Dead Mobile Me email addresses: can they be resurrected for iCloud?

I ended my Mobile Me subscription some time ago. Now, am trying to sign up to iCloud with my old @me.com address but it's telling me it's already taken (of course). Is it possible to request my old @me.com address back?
(I am using iOS 5 on the iPhone 4)

From: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
I have an expired @me.com email address as an Apple ID. Can I use it with iCloud and receive email at that address?
Yes, if it is an @me.com address. To use your expired MobileMe account for iCloud, follow the iCloud setup instructions and enter your expired @me.com email address as your Apple ID. Your @me.com address it will be reactivated for email when you sign up for iCloud.

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