Documentation states that it requires always-on broadband.

Dial-up WILL work, but give it time. It sat there for about an hour before the first sheep came along. I don't know whether it changes by itself or not. Another sheep might come later. Maybe it needs more RAM. (That's a sheep joke just for EWE. )

You can hit the up arrow now and then if you like the current one, or down arrow if you do not. Multiple arrows are accepted.

When the internet is moved to another computer, I will look to see whether this thing still works here without being connected.