WiFi is an OS 3.2 problem?

Question

I have done various WiFi connectivity tests with my iPad on no less tan twenty differen WiFi hot spots around the Orlando area. At fourteen of those spots my Ipad preformed flawlessly. When tested the signal strength was constant and extremely strong. The areas where the iPad had week or fluctuating signal strength this is where the loss of connectivity and loss of network settings occurred. On day one when I attempted to use my iPad at home I experienced many of the problems read about here in the forums. With the purchase of a new router my connection problems were resolved. My conclusion is this is not hardware or antenna problem because if it were it would be consistent with all routers therefore I believe this is a communication problem with OS 3.2 and SOME routers.
Some advise for Apple. Can't you just simply acknowledge that there have been many reported WiFi issues and we are worming on a solution to correct the problem. Sorry for any inconvenience this may be causing in the
mean time. A simple statement like that would sure make most of us feel better.
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Can't you just simply acknowledge that there have been many reported WiFi issues....
Apple could, but typically they don't, and based on the posts here if they were watching closely, they'd be no closer to understanding the problem now than they would have been at the outset. And that is the problem. As you indicate, any individual iPad may be capable of showing wifi problems or not, depending in many instances on factors the user would have no way to know, such as the router(s) used, the configuration of those devices, the network they are connecting to, the quality of care and maintenance of those systems.... yet Apple have to pick their way through these reports, with much crucial information unknown and unknowable, and work out what the problem is and how to fix it.
That there is a problem seems largely undeniable, but even if based only on your own conclusion that +this is not hardware or antenna problem because if it were it would be consistent with all routers therefore I believe this is a communication problem with OS 3.2 and SOME routers+ it is obviously going to be problematic to resolve it. Why, for example, would an iPhone running the same OS not have a problem and the iPad does, if it's software. If it's hardware, why do some iPads seem to function perfectly and others do not - and clearly that is the case even if based on Princeton's numbers.
That's why Apple don't typically announce that they are aware of problems such as these. At least not until they are satisfied they have understood enough of what's going on to know broadly where the fault lies.
A simple statement like that would sure make most of us feel better.
It might, and yet might not. For some it would provide a ray of hope that it will be resolved in time, but even for them after a while and for others at the outset, it would merely provide a constant means by which Apple could be accused of dragging its feet and leaving the issue unresolved for too long. In the end, Apple will do what Apple does - which likely means remaining generally silent on the issue, but certainly examining it and resolving it as quickly as they can. Meanwhile those who have wifi issues shouldn't simply accept the fact, but should make these issues know directly to Apple (not via Apple Discussions since this largely functions as a user-to-user support resource) so that Apple can gain as much hard information about the problem as is possible.