Non-airport recommendations?

Hi all,
Our six (or seven?) year old Airport Express seems to be on its last leg, slow speeds, weak signal, dropping connection randomly, etc. Was thinking of upgrading, but also interested in comparison shopping with a non-Apple product. If I can get something cheaper that works just as well as an Airport wireless router, that'd be great.
Any recommendations? Any routers that are great? Any that are absolutely terrible?
thanks

dr.scott wrote:
If I can get something cheaper ...
Any recommendations?
a [refurbished|http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC340LL/A?mco=MTc4MzI5NzM] airport extreme
basically, in order to avoid incompatibilities with other Apple gadgetry, i'd go for an Apple router any time. those refurbs (i have quite a number) are just as good as new, come with the same warranty, and are great value @ discounted prices.
JGG

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