Slow remote mysql connections?

[jags2ooo]

Has anyone tried too remotely connect to a mysql database hosted on host Gator?

If so is it slow? Does it take more than 3 seconds to connect if you used a simple sql connection script such as.

PHP Code:

<?php
$test = mysql_connect('hostname', 'database_username, 'password');
if (!$test) {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully';
mysql_close($link);
?>

[jags2ooo]

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