WiFi slowdown only fixed by new network. Help!

every few months or so, my wifi slows to a crawl. when i plug directly into my AEBS with an ethernet cable, i get 20-30Mbps down/5-6Mbps up. when i go wireless, i get maybe .7Mbps down/1.5Mbps up.
toggling firmware doesn't help. restarting the whole shebang (router/modem/computer) doesn't help. the ONLY thing that helps is to create an entirely new network, which restores my speed. the problem is, of course, i have to re-teach all my devices, including my wii, my time machine disks, etc., which is a real pain.
what would be causing this?
oh, and one other thing: simply creating a "new" network with the same name doesn't work either. it has to be a new name.
either way, it's really frustrating.

Living in poverty isn't a joke I probably won't have a Google phone anytime soon. I live on SSDI due to a disability. I don't have a cell phone/iphone I have an itouch which doesn't have a monthly fee but relies heavily on WI-Fi.
I share the Wi-Fi with roommates some unemployed and sync my device on others laptops. It is like a mini-computer. I've tried all the fixes on the device and on the Router and none work. Updated firmware checked settings.
Trust me I worked through all the topics suggestions before having the manager tell their updates would make older products not work.
I notice all the replies the people own Macintosh Laptops it must be nice to have that kind of money. They obviously don't understand where some people are at in the world.
I now have a 1 year old product that I could barely afford that I can't update to new software.

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