On 2014-03-01 18:45:05 +0000, nospam said:

I trust his experienced judgement when he said he called them
iCrap. It was also his view that the iPad/iPhone equipment had
lousy radios (he called them "radios").

That is pure bull****. There are many reasons you may have poor wi-fi
such as channel interference from a neighbor or even from wireless
phones in your house. Apple is not the problem unless you just happen
to have defective equipment, and that is probably less likeley than for
any other manufacturer. Any device can have a defective part no
matter who makes it.