Poor wifi reception on an iPad 2 running IOS 6

Hi there
I've been having real problems with my iPad 2 and poor wifi reception since I upgraded to IOS6 from 5.1.1. I'm one of those people who waited for google maps to come out before upgrading so I only made the upgrade on the 19th Dec 2012.
To keep it short, since the upgrade the range at which I can pick up a wifi signal has halved on the iPad. At home I could run around the entire house and receive a signal, now I can barely leave the room that the router is situated in before the signal drops completely. I've tried this at other locations (my parents house, for example) where I know I could previously receive a good signal on 5.1.1 and this issue is the same.
I've tried all the fixes I can find on the support forums and I've tried a complete reset on the iPad. The problem remains and I cannot resolve this. I know this isn't a router problem as we purchased a new router for my father for Christmas and the same issue occurs.
I upgraded my iPhone 4 at the same time and it is fine. This problem seems to be specific to the iPad 2.
I just wonderd if anyone else has expereinced this issue?
Cheers
Dougie

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