[ryallchild]

ive never tested the battery life while tethering but mightys rom does have some good battery tweaks included so it is better than stock, if it still connects your laptop to the internet with data off in connections then it still shouldnt show as tethering data with the ics fix, just to make sure you do have a data plan with vzw correct? b/c the ics fix makes tethering data seem like regular data from the phones browser rather than tethering to a pc/laptop.