darnudes
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once again after working for telstra can tell you now that they can not prove exactly where people are here from the phone towers........gather "cell phone pings" is an american terminology is that correct????? can certainly tell what area people are in when a call was made from the phone, but sometimes it can go from say one of two or three towers......but still it does narrow down an area......when i worked there 3 years ago now, the info about what mobile phone tower was used was not recorded from prepaid mobiles........this may have changed now......
Depending on what records the police can get from the Telco's they will be able to ascertain the general area to within a couple of blocks. They do this by using a triangulation method on the cell phone pings, they don't just rely on one tower. The problem will be if they are unable to now get that info from the Telco's as it has been so long - but I've got my fingers crossed.
Even for pre paid mobiles the sim card is unique, registered and traceable, it just isn't commonly known.
I can't think of the case at the moment but I know that police in Australia have used cell phone pings in their investigations. When I remember I'll post the information here.