Dialup

[Blythe]

Hey now. It's not advisable, but it's possible. I've got dial up. It's not that bad.
Is your boyfriend much of a computer person? Ask him if he thinks his dial up modem is good, considering what it is. If the connection is fairly stable and doesn't disconnect often with no warning, and goes as fast as he thinks dial up can just browsing the internet... It should work.
I have two computers I play Pirates on. One hardly ever disconnects. Loading is a little slow, but it's all good. Howeverrr, I can't sail on the other computer without disconnecting, because the modem is..crud. It's all in the modem. But despite what Disney says, Pirates will work with dial up.
Anyways, have him create a free account and try it out. I'd really recommend copying your Pirates files onto a flash drive or CD to let him borrow and paste to his computer, though. Downloading Pirates takes at least 6 hours with dial up. The Pirates folder is at "C:/Program Files/Disney/Disney Online" by default.
Ergg.. Hope I helped.