Tracking Down Where That Call Came From

Here’s a service that just misses the mark: TP2Location. This new site lets you enter in a phone number from anywhere in the world and find out who called you. Or at least, that’s what it should do. I mean, that would be filling a void. That would be a useful service. But that’s not what TP2Location does. Instead of pinpointing a name or even a street address, it gives you the geographic location (the city/state) and carrier information (the phone company) for the telephone number you enter. You can then click on "map" to see where this is on a Google map. Hmmmph. I can google for an area code now to figure out where a call came from, so this doesn’t help me. And it won’t help you either, unless you get lots of mystery calls from overseas and you’re dying to know what country they’re from.