Your company was recently acquired and a Direct Connection connection was extended from your new parent corporation to your AWS VPC using a hosted Virtual Interface.
What data charges are billed to your account for that connection?
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A. B. C. D.Answer - D.
This is given in the AWS documentation.
Data Transfer via AWS Direct Connect will be billed in the same month in which the usage occurred.
If you have a hosted virtual interface, you will only be charged for the data transferred out of that virtual interface at the applicable Data Transfer rates.
For more information on AWS Direct Connect, please visit the below link:
https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/faqs/When a Direct Connect connection is established between an AWS VPC and an on-premises network, data transfer charges apply. These charges are based on the amount of data transferred over the connection, and they are billed by AWS.
In this scenario, the company has extended a Direct Connect connection from their new parent corporation to their AWS VPC using a hosted Virtual Interface. A hosted Virtual Interface is a dedicated connection between a customer's network and an AWS Direct Connect location that is owned and operated by an AWS Direct Connect Partner.
Regarding the data charges for this connection, option C is correct: the customer is only responsible for the port hours of the Virtual Interface. This means that the customer is charged based on the amount of time that the Virtual Interface is active, regardless of how much data is transferred over the connection.
Option A (not charged anything) and option B (responsible for all data transfer in) are incorrect because data transfer charges still apply, even when using a hosted Virtual Interface. Option D (responsible for all data transfer out) is also incorrect because the direction of data transfer does not affect the billing of the connection.
It is important to note that the customer may still incur additional charges for data transfer over the internet or other AWS services, depending on their usage.