New Macbook Air - wifi connectivity problems

Well some of you got the problem solved, but for me who has purchased my first apple device besides an Ipad, this is ridiculous.
It has been more than a month and have received 3 updates, 1st was seed update , then the new version and then a software update.
What is ironical is that none of the updates fixed the issue. The internet doesnot connect whenever you wake up your MBA after the 3rd update, earlier it used to just drop in between. Now have started seeing the browser in a Hung mode. The page would not load at all. The only way one can make the thing work is to restart it.
I would definitely want some permanent fix to see my hard earned money not just going down the drain in an Apple.
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Why all these questions about routers and so on?
Apple is delivering a defective product, no more no less! The fault is with some ( or all?) 2013 MBAs and Apple is really not handling this in a way that can be expected.

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