No WiFi networks, anymore

I have owned my Blackberry Playbook for a little over a year now with no problems that weren't easily fixable. This last weekend I took a trip to see my father for Father's Day. As usual I brought my Playbook with me. I had used the WiFi over there many times before, but this time no networks appeared. The WiFi had also worked fine at home before I left, but once I had made it back home I still had the same issue. Today I have tried many things to fix this issue. I restarted the tablet several times, I performed hard reboots, I did a security wipe, and for good measure tried to de-brick my tablet. After all of that no networks appear and I am stuck on the second or third page of the setup because of it. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Have you ever cracked open your PlayBook and fiddled around in there? If yes, you could have disconnected a wire somehow and not attached it. Or, perhaps (not likely but possible) a wire came loose...
It's not hard to open the device up. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/BlackBerry+PlayBook+Teardown/5265/1 and you can poke around if you feel comfortable doing so. I'd follow those directions to a "T" if I were you.
Don't do this if your PlayBook is in warranty. If it isn't then what have you got to lose? If it's under warranty, then call the BlackBerry Support numbers and return it if you can get an RMA number...

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