# Azure ExpressRoute Optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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2 documented Azure ExpressRoute cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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2 documented Azure ExpressRoute cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 2 inefficiencies

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- Azure ExpressRoute  CER-0417

### [ExpressRoute Circuits Stuck in Not Provisioned State](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/expressroute-circuits-stuck-in-not-provisioned-state)

An ExpressRoute circuit is billed from the moment Azure issues its service key, not from the moment the connectivity provider turns it up. Circuits are regularly created ahead of a provider order that is delayed, changed or cancelled, and...

Networking

- Azure ExpressRoute  CER-0418

### [Mismatched Metered or Unlimited Data Plan on ExpressRoute Circuits](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/mismatched-metered-or-unlimited-data-plan-on-expressroute-circuits)

ExpressRoute Standard and Premium circuits are bought with one of two data plans. The Metered plan has a lower monthly port fee and charges every GB of outbound data at a per-GB rate set by the peering location zone. The Unlimited plan has...

Networking

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