Iphone 3GS 16GB Unlocked stuck on activation

Hi
I have a 3GS 16GB Iphone and all has been working fine up to the point of updating the software when it now will not activate and the sim card will not work.
The phone is unlocked and has never been jailbroken etc
Have tried to restore and reboot but it just says could not do it at this time as the activation server is temporarily unavailble
Have tried both with itunes and via wifi but both say the same thing
Have tried a number of different sim cards but still the same but like i said its factory unlocked

I've already posted the causes, but in case you missed them in the first post:
Possible causes:
1. Your antivirus is blocking access to gs.apple.com.
2. Your phone is jailbroken.
3. Your computer has been used at some time in the past to jaibreak some iOS device (not necessarily the phone with the problem), and its network database was corrupted by the hacking software that was used.
4. Apple's activation servers are down (very rare, and never for more than an hour or so).
For 1. try disabling your antivirus.
For 2. & 3. you need to go somewhere other than an apple forum for help. Although you can try deleting lines containing gs.apple.com from your "hosts" file on your computer.

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