Im trying to access my MySQL server remotely, so I can do local (remote) development of a few websites.

Each time my website makes a HTTP call to get some info from MySQL on my Linode, it takes around 25-30sec for first byte.

I believe I have my firewall setup correctly, and the user has the correct permissions.

Can you guys please help me trouble shoot why this is happening?

The local traffic (sites hosted on Linode) are fine eg: http://itsricky.com

The problem only happens when I'm remote.

Let me know if there's any info/stats you'd like me to post.