Cloud Connectivity
AWS Direct Connect creates a private network connection from your facility directly to Amazon's cloud — delivering consistent throughput, reduced latency, and security that internet-based VPNs can't match.
AWS Direct Connect is Amazon's dedicated cloud connectivity service. It links your on-premises environment to AWS using a private line through an authorized Direct Connect location — eliminating the variability and exposure of routing AWS traffic over the public internet.
Your traffic moves over a dedicated line, never touching the public internet. Ideal for regulated industries and businesses with strict data handling requirements.
Available in 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps dedicated connections, or 50 Mbps–10 Gbps hosted connections through Direct Connect Partners. No internet congestion.
AWS charges lower data transfer rates for traffic moving over Direct Connect vs. the public internet — significant savings for high-volume workloads.
How It Works
Direct Connect works through authorized partners and co-location providers that have physical presence in AWS Direct Connect locations. Your circuit terminates at the colocation facility, which connects directly to Amazon's backbone.
Direct Connect is the right fit for businesses with AWS as their primary cloud environment and workloads that require consistent performance, enhanced security, or cost-efficient high-volume data transfer.
Private transfer of ePHI to AWS for HIPAA workloads, genomics pipelines, and medical imaging — keeping sensitive data off the public internet.
Low-latency, private connectivity for algorithmic trading, real-time risk engines, and AWS-hosted core banking — with the audit trail regulators expect.
High-bandwidth pipelines for 4K video rendering, content distribution, and large media file transfers — at a fraction of the cost of internet egress.
Reliable links for factory floor IoT data flowing to AWS IoT Core, predictive maintenance models, and real-time operational analytics.
Seamlessly extend your data center to AWS with consistent bandwidth — enabling burst capacity, DR/BCP, and workload migration without disruption.
FedRAMP-aligned private access to AWS GovCloud for agencies and contractors needing to meet federal data handling requirements.
Why Use a Broker
AWS Direct Connect is available through dozens of authorized partners and colocation providers — and pricing, lead times, and available port speeds vary significantly across them. The right choice depends on your nearest Direct Connect location, your existing colocation footprint, and your bandwidth needs.
Discover Communications knows the partner landscape. We'll source quotes, compare options, and handle the provisioning — at no charge to you. Carriers pay our commission; you get an independent advocate.
Find the nearest Direct Connect location and which authorized partners serve your site.
Compare hosted vs. dedicated connection options and pricing across all available partners.
Design a redundant configuration that meets your uptime requirements and budget.
Manage the order from signed LOA through turn-up testing — and support you through renewals.
Many enterprises run workloads on both AWS and Azure. Discover Communications can source both AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute — and coordinate connectivity to multiple cloud environments through a single engagement.
Learn About Azure ExpressRouteTell us your location, AWS region, and bandwidth needs — we'll return a comparison of available Direct Connect partners and pricing. No commitment, no cost to you.