After no problem for 2 yrs, signal dropping out intermittently.

The signal is dropping out unexpectly, often this is when there is more than one device is using the wi-fi. No updates are pending on the AE or our devices. We have switched out our modem midway over the time we've been having the problem. Our ADSL provider claims the problems aren't on their end.
Is this sort of problem common when an Airport Express is going bad? The AE has not been relocated.
Do Airport Expresses just quit working or can there be intermittent problems leading up to its final demise?

We've had our AE "quit" randomly for a couple of years. I thought ot was Comcast & would reset the modem. I've found that the unit is warm to the touch. What I now do is to unplug the AE for a couple of minutes. This seems to do the trick. I guess I'm resetting it without messing with passwords, etc.

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Subject: Verizon DSL drops out intermittently: problems for 10 months
Hi all,
Just wondering if any one can help. We had Verizon DSL on our home phone line for six years in Worcester MA. The first five years we had little to problems. The last 10 months we’ve have frequent (nearly every day drop out and period where the DSL line can’t connect for minutes to sometimes hours).
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Verizon, St. Petersburg, FL
Verizon Technical Team, Worcester, MA
The Department of Telecommunications and Cable, Consumer Division, Boston, MA
Better Business Bureau
Dear Sirs,
We are writing to lodge a formal complaint about our Verizon DSL service, and the extremely
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