Constantly Losing Connection

I swapped a couple of weeks ago to BT Infinity hoping to have a speedier connection for myself and the family. We got it up and running, with everyone on wifi and yes the speed is faster. However we are finding that we are constantly having to disconnect and reconnect to the router as it keeps saying we have no connection even though the router is blue and the computer says signal strength is excellent. Any advice before I start the dreaded phone calls to BT???

If router still connected to internet is your problem with your wireless devices? are your wired connections working ok?
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