IPhone 4 wont remember home WiFi network

I had an iPhone 3G and now an iPhone 4. Both would forget my home WiFi network as soon as the phone went to sleep. Sometimes if the phone is put down without it sleeping - it will loose the network and defaults to 3G. It also wont remember the password and keeps asking for it. I can put it in 3 or 4 times before it accepts it. I can switch wireless off and back on again, the phone then remembers the network. Why does this happen?
At work, it always remembers the network with no problems.
I have a 1TB Time Capsule, there is no problem with my MacBook loosing any wireless signal, just the phone.
Everything else is seamless. It seems like a simple problem but I have tried everything. I checked the forums before hand and most had router problems.
Any help please?

I'd love to know the answer to this as well. I live in Korea where WiFi is practically everywhere. If I have WiFi turned-on, my iPhone won't immediately pick up my home network (also a 1tb Time Capsule) when I get home - it will remember network names that it's picked-up from outside. I've tried ignoring other wireless networks in my building. Why isn't there simply an option where you can select a particular WiFi network as your home network without necessarily making it ignore other WiFi networks that you might be using? E.g. at my favorite coffee shop, free WiFi from my carrier (which sometimes covers whole blocks over here).

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