sometimes photos won't upload to photo stream

Ever since updating to iOS 6 I've been having problems with photo stream.
Sometimes I take a photo on my iphone 4s - it appears in my camera roll - but it doesn't upload to photo stream, even though I am fully connected to wi-fi.
Then I take another photo, and all of a sudden that second photo uploads to photo stream, but the first one still doesn't.
Sometimes I'll be out and about taking dozens of photos. When I return home and connect to wi-fi my photos don't upload to my photo stream. Other times they do.
It's very temperamental and difficult to figure out why.
I have photostream turned on in icloud. I have recently restored my iphone to factory settings in an attempt to resolve the issue, but to no avail. When I experience these problems there's never an issue with internet connection - browsing on safari works perfectly well.
Any thoughts? Does anyone have the same problems?

Thanks JBJ612. I'm the same. If I go to my friends house and connect to his wi-fi my photos upload normally.
I've tried resetting my wi-fi. I've tried renewing the wi-fi lease on my iPad, and I've tried forgetting the network and reconnecting, but nothing works.
It must be an iOS problem. I hope apple fixes this soon.

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