In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

You're all good. VM would be unlikely to go through tarmac to reach a home anyway.

All depends.

I had virgin installed. This required a small part of the footpath to be dug up for cable (about 12" by 6") they then laid the cable through the garden. Which required a 1" wide part of the lawn to be dug up. Can't see it now after 6 months and then through our tarmac path (1" wide channel) to the house.
So it will depend on OP's situation on what they need to dig up.

I look on it as just another isp. We still have all the old BT kit to & in the house. So when the 12 month deal is up. I will see if they will reduce it a bit. But given the TV requirements it unlikely..

Would it cause a lot of disruption to run a cable from the boundary edge to your house? Is that why you�re worried?

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/general/t/4583524-s...

As Bob says from p1 of this post:

As our (expensive) tarmac runs up to our boundaries we don't want a trench through it.

In fairness most reinstatements are well done, but once tarmac is cut it's never the same. It's like folding a sheet of cardboard, the tarmac or asphalt will always fail along the defect. Just look at any highway ...

I should clarify. They can and do go through paths and the like to reach a property but where it's tarmac all the way they're going to be more reluctant.

Not impossible of course but gets expensive quickly.