How Will I Be Billed for Direct Connect?
You can create a standard connection, which will give you exclusive access to the port. You can also request a hosted connection from a partner and share the port with other users.
Billed Items
This section describes the billed items of self-service connections, full-service connections, and hosted connections.
Billed Items of a Self-Service Connection
Billed items of a standard connection include the port, one-time setup, leased line, and in-building cabling. Huawei Cloud billed items include the port and one-time setup. Non-Huawei Cloud billed items include the leased line and in-building cabling.
For details, see Table 1.
|
Billed Items |
Description |
Billing Mode |
Formula |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Port |
The port is billed based on its specifications. |
Yearly/Monthly (prepaid) |
Unit price × Duration For port prices, see Direct Connect Pricing Details. |
|
One-time setup |
Currently, the one-time setup is free. |
Free |
Free |
|
Leased line |
You need to pay to the carrier for the line that is used to connect your on-premises data center to the Direct Connect location you select. |
Pay for the leased line to the carrier. |
Consult the carrier. |
|
In-building cabling |
A fiber may be required for connecting your leased line to the equipment room at the Direct Connect location you select if the data center at the Direct Connect location is a carrier-neutral data center. |
You pay for the property of the data center for in-building cabling. |
Consult the property of the data center. |
Billed Items of a Full-Service Connection
Billed items of a full-service connection include port, one-time setup, leased line, and in-building cabling. You pay for all these items to Huawei Cloud.
For details, see Table 2.
|
Billed Items |
Description |
Billing Mode |
Formula |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Port |
The port is billed based on its specifications. |
Yearly/Monthly (prepaid) |
Unit price × Duration For port prices, see Direct Connect Pricing Details. |
|
One-time setup |
Currently, the one-time setup is free. |
Free |
Free |
|
Leased line |
You need to pay to the carrier for the line that is used to connect your on-premises data center to the Direct Connect location you select. |
Pay for it to Huawei Cloud. |
- |
|
In-building cabling |
A fiber may be required for connecting your leased line to the equipment room at the Direct Connect location you select if the data center at the Direct Connect location is a carrier-neutral data center. |
- |
Billed Items of a Hosted Connection
To use a hosted connection, you only need to pay the partner for the leased line.
For details, see Table 3.
|
Billed Items |
Description |
Billing Mode |
Formula |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Leased line |
You need to pay to the carrier for the line that is used to connect your on-premises data center to the Direct Connect location you select. |
Pay the partner for the leased line. |
Consult the partner. |
Billing Mode
Yearly/Monthly
Changing Billing Mode
Only Yearly/Monthly billing is supported, and it cannot be changed.
Renewal
For details, see Renewal Management.
Expiration and Overdue Payment
For details, see Service Suspension and Resource Release and Payment and Repayment.
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