AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C00) — Question 273

Your company was recently acquired and a Direct Connection connection was extended from your new parent corporation to your AWS VPC using a hosted VIF.
What data charges are billed to your account for that connection?

Answer options

• A. You are only responsible for the port hours of the VIF.
• B. You are not charged anything.
• C. You are responsible for all data transfer out.
• D. You are responsible for all data transfer in.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

With an AWS Direct Connect hosted VIF, the owner of the Direct Connect connection (the parent corporation) is billed for the hourly port charges. The owner of the destination VPC (your account) is responsible for all Data Transfer Out (DTO) charges. Data Transfer In (DTI) is always free of charge in AWS, making option C the correct answer.