[AsyncAwait]

> One thing I don’t understand is why states do not enact their own net neutrality legislation.

I'm not from the States, but my guess is that they want it to be enforceable at the federal level. At state level, the ISP could theoretically lodge a compliant at a federal court and as per the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, the federal law, (no net neutrality), is extremely likely to win over state law.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Cable companies are the bulk of the ISPs in the US and they are subject to local municipal regulation in return for right-of-way access. In more conservative parts of the country this power is/was used to ban channels deemed unfit for community standards, like MTV. These same communities could impose net neutrality on the cable ISPs if they wanted.