The recent downloading speed is around 6 Mbps during the day as the traffic is very high. During the night the speed definitely increases but the increase is not that significant since people are awake at night too. When you are allotted your hostel rooms you will get an Ethernet cable. The speed might improve if you use the Ethernet instead of the wifi. In recent years a network with 1 Gbps bandwidth has been set up which resulted in good internet speed.

This might look very high speed to some people reading this answer, but actually this is a pretty normal speed considering its an IIT. IIT Roorkee has far better speed than this.

Since you’re an international student from another culture altogether, staying on campus will definitely help you a lot. It is always better and convenient than off-campus locations as it’ll save you the hassles of flat hunting, interacting with totally new people. 

However, vacancies in hostels are really less and you must apply for residence as soon as possible. So make sure you’ve applied for it as soon as you receive the offer letter. International students are better off staying on-campus at least for the initial period as it saves them a lot of time, effort and money spent on understanding the local areas. 

• On-campus residence at McGill houses over 3,000 students in its many dorms, apartments and hotel-type styles so you’ve a lot of budgets and arrangements.
• This housing includes a mandatory meal plan costing 5,475 CAD/year. 
• There are also shared kitchens to help students meet their diverse needs and dietary requirements
• University housing charge ranges from 8,148 to 13,052 CAD annually

Off-Campus Residence

If you fail to get housed or choose to go for off-campus housing, it has its own perks too. 

Foreign students can go for The Buddy Program where you can find a "Buddy" who helps you find a place outside the campus. This is a safe and handy facility offered by McGill itself.

• The rent and options in Saint Anne are economical with multiple facilities.
• Public transport is great and easy to use.
• Rent usually costs 500 to 1,300 CAD per month with meal plans ranging from 2,600 CAD to 4,000 CAD annually.

The whole area of Saint-Anne de Bellevue is beautiful, small, quiet and comfortable which is littered with nice restaurants and has reasonable rentals. The lakefront is a major attraction for weekends. Foreign students can explore these options if they want to avoid the hostel limitations or other issues.

IT Bhubaneswar has a residential campus and every student is required to stay in the hostel. Be it a B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D., or MSc student. Although a student is allowed to stay with his/her parents only in special circumstances if the Dean or Director allows. But it is necessary that your parents should reside inside the institute campus or within a reasonable distance from campus. In case a student is married he or she can apply to stay outside the campus.

IIT Bhubaneswar has two hostels one for girls and one for boys. SHR (Subarnrekha Hall of Residence) is the girl’s hostel and MHR (Mahanadi Hall of Residence) is the boy’s hostel. Two more hostels are being made. Both the hostels are very well built and have modern facilities as it is a newly built campus. Every student is given a single-seater room with a bed, a table chair, and a cupboard. Both the hostels also have gym and TV rooms. The LAN provides high-speed internet.

The institute many hostels for both boys and girls, and most of them are about 50-60 years old. The rooms in the old ones are cramped, unlike the new ones, where are quite spacious. Even then, the rooms are pretty much compact, according to the number of students in a room. When one enters the room for the first time, he will be somewhat reluctant to live here because it will be too filthy with spider webs everywhere in the room, along with some used stuff of previous occupants. Hostel administration offers a bed, table, and chair. Cupboards are already inside the room, which will be shared. In a wholly arranged room with couches, tables, and chairs, there will be no space to walk, but very spacious corridors and lawns make up for it. Vishwakarma Hostel corridors are so long that one will hesitate to go from one end to another. Each of the has basic amenities like sufficient numbers of bathrooms and water coolers.

Apart from these, hostels have common rooms, canteens, mess, TV Room, badminton court, TT tables, lawns, and high-speed internet, accessible via Wi-Fi and LAN.

All the complaints of the students are taken very seriously by the hostel administration. The authorities act promptly on any grievance or criticism of the students. There are no restrictions on the time of entry and exit from the hostel. Also, the food in the hostel messes is much better than any other IIT's mess food. The hostels of IIT BHU are quite good, and they end up being the most cherished places during the time of stay in IIT BHU.

In IIT Bhubaneswar, presently the Mess is being run by Gauri Catering Services which is based in Kanpur.

If we talk about all the IIT Students, the price range starts from Rs.100.40/- per day which totals to Rs. 3012/- per month. Although, a one-time payment of Rs. 14000/- is to be paid initially when the semester begins and the remaining balance is further calculated at the end of the semester on the basis of the number of leaves taken by the students. This way, if there is any remaining balance left of the student, it will get adjusted in the next Mess Bill.

The mess price for outsiders, faculty, and staff are as follows:

• Breakfast: Rs. 30/-
• Lunch: Rs. 40/- for vegetarian food and Rs. 50/- for non-vegetarian food.
• Snacks: Rs. 10/-
• Dinner: Rs. 40/- for vegetarian food and Rs. 50/- for non-vegetarian food.

You will find various opinions about the condition of the girl’s hostel in IIIT Allahabad. Following are some highlights of conditions faced by one of my friends who stayed there: 

• The condition of the girl’s hostel is quite good, as compared to other institutes. There are instances of encounters with lizards in the washroom, which makes some students get very scared instantly.
• For fresher, there are double occupancy rooms in a separate hostel. On average, 3 washrooms and 3 bathrooms are provided for 12 girls in the hostel.
• There is a terrace on the first floor of the girl’s hostel. A common room for table tennis and gym equipment is provided too in the hostel.
• The washrooms are washed daily and corridors are mopped once in a while. So, it can be concluded that good cleanliness is maintained, though it depends a lot on the residents.
• Not just lizards, but also rats and insects are often seen in the hostel sometimes.

These are some of the facts known about the girl’s hostel in IIIT Allahabad. Overall, it is considered to be decent, with the problem of lizards and insects sometimes.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. It was established in 2008 by the government of India. The campus is located in the city itself. It has hostel facilities, Mess facilities, gym, sports grounds and courts, Clubs, canteens, cafeteria, multi-purpose store, dispensaries, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar has hostel facilities for MTech students for boys and girls both in the campus. Students will be able to purchase Mattress, Bed Sheet, Pillow and Pillow Cover, Mosquito Repellent, Bucket, Mug, Notebooks, Bags, etc. The Hostel has a capacity of 800 male students and 200 female students. The hostel rooms are for a single occupant. It has ATMs with 24x7 security for the campus and has wifi connection in each room. Like other IITs the campus have their own Gymkhana club which organizes regular events like sports, music, tech, etc. they also have cultural events, fests, workshops, etc. The campus has its own Healthcare team of professionals and also has separate dispensaries for boys and girls.