how do you choose to play on a local server?

Valve said they fixed the problem but i still experience lag in almost all my games. I constantly have one bar and its almost impossible to play.

if i get lucky i can get two bars sometimes but thats mostly when there are less people playing. Its a great game, mostly because of thier online gameplay, but if this keeps up, ill just go back to playing MW2 without lag. Am i the only experiencing this still? :(

For my family, over there its like 4x the price then here in the us. and the games are

• 2006 Fifa World Cup
• 2002 Fifa World Cup
• Fifa 06
• Fifa 07
• Fifa 08
• Need For Speed Underground 1
• Need For Speed Underground 2
• Need For Speed Most Wanted
• Socom 3
• Grand Theft Auto Vice City
• Midnight Club 3
• Def Jam Fight foy NY
• Test Drive
• Armored Core 2
• The Sims
• Spider Man
• Motocross Mania 3
• Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4
• Freekstyle
• Call of Duty 2
• Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

I really want Gta IV but is it worth all my games. Im gonna try to trade it in and get some money to buy a used one thats $25. I dont play anymore because I sent my PS2 to Brasil.

Any Help :?