IPod Touch OS 3.0 renders wi-fi unusable

After years of listening to Apple tell me what I was missing, I finally stuck my toe in the water and bought an iPod Touch. Things were fine for the first few days, but then I updated to 3.0 (since many apps I wanted required it) - and now wi-fi is unusable. It either refuses to connect or is so slow that every connection times out. The negative effects of the "upgrade" were immediate and obvious using both my home wireless and local hotspots. Scouring the web reveals that there are many, many more like me out there. Has anyone heard anything about a fix coming for this? I find no mention of addressing this issue in any official support area. My impression so far as a new Apple user is not a good one. $370 + $10 "upgrade," and I have no net access. Could have bought a plain MP3 player for peanuts ... and that's all I have now, an expensive MP3 player. Anyone know anything helpful here? Even if it's simply how to go backwards to the previous OS. At least then I'd only be out the $10. Thanks in advance ....

What have you done to correct the problem? There are a number of things you can try that are pretty easy but there are some iPods out there that 3.0 doesn't play well with.
Everyone wants a "fix" for WiFi but it seems that any firmware update has been problematic. While 3.1 is in beta, there are no guarantees that it will fix anything when released.
So, you have a few choices - try to fix it or return it to the Apple store and let them get WiFi working for you.
Here's some basic things to get you started: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398

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