My iphone connect to wifi, but it wont use it. How do i fix it?

My IPhone 4 connects to wifi, but it does not use it, it refers back to 3G.

Probably because there is no internet connection on the Wifi, because it will default to 3G if it can't get a connection.

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    Lets put it on http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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