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From your question, I'm not sure if you're aware that there's an existing batch geocoding update script.  With Civi 4.1, the code is in your filesystem here:
/civicrm/CRM/Utils/Address/BatchUpdate.php

I also see /civicrm/bin/deprecated/UpdateAddress.php, which I'm pretty sure is the pre-4.1 command-line script you can run.

However, the daily limits aren't respected, though according to this page, the existing batch geocoding script has a throttle:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC41/Managing+Scheduled+Jobs
The relevant code is here, so you might want to:
* Change the "usleep" time - currently it sleeps for 5 seconds between requests.
* Change the first line to:
if ( $processGeocode && $totalGeocoded < 2500)

So it will respect daily limits. Though of course we wouldn't hardcode the magic number of 2500 into the code, but rather set it by a variable

                   
if ( $processGeocode ) {
// loop through the address removing more information
// so we can get some geocode for a partial address
// i.e. city -> state -> country

$maxTries = 5; do {
  if ( $this->throttle ) {
    usleep( 50000 );
  }