A company wants to reduce the cost of its 1 Gbps AWS Direct Connect connection. Average utilization is under 10%. The solution must reduce cost without compromising security. Which option meets these requirements?

The correct option is to contact an AWS Direct Connect Partner for a 200 Mbps hosted connection. This directly addresses the goal of reducing cost for a low-utilization 1 Gbps connection by scaling down to a more appropriate bandwidth (200 Mbps is less than 10% of 1 Gbps, aligning with the average utilization). Hosted connections are provisioned by Direct Connect Partners and are a cost-effective way to obtain lower bandwidth connections. Incorrect options: Creating a new 1 Gbps Direct Connect connection and sharing it with another AWS account would not reduce costs, as the 1 Gbps connection itself is still expensive. Creating a new 200 Mbps Direct Connect connection in the AWS Management Console is not possible for hosted connections; these are ordered through partners. Dedicated connections start at 1 Gbps. Contacting an AWS Direct Connect Partner to order a 1 Gbps connection and sharing it with another AWS account still maintains the higher cost of a 1 Gbps connection.