Original sentence: The development of 802.11n, which will define the next level of performance in WLANs, is not paralleled by any further attempt at HIPERLAN activity
Edited sentence: Essentially it is (was) an attempt by European equipment makers to set an incompatible 'standard' to that used by the USA (802.11) in an effort to eliminate the possibility of competition and maintain monopoly prices.For them, 802.11 has delivered cheap effective wireless networking 'for the masses' and the 'European standard' (for those that are even aware of its existence) is a pointless irrelevance.More recently, the development of 802.11n, which will define the next level of performance in WLANs, is not paralleled by any further attempt at HIPERLAN activity.Needless to say, access to US 802.11 standard equipment via Internet vendors (and eBay) saw users vote with their pocket books.The vast majority of real users couldn't care less