I am literally a foot away from this useless TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD router and check out this ping time:

64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=291 ttl=64 time=9477.516 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=292 ttl=64 time=8954.423 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=293 ttl=64 time=8262.836 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=294 ttl=64 time=7937.853 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=295 ttl=64 time=7517.768 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=296 ttl=64 time=7106.063 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=297 ttl=64 time=6492.109 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=298 ttl=64 time=5835.305 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=299 ttl=64 time=5314.897 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=300 ttl=64 time=4902.705 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=301 ttl=64 time=4716.959 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=302 ttl=64 time=5224.450 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=303 ttl=64 time=5024.079 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=304 ttl=64 time=5044.100 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=305 ttl=64 time=4477.990 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=306 ttl=64 time=3582.432 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.8: icmp_seq=307 ttl=64 time=2911.896 ms

At this time mine is the only computer using the router. This happens from time to time. I'd restart the router, and then it'll have a 1-2 ms ping for a while, and then back to terrible ping. Is it just a poor quality router? Suggestions?

Thank you