How to unlock American iphone 3GS bought at full price in 2009

Dear All,
I bought my personal 3GS iphone in New York in 2009 during a vacation: I bought it at the full price, whithout subscribing any subscription with AT&T (so I did not sign a deal with them) ... since the first iphones worked only with AT&T sims, I had to unlock it to be able to use my Italian sim card.
Some time ago, I read in the net that is now possible to unlock in a definitive way the phone part of my mobile phone: in fact I would like to update the iOs software whenever possible (by iTunes) without having the phone part blocked every time. Meantime I tried to get in touch with AT&T, but without success: they gave me generic explanations and in the end I didn't find a proper email address to write to.
Is there someone who can help me somehow to solve this problem with AT&T? Or at least to give me the right address to contact the AT&T support prepared on this specific topic ...
Thank you so much for your kind help.
Bye bye,
Paolo

It sounds as if you had the phone hacked to use with your Italian SIM. If that is the case, an unlock may not work. However the only ones that can officially unlock the device is AT&T. They provide unlocking services but you have to meet their requirements. This is their link for getting information about unlocks. http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB414532&cv=820#fbid=6d7EKuCF_dr
However, since you were never a customer, it is doubtful that they will unlock the device.

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