Does anyone play this game on dial up Internet?

[Vespar]

I dunno about FFXIV, but I played FFXI on dial up for 2 years just fine... Mind you it took a while to load zones, but it was SUPER stable and I never got d/c'd once for internet related reasons. I downloaded patches after 10pm and on weekdays when everyone was at work or school, which was also when family were far less likely to call. Granted FFXI has much smaller patch sizes (and I kept backups of them for emergencies).

In FFXIV, your party would hate waiting for you to load into EVERY dungeon...
I would suggest getting a rural internet option such as Satellite internet before using it to play FFXIV (which is what my parents did back then so we could have better net for schoolwork and have more than one computer). Satellite may not be the most stable option for internet but its far better than Dial-Up anyday. If he can afford the setup costs (dish and installation fees) its well worth the better speeds.