That'll be your latency (the one on the scoreboard) which is usually half of the ping - because a ping is there & back If you type 'net_graph 3' in the console, it will show up your real ping, which is a bit more accurate - and will also show you fps, choke & loss at the same time, handy huh?
But yes, BT have been getting better, on the OC3D match server my latency is between 6-10, ping around 15-25