
      'Dependence on one or a few  customers, with the name and  relationship
      of any customer  accounting for 10%  or more  of consolidated  revenues
      under certain conditions'.

      We note the Commission's comment.  However, it is our position that  we
      are not required to disclose the name and relationship of any  customer
      accounting for  10% or  more  of consolidated  revenues  as we  do  not
      believe that  the  "the loss of  such customer  would have  a  material
      adverse effect on the registrant and its subsidiaries taken as a whole"
      as noted in Item  101 (c)(vii). However, we  will amend our  disclosure
      under the heading "Customers" to add the following language at the  end
      of the paragraph:

      "We generally do  business with approximately  20 wholesale  customers,
      any of which either collectively, or in most cases individually,  could
      compensate for  the loss  of  a  major  customer.  Typically,  we  have
      limited capacity, imposed by  our suppliers, in  which to transmit  our
      telecommunications traffic.  We frequently  offer this capacity to  our
      larger customers, however it is  possible to offer these  opportunities
      to all, or a few, of our wholesale customers at any time, thus reducing
      our reliance  on any  one customer  and  providing a  relatively  quick
      transition between customers if we should lose a customer."

 Item 7.  Managements  Discussion and  Analysis  of Financial  Condition  and
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended  October 31, 2004, 2003 and
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2002 - Liquidity and Sources of Capital
 ---------------------------------------

 2.   Revise your disclosures regarding liquidity  and sources of capital  to
      include tabular disclosure of  contractual obligations,  as required by
      Item 303 (a)(V) of Regulation S-K.

      The  Commission's  comment  is  duly  noted  and  we  will  revise  our
      disclosure  to  include  the  following  table,  as  required  by  Item
      303(a)(V) of Regulation S-K.

                                          Payments Due By Period

                                Less                        More
                               than 1       1-3      3-5    than 5
                                year       years    years   years     Total
                              ---------   -------   -----   -----   ---------
 Contractual Obligations:
 Long term debt              $3,760,890  $      -  $    -  $    -  $3,760,890
 Capital leases                 126,196         -       -       -     126,196
 Operating leases               203,251   223,449       -       -     426,700
                              ---------   -------   -----   -----   ---------
 Total                       $4,090,337  $223,449  $    -  $    -  $4,313,786
                              =========   =======   =====   =====   =========

 3.   Expand the disclosure in the liquidity  and  capital  resources section
      to  discuss the  issuance  of a going concern opinion by  the auditors.
      Include  a  detailed  discussion   of  management's  viable  plan   for
      overcoming your financial  difficulties.  Discuss  in detail your  cash
      requirements during the next twelve months and your ability to generate
      sufficient  cash  to  support operations.  Expand  this  discussion  to
      specifically include the manner in which you intend to generate  future
      revenues.  Update this disclosure in each subsequent  Form 10-Q.  Refer
      to Section 607.02 of the Financial Reporting Codification.

      The  Commission's  comment  is  duly  noted  and  we  will  expand  our
      disclosure regarding  liquidity and  capital resources  to include  the
      following discussion.

      "Although we have significantly reduced our operating loss, to date  we
      have been generally unable to achieve positive cash flow on a quarterly
      basis primarily due to the fact  that our present lines of business  do
      not generate  a volume  of business  sufficient to  cover our  overhead
      costs.  Our audit report  includes an explanatory paragraph  indicating
      substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

      We have violated certain requirements  of our debt agreements  relating
      to failure to register the underlying securities, and timely payment of
      principal and interest, including payment in full on the maturity  date
      of the notes, either through the  issuance of common stock, or  payment
      in cash.  Our lenders have not declared us in default and have  allowed
      us  to  continue to  operate.  A capital  infusion of  $4.9 million  is
      necessary to cure these defaults.  Of this amount,  approximately  $2.2
      million is due to two of our executives and a director.

      Furthermore,  we  frequently  are  not  able  to make timely payment to
      our trade creditors.  As  of  our fiscal  year ended  October 31, 2004,
      approximately $2.0 million, representing approximately 50% of our trade
      accounts  payable  and  accrued liabilities,  were  past due.  Although
      formal payment  terms  have not  been  negotiated with  most  of  these
      vendors, we continue to make regular payments, or provide opportunities
      for  the  vendors  to send us  telecommunications traffic in return for
      a reduction in  our  debt  to them.  These  vendors  have  not  stopped
      providing  services to  us.  If these  vendors were  to stop  providing
      services  to  us,  our  ability  to   continue  to  operate  would   be
      jeopardized.  We continue to seek sources of working capital sufficient
      to fund delinquent  balances and meet  ongoing obligations, though  our
      success  on that front has been limited.

      Our future operating  success is dependent  on our  ability to  quickly
      generate positive  cash  flow  from our  VoIP  lines  of  products  and
      services.  Our  major  growth  areas  are anticipated  to  include  the
      establishment of additional  wholesale points of  termination to  offer
      our existing wholesale  and retail customers,  and the introduction  of
      new retail  VoIP products,  primarily our  new Executel  and  Rapidlink
      products (see  "Our  Products  and  Services")  both  domestically  and
      internationally.  We  anticipate  a cash  shortfall  from operations of
      approximately $300,000 during the next twelve  months.  We do not  have
      any capital equipment commitments  during the next  twelve  months.  We
      anticipate  funding  this  shortfall  through  available  cash on hand,
      further reduction  of our overhead expenses, including  personnel,  and
      consolidation of operations as necessary.  In addition, we are actively
      pursuing  debt  or  equity  financing  opportunities  to  continue  our
      business.  Any  failure of  our business  plan, including  the risk and
      timing  involved  in rolling  out  retail products  to  end  users,  to
      generate positive cash  flow could result  in a  significant cash  flow
      crisis and could force us to  seek alternative sources of financing  as
      discussed, or  to greatly  reduce or  discontinue operations.  Although
      various possibilities for obtaining  financing or effecting a  business
      combination have  been  discussed  from time  to  time,  there  are  no
      agreements with any  party to  raise money or  for us  to combine  with
      another entity and we cannot assure  you that we will be successful  in
      our  search for investors  or lenders.  Further, negotiations with  our
      existing lenders  have  not  resulted in  any  extension  of  past  due
      obligations, which could therefore be  declared due and accelerated  at
      any time.  Any additional financing we may obtain will involve material
      and substantial dilution to existing stockholders.  In such event,  the
      percentage ownership  of our  current stockholders  will be  materially
      reduced, and any  new equity  securities sold  by us  may have  rights,
      preferences or privileges  senior to our  current common  stockholders.
      If we are unable to obtain additional financing, our operations in  the
      short term will be materially affected and we may not be able to remain
      in business.  These circumstances raise  substantial doubt  as  to  the
      ability of our Company to continue as a going concern."

 Item 7.   Management's Discussion and  Analysis of Financial  Condition  and
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended  October 31, 2004, 2003 and
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2002 - Critical Accounting Policies, Goodwill
 ---------------------------------------------

 4.   Specifically describe in your goodwill policy  the manner in which  you
      conduct annual impairment testing.  For example, explain that the first
      step in the  process is to  identify potential  goodwill impairment  by
      comparing the  estimated  fair  value of  the  reporting  unit  to  its
      carrying amount.  The second step measures the amount of the impairment
      based on a comparison of the 'implied fair value' of goodwill with  its
      carrying amount.  Revise your disclosures to include this detail in you
      critical accounting policies.

      The  Commission's  comment  is  duly  noted  and  we  will  revise  our
      disclosure to add the following information:

      "We record  goodwill when  the consideration  paid for  an  acquisition
      exceeds the  fair value  of net  tangible and  identifiable  intangible
      assets acquired.  We measure  and test  goodwill for  impairment on  an
      annual basis or more frequently if we believe indicators of  impairment
      exists. Performance of the impairment test involves a two-step process.
      The first step compares the fair value of our single reporting unit  to
      its carrying amount. The fair value of the reporting unit is determined
      by calculating  the  market capitalization  of  the reporting  unit  as
      derived from quoted  market prices, and  further substantiated  through
      the use  of other  generally accepted  valuation methods.  A  potential
      impairment exists if the fair value of the reporting unit is lower than
      its carrying amount. Historically, the  impairment test has shown  that
      the carrying value is  less than fair  value.  The  second step  of the
      process  is  only  performed  if  a  potential  impairment  exists,  as
      indicated by step one, and involves determining the difference  between
      the fair  values  of  the  reporting  unit's  net  assets,  other  than
      goodwill, as compared to the fair  value of the reporting unit. If  the
      difference is  less than  the net  book value  of goodwill,  impairment
      exists and is recorded. We determine our reporting units, for  purposes
      of testing  for  impairment,  by determining  (i)  how  we  manage  our
      operations,  (ii) if  a component of  an operating  unit constitutes  a
      business for which discrete financial information is available and  our
      management regularly review such  financial information, and  (iii) how
      the acquired entity is integrated with  our operations. Based on  these
      criteria, we determined that we have a single reporting unit.

 5.   Disclose the significant assumptions and estimates  you use to estimate
      the fair value of your reporting  units under SFAS 142.  Also,  provide
      quantitative  information  to  the  sensitivity  of  these  assumptions
      on  the  estimated  fair  value  of  reporting  units  if  these  could
      have  a material  impact on the financial statements.  See Interpretive
      Release  No.  33-8350  on  our  website  for  further  guidance  (http:
      //www.sec.gov/rules/interp/33-8350.htm).

      In order to determine the fair  value of our reporting unit under  SFAF
      142, we consider the following two approaches:

           * Market Approach  -  Under the  market approach,  recent sales of
             comparable  companies or  securities are  analyzed to  determine
             the value for a  particular asset under study.  Adjustments  are
             made to  the sales data to  account for differences between  the
             subject asset and the comparables.  The market approach is  most
             applicable  to assets  that are  homegenous  in nature  and  are
             actively traded.  Relative  to  other approaches  to value,  the
             key  strength  of  the  market  approach  is  that  it  provides
             objective indications  of value while  requiring relatively  few
             assumptions be made.

           * Income Approach  -  This approach measures  the present worth of
             anticipated future net cash  flows generated  by  the  business.
             Net cash flows are  forecast for an appropriate period and  then
             discounted to present value using an appropriate discount  rate.
             Net  cash flow  forecasts require  analysis of  the  significant
             variables  influencing  revenues,  expenses,  working   capital,
             and  capital  investment.  An  income  approach  methodology  is
             generally   useful  because   it  accounts   for  the   specific
             contribution of  fundamental factors  impacting those  variables
             that affect the value of the business.

      According to SFAS 142, quoted market  prices in active markets are  the
      best evidence of  fair value and  shall be used  as the  basis  for the
      measurement of fair value, if available.  As  of October 31, 2004,  our
      market capitalization was $2,303,415,  determined by taking the  shares
      outstanding as of that date multiplied by our stock price of $0.10.  We
      added interest bearing  debt and operating  liabilities (excluding  net
      current liabilities of discontinued operations), adjusted downward to a
      fair value estimate  of  25%, resulting in a  fair value  of assets  of
      approximately $4.75 million.  This  amount  exceeds the carrying  value
      of our assets (the  value of our assets  as reported in  our  financial
      statements),  including  goodwill,