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Knowzy.com, the website that’s been tracking which Jack in the Box stores were offering free Wi-Fi, reports that the restaurant chain has pulled the plug<\/a>. The Wi-Fi offer came with the installation of HDTVs that displayed ads in the dining area, but those are gone too: “In mid-2009, the TVs and the Wi-Fi began disappearing. By the time McDonald’s made their free Wi-Fi announcement in December, Jack had completely dismantled his Wi-Fi network.”<\/p>\n Knowzy says it spoke with a Jack in the Box employee who said the chain really was after the HDTVs, and the Wi-Fi was just an added benefit to the deal they struck with a company called RippleTV. That deal has apparently ended and RippleTV was acquired by another company last fall.<\/p>\n Knowzy says that even though the official program has gone away, there are at least six franchised locations (all in California) that are still offering free Wi-Fi unofficially, perhaps in a local effort to remain competitive with Wi-Fi-blasting McDonald’s locations. They’re listed on the Knowzy page.<\/p>\n “Free Wi-Fi at Jack in the Box is Gone!”<\/a> [Knowzy.com]<\/p>\n