Intermittent Weak Signal; is base station dying? (Graphite)

I have a graphite base station running through a Netgear router and then a cable modem. For the past few months I've been experiencing an intermittent weak signal, which makes internet browsing extremely frustrating. There are 3 computers that use the internet through the base station - 2 running Jaguar, 1 with Panther. (Planning to update the Jaguars to Tiger very soon). The base station has been in the same location for years. This seems to be a dense wireless location, so I suspected interference. So, I tried several things including changing the channel several times, physically moving the station somewhat, changing multicast rate, changing password, etc. Though there are times when I do get a relatively normal speed internet transmission, I'm still experiencing the random periods of extreme slowness. The slowness seems to occur most often when I've been online for awhile or late in the day.
Any opinions? Should I think about replacing the base station or is it possible that some interference problems are insurmountable? Other ideas? Thanks for suggestions.
Jen

No, there isn't any unusual LED behavior. The signal/transmission is just very very slow sometimes.
The utility program connects and functions normally. Also, I checked the router via an ethernet cable. It is running normally, at normal speed. The problem appears to be occurring in the ABS (v 3.84).

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