AWS Direct Connect announces flat-rate pricing for 10G and 100G dedicated connections AWS Direct Connect provides dedicated network connectivity from on-premises environments to AWS. Customers value the flexibility of AWS Direct Connect’s pay-as-you-go pricing, paying only for the port hours and data transfer out (DTO) they use, with no upfront commitment or long-term contracts. For workloads with large, sustained DTO, the per-gigabyte charges vary from month to month, making monthly costs challenging to predict as traffic grows.