Billed Items

Direct Connect provides standard connections, hosted connections, and full-service connections.

Billed items of a standard or full-service connection: port, one-time setup for connecting the leased line to the port provided by Huawei Cloud, leased line, and in-building cabling
Billed item of a hosted connection: leased line

Billed Items of a Standard 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.

**Table 1** Billed items of standard connections
Billed Item	Description	Billing Mode	Formula
Port	The port is billed based on its specifications.	Yearly/Monthly (prepaid)	Unit price x 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 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.

**Table 2** Billed items of full-service connections
Billed Item	Description	Billing Mode	Formula
Port	The port is billed based on its specifications.	Yearly/Monthly (prepaid)	Unit price x 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 both 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.	Pay for both to Huawei Cloud.	-

Billed Items of a Hosted Connection

To use a hosted connection, you only need to pay for the partner for the leased line.

For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** Billed items of hosted connections
Billed Item	Description	Billing Mode	Formula
Leased line	You need to pay to the partner for the line that is used to connect your on-premises data center to the Direct Connect location you select.	Pay for the partner for the leased line.	Consult the partner.