It's been a while since I posted. I have some updates.
I have 2 solutions to this problem. BOTH worked for me.
#1. I found this article http://www.neowin.net/news/intels-wi-fi-adapters-connectivity-issues-plague-users which made me curious if our 6205 card may also have similar issues. I found more information here http://communities.intel.com/thread/31090?start=0&tstart=0 on this Intel forum. The solution is to DOWNGRADE the driver to the included Microsoft Windows 8 driver, which is something like 14.2.X.X. Doing this solved both my wireless drops as well as the lenghty delays in Wireless connectivity after resuming from sleep. To do this go to the driver in device manager, right click and choose "Update Driver", select the bottom option of "browse", then again the bottom option for "let me pick", and finally choose the bottom driver which has "(Microsoft)" at the end in parenthesis. Reboot, and I bet your issues are resolved.
#2. I had severe issues with Metro (or Modern, or whatever you want to call it) to where nearly no applications would launch. Instead they just crashed a few second after opening. Evernote Touch sitll worked though! lol. Continuing on, after troubleshooting I determined it was necessary to do a Windows 8 refresh or reset. So instead of this I decided to do my own clean install of Windows 8 Pro.
After doing the install I was troubleshooting an issue with wireless connectivity that ended up being a problem with the default configuration of this card. In the driver settings there is an option for "802.11n Channel Width band for 2.4ghz". This is set to 20 Mhz instead of auto. My home network uses 40 Mhz, so this was my route problem. During the troubleshooting though I updated to Intel Driver 15.5.7.52. I am pleased to report that this driver, with a clean install of Windows 8 Pro, ALSO solves my problem. No wireless drops AND no delays when resuming from sleep.
There you have it folks... hopefully one of these 2 solutions will help you to :)
BTW. If there is sufficient demand, I will post up a tutorial for doing your own Windows 8 install. Keep in mind though, I have business licensing so I used a corporate key. I am not sure how, at the moment, to retain your OEM license key.