Delays associated with real-time, interactive communications are reduced. A communications device A engages in a real-time, interactive communication with a communication device B. User A provides digital content to be transmitted to device B. A real-time, interactive connection is established between A and B which takes a certain delay time. That delay time is compensated for so that user B receives A's digital content and can respond to it faster than B could without the delay time compensation. This faster response by the B to A's communication enhances the interactive, real time, conversational feel of their communication.