No. Recording would not create delay. The digital nature of modern phone communications creates delay.
Your voice gets broken down into data packets, at the rate of 8,000 7-bit packets per second. As each packet gets passed from node to node, there is a delay. If the carrier converts the voice into voice-over-IP to save capacity, there is even more delay as it gets passed node-to-node.
You’re not addressing my comment.
I didn’t say that recording causes delay; only that to create a delay that exceeds transmission time requires a recording of the data.
Sorry to hijack the thread. I have an echo sometimes on the cell phone, but only when talking to my daughter 200 miles away. I hear what I just said to her about 2 seconds after I say it even when I’m still talking. Any ideas?