Remember Ricochet? It's a CDPD-like wireless modem service that's available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Washington DC, and a few smaller spatterings elsewhere.

Well, since I just moved to the Bay Area, I went and checked them out again. It seems that they're gearing up for launch of their 128kbps service. All you can eat for $70/month. Should be ready sometime in June, they say -- sounds like about the time I'm going to get my Mark 2. Hmm...

Now, what's the most popular encoding rate for MP3s? 128kbps, you say? Hmmmm...

I can see myself writing a simple Napster client for an anything-on-demand empeg.

Drool.

Droooool.

Alex