It's so "Big Brother" can still watch you....?! ๐
Bluetack is your friend. The constant red light on our baby monitor was too distracting in the pitch blackness of the night that it kept my kids awake. A small amount of Bluetack and this problem is solved. Not asthectically pleasing but a good option.
Eh, I experienced this.
What's your upload speed, becuase this will be your max download speed as your sending data out of your network!
Try for an ISP with symmetric up/download, or just one that's better.
You can test this with a vps with a higher upload than your current ISP, destroy it when your done. (Jupiter Broadcasting and Tux Digital podcasts have a good deal on linode atm)