On mine, the hotspot works but sometimes it's "flaky". I can always connect but not the first or second time.

One thing I don't understand, but admittedly haven't researched, happened to me last week. I brought it to work and I noticed besides the usual "AxiomAir" network, an "AxiomAir-59b4e7" also popped up. The AxiomAir didn't work but the other one did.

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated