Will old iPhone be unlocked?

I have an original iphone and will be upgrading to the new 3G one when available, a friend of mine who lives abroad wants my old iphone but they are not yet available officially where they live, so my question is this, Once Pay As You Go becomes available on the iphone do you think that it will be possible to unlock the old iPhone for use somewhere else?

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There has been an option for GoPhone, or Pay as you go, for the original iPhone in the U.S. since launch. It was available if a deposit would have been required for a normal contract. Even with that as an option, AT&T has not given the option of unlocking the iPhone.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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