Advance Internet is owned by Advance Publications, which also owns the Conde Nast family of print magazines. Unlike the newspaper sites, many of the Conde Nast titles – including Vanity Fair, GQ and The New Yorker – are mirrored by the Akamai content distribution network and have remained online and displaying ads during the Advance Internet outage. At least one magazine hosted in Jersey City (Glamour) is also being served by Akamai today.
The power outage, which began about 5 pm EST Tuesday, affected Advance Internet’s hosting operation in Jersey City’s Journal Square. The local power company, PSE&G, said three underground circuits malfunctioned. “A power outage at our hosting facility continues to disrupt our service,” said a message displayed across the affected sites. “We will provide news updates on this special version of the site until we can restore to normal service.”