It is an object of the present invention to receive/play a streaming immediately after a switching not to disconnect it when a terminal for receiving the streaming is switched from a first receiving terminal to a second receiving terminalA communication method of switching a receiving terminal of a streaming to which a rate control using TFRC is applied from a first receiving terminal to a second receiving terminal, includes a deciding step of deciding whether or not a route on a network between a transmitting terminal of the streaming and the first receiving terminal is identical to a route on the network between the transmitting terminal and the second receiving terminal, and a transferring step of transferring history information of a packet loss that the first receiving terminal is managing to the second receiving terminal when it is decided that both routes are identical.