NTL today issued UK residential broadband subscriber figures - more than 300,000 punters.

This accounts for 37 per cent of the entire UK fast-Internet access market, enough to make NTL overall broadband leader, the cable company says.

Users who click through the Internet advertisements are offered free installation for NTL's 512k or 1Mb broadband services - saving up to £75.

Some more stats? OK, just so long as you know that all the figures are supplied by NTL.

According to NTL estimates, in homes with a choice between NTL Broadband and ADSL roughly 85% choose NTL, and of the total broadband user base, 60% have selected Broadband Cable:

NTL home 37% (Cable Broadband)

Telewest 23% (Cable Broadband)

BT Openworld/BT Broadband 17% (ADSL)

Others (BT Wholesale) 15% (ADSL)

BT business 8% (ADSL)

Total Cable Broadband 60%

Total ADSL 40%