Locked 3Gs and Prepaid AT&T account: will it work

I tried to do a search but only came up with one post from 2009 re person coming from UK.
In my situations, I bought a locked 3Gs but don't want to get locked into a 2 year AT&T contract. If I were to buy a prepaid AT&T sim card, would it work for just voice in the locked 3Gs? Simple calls in/out, no data requirements, text, MMS, etc.
I visited AT&T store, they said Apple/AT&T lock out their own AT&T prepaid accounts?

AT&T does not support a pre-paid account with the 3GS, iPhone 4, and probably the same with the 3G.
AT&T knows the type of phone that is connected to their network.
If by chance inserting an existing AT&T pre-paid SIM card into a 3GS does work, once AT&T determines it is being used with a 3GS, service with the iPhone will stop, or a text message will be sent by AT&T indicating you cannot use the pre-paid SIM card with the iPhone.

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