To provide a communication connection setting system that can reduce setting connection amount in a communication network more than that of the conventional system.

In the communication connection setting system between a point and a multi-point provided with a head end 100 providing stream information, a reception terminal 102-1 that transmits request information installed in a user's home and in response to an instruction of a user and a relay communication network, consisting of network units 101-1 to 101-7, each of the network units 101-1 to 101-7 is provided with a monitor means 101a, that monitors request information sent from the reception terminal to the head end, and a branch connection means 101b that sets a service communication connection to a host network unit, when the service with respect to the request information is not set (a) and branches the service communication connection during the service and sets the branched service communication connection up to the reception terminal which sends the request information, after terminating the request information, when the service with respect to the request information has already been provided (b).