Originally Posted by
klew97
I know you said you don't have T-Mobile, but if your phones are unlocked, you might prefer to avoid some SIM-hunting hassle and sign up for the T-Mobile Simple choice plan for just one month (no contract, cancel when trip is done, but hard credit check). $50 per phone and you have data in all 4 countries, plus free texting (and if absolutely necessary, paying 20 cents/min to make phone calls.
That's what I'm doing for my upcoming Europe trip. Last time in Europe, I bought a SIM card in each of 3 countries and spent about $70 total on the cheapest pay-as-you-go plan with data. I rarely want to make phone calls, and I only did so because I already paid for it.
Have you tried it? T-Mobile free international data tops out at EDGE speed (about 128kbps) if you are in their roaming area. It is good if you are just trying to read emails or read forums. But it takes forever if you are trying to load google maps or other graphical web pages. You will probably end up paying extra for their high speed data passes.