iOS 8.3 iPad2 Retina WIFI Problems

ios 8.3 has made my ipad2 retina worthless for web browsing and checking mail. Consistently get 'not connected' or 'server not found' messages on everything that relies on the Internet. The only time it works is within a couple feet of the router, where the iPad shows 3 bars of wifi signal. MY IPAD STARTED DOING THIS AFTER IOS 8.3 UPDATE AND HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. I've read about similar problems... Resetting network settings every day, multiple times a day is getting real old. My wireless router is fine... MacBook Pro and other devices have no issues with wifi connectivity. After I reset network settings and everything seems to work fine, ipad will tell me I'm not connected to the internet if I switch from safari to mail or mail to safari.

Where is the fix for this? Enough people are complaining about this 'wifried' problem. This problem only effected me at iOS 8.3. Apple, if this is some sneaky way of getting me to buy a new iPad you guys just lost a customer because I'm not going to purchase another Apple product again if your updates make my devices worthless. And don't tell me 'just roll back to 8.2 or 8.1' because that makes any security tweaks addressed by the new update worthless.