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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
Not sure I understand the question.
Forget it: I was thinking in a way-off least-likely scenario...

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Originally Posted by Gogar View Post
The answer is YES it can go bad.

I had a first-gen intel MacBook (2007?) and experienced the exact same problem at home. I even bought a new airport wifi transmitter hoping that the one I had was going bad. No change. I wiped the whole computer and started fresh. No change.

New laptop, problem gone. The antenna is around the screen, and I imagine that after thousands of opening-closings, the connection could have gone bad.
This is what is most likely your problem.
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