From Hollywood to Wilson, NC – a broadband move

WILSON — After 16 years in Los Angeles, the founders of ExodusFX moved their video special effects business to the East Coast three years ago, finally choosing the Eastern NC City of Wilson because of its gigabit municipal broadband network. The boutique studio, which employs from 12 to 20 people depending on projects, first landed in West Virginia, which, says producer Brad Kalinoski, who founded ExodusFX with his wife Tinatsu Wallace, “Had terrible infrastructure.” They had moved there to be close to Wallace’s family, but it wasn’t workable. West Virginia officials basically told the firm that finding the speeds...

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