Why can't you unlock an iphone 4 on network 3?

Hi, recently bought an iPhone 4 locked to Network 3, i'm on vodafone. I have rang 2 shops to see if they can unlock it for me, and both said 'There's no unlock available for iPhone's on network 3'.

Does anyone know if this is going to be permanent? Like will they ever have an unlock for them? And if not does anyone know whether there's a way i can get it unlocked?

Before anyone says 'get the person you bought it off to ring three and they'll unlock it for them' the person has a new iphone with her contract and i'm pretty sure three won't unlock this one for her if she isn't using it?

Or will they? Any ideas? I can't seem to find a way to get in touch with 3 without being a customer with them. I'm desperate to get this iphone unlocked as i paid a lot of money for it and its basically useless to me.

Any help would be fab as i've been looking on the internet and everybody just seems to be saying 'ring up 3 and they'll unlock it for you' but as i'm not a 3 customer i'm unsure if they'd do it for me.

You can try a third part to help you unlock your phone, these are useful in my opinion because they do it almost instantly, or they give you the tools to do it. I'm not sure where you live but I live in the United States and this helped me unlock my phone so that I could use it with T-Mobile.

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